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Fractures of the Acetabulum

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Authors:
  1. Emile Letournel

    1. Université de Paris VI, France
      Hôpitaux de Paris, France
      Centre Médico-Chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris Cedex 13, France

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  2. Robert Judet

    1. Hôpitaux de Paris, France

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Editors:
  1. Reginald A. Elson

    1. The Northern General Hospital, Sheffield 5, UK

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXV
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  2. Introduction: History and Development of Our Methods of Classification and Treatment of Acetabular Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 1-15

  3. Anatomy of the Acetabulum

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 17-22

  4. Mechanics of Acetabular Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 23-28

  5. Radiology of the Normal Acetabulum

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 29-61

  6. Classification

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 63-66

  7. Posterior Wall Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 67-88

  8. Fractures of the Posterior Column

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 89-101

  9. Anterior Wall Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 103-113

  10. Fractures of the Anterior Column

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 115-140

  11. Pure Transverse Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 141-161

  12. T-shaped Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 163-187

  13. Associated Posterior Column and Posterior Wall Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 189-199

  14. Associated Transverse and Posterior Wall Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 201-230

  15. Associated Anterior and Posterior Hemitransverse Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 231-251

  16. Associated Both-Column Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 253-313

  17. Transitional and Extra-articular Forms

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 315-322

  18. Associated Injuries

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 323-328

  19. Distribution of the Clinical Series

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 329-332

  20. Clinical Presentation

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson
    Pages 333-345
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About this book

At the request of our publishers, I accepted the task of preparing this second edition. I felt this was necessary for several reasons: new imaging technologies such as CT scanning and 3-D reconstructions are now used routinely, the in­ dications for employing improved approaches are clearer, and reconstructions are facilitated by new internal fixation devices. Above all, I thought it was time to report the long-term results of the 940 acetabular fractures, 90070 of which were treated surgically - a unique series. In spite of the experience acquired from the three previous reviews of cases (1966, 1971, and 1978), I failed to foresee the amount of time this revision would need. In fact, it took more than 3 years to follow up the larger number of cases, and 159 patients (out of 800, i. e. 22. 7%) were not included as they had moved since their last review and simply could not be located. At a time when it is in fashion to evaluate the cost of health care, it is strange to see how public administrators, so keen on evaluating the immediate cost of our opera­ tions, do not care about the quality of their long-term results, which appears to us, however, to be the best basis for the choice of the initial treatment.

Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • The Northern General Hospital, Sheffield 5, UK

    Reginald A. Elson

  • Université de Paris VI, France

    Emile Letournel

  • Hôpitaux de Paris, France

    Emile Letournel, Robert Judet

  • Centre Médico-Chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris Cedex 13, France

    Emile Letournel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fractures of the Acetabulum

  • Authors: Emile Letournel, Robert Judet

  • Editors: Reginald A. Elson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75435-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-52189-1Published: 25 February 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-75437-1Published: 25 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-75435-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 733

  • Additional Information: Original French edition published by Masson et Cie., Paris 1974

  • Topics: Orthopedics, Traumatic Surgery

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