Walter Virkus

Curbside Consultation in Fracture Management

49 Clinical Questions

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Produktbeschreibung

Curbside Consultation in Fracture Management: 49 Clinical Questions provides quick answers to the thorny questions most commonly posed during a "curbside consultation" between orthopedic surgical colleagues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781556428296
• ISBN-10: 1556428294
• Artikelnr.: 23068148

Autorenporträt

Walter W. Virkus, MD is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. His practice focuses on orthopedic trauma and orthopedic oncology. He did his residency at the University of Maryland, and trauma fellowships at Shock Trauma in Baltimore, MD and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY. He then did an oncology fellowship at the University of Florida. Dr. Virkus is active in research with a special interest in applying trauma techniques to limb preservation in oncology patients. He is very active in resident education and serves as the Associate Program Director for the Rush Orthopaedic Residency.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editor Contributing Authors
Introduction Foreword by David L. Helfet, MD SECTION I: UPPER EXTREMITIES
Question 1 I Have a 50-Year-Old Male With a Surgical Neck Humerus Fracture
in His Dominant Arm. Should I Operate on Him? James Kapotas, MD Question 2
What Approach Should I Use for Plating a Humeral Shaft Fracture in a
Multiple Trauma Patient? Adam J. Starr, MD Question 3 How Would You Manage
a Radial Nerve Palsy Associated With a Humeral Shaft Fracture in the
Dominant Arm of a 25-Year-Old? Laura Prokuski, MD Question 4 On Which
Clavicle Fractures Do You Operate? Brian D. Solberg, MD Question 5 What Is
Your Postoperative and Rehabilitative Protocol for Distal Humeral
Fractures? Amon T. Ferry, MD and Mark S. Cohen, MD Question 6 I Have a
4-Year-Old Who Fell Off the Monkey Bars With a Swollen Elbow and a Fat Pad
Sign. If the X-Rays Are Normal, Is Additional Evaluation Needed? Monica
Kogan, MD Question 7 How Do You Perform a Fasciotomy of the Forearm? Rachel
S. Rohde, MD Question 8 Cast, External Fixator, or Open Reduction and
Internal Fixation for a Nonarticular Distal Radius Fracture in a
60-Year-Old Female? John J. Fernandez, MD, FAAOS Question 9 When Do You
Replace the Radial Head? Mark S. Cohen, MD and Robert W. Wysocki, MD
Question 10 There Is a Patient in the ER With a Femur Fracture and Humeral
Shaft Fracture. Should I Fix the Humerus With a Nail or a Plate? Timothy
Bhattacharyya, MD Question 11 I Have a 30-Year-Old Patient Who Had a
Posterolateral Dislocation of the Elbow. How Would You Treat Him? Michael
J. Medvecky, MD SECTION II: LOWER EXTREMITIES Question 12 My Patient is 8
Years Old and Had a Salter-Harris III Fracture of the Distal Femur. How
Long Should I Follow Him for Growth Abnormalities? Andrea S. Kramer, MD
Question 13 What Is Your Initial Evaluation of Pelvic Fractures? Andrew J.
Furey, MSc, MD, FRCSC and Robert V. O\u2019Toole, MD Question 14 Which
Pelvic Fractures Are Life-Threatening? Andrew R. Burgess, MD Question 15
How Do You Decide Which Pelvic Fractures Need Surgery? Scott A. Adams, MD,
FRCS and Steven J. Morgan, MD, FACS Question 16 I Have a 40-Year-Old With
an Anterior Fracture of the Femoral Head and Incongruity of the Hip Joint.
How Would You Treat This? Clifford Turen, MD and Andrew J. Furey, MSc, MD,
FRCSC Question 17 I Have a 26-Year-Old in the ER With a Displaced Femoral
Neck Fracture. Do I Need to Perform an Open Reduction and Capsulotomy?
Robert E. Blease, MD and Peter J. Nowotarski, MD Question 18 What Is Your
Choice for a Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture in a 65-Year-Old: ORIF,
Hemiarthroplasty, or Total Hip Arthroplasty? Matthew L. Jimenez, MD
Question 19 How Would You Treat a Varus Femoral Neck Nonunion in a
50-Year-Old? Michael Garcia, MD and Michael D. Stover, MD Question 20 What
Is Your Postoperative Management of Hip Fractures in the Elderly? Daniel K.
Laino, MD and Kenneth A. Egol, MD Question 21 How Would You Treat a Femur
Fracture in a 6-Year-Old? Pradeep Kodali, MD; John F. Sarwark, MD; and
Najeeb Khan, MD Question 22 How Would You Treat a Femur Fracture in a
12-Year-Old? Najeeb Khan, MD; Pradeep Kodali, MD; and John F. Sarwark, MD
Question 23 I Have a 38-Year-Old With a Femoral Shaft Fracture Treated With
an Antegrade Nail With No Evidence of Healing 8 Weeks Postop. What Should I
Do? Bradley R. Merk, MD Question 24 What Is the Best Technique for Nailing
a Femoral Shaft Fracture in a 28-Year-Old? Michael T. Archdeacon, MD, MSE
Question 25 I Have a Tough Time With Subtrochanteric Fractures. Any Tricks?
Walter W. Virkus, MD Question 26 When Do You Use a Spanning Fixator Across
the Knee? Anthony T. Sorkin, MD Question 27 What Is Your Postoperative
Management of Patellar Fractures? Gerald J. Lang, MD Question 28 What Is
Your Postoperative Management of Tibial Plateau Fractures? George Partal,
MD and Marcus F. Sciadini, MD Question 29 I Have a 45-Year-Old Female With
a Bicondylar Tibial Plateau Fracture. What Type of Fixation Should I Use?
Edward A. Perez, MD Question 30 What Is Your Criteria for Compartment
Syndrome in the Tibia? James Kapotas, MD Question 31 What Are Your Tricks
for Nailing Proximal and Distal Tibial Fractures? Walter W. Virkus, MD and
Ishaq Syed, MD Question 32 I Have a 38-Year-Old Female With a Distal Tibia
Spiral Fracture. Should I Try to Nail This or Just Plate It? Heather A.
Vallier, MD Question 33 What Is Your Preoperative Management of a Bad Pilon
Fracture? Cory Collinge, MD Question 34 How Do You Decide Which Surgical
Approach to Use for Pilon Fractures? Jeffrey M. Smith, MD and Anthony G.
Sanzone, MD Question 35 Do You Take Out Syndesmotic Screws in Adult
Patients? Joseph D. DiCicco, DO; Micah C. Hobbs, DO; and Matthew W.
Heckler, DO Question 36 I Have a Male Patient With a Trimalleolar Fracture,
But the Posterior Malleolus Is Minimally Displaced. Do I Need to Fix It?
Rajeev Garapati, MD Question 37 What Is Your Postoperative Protocol for
Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures? Rajeev Garapati, MD Question 38 I Have an
Insulin-Dependent 52-Year-Old Female With a Minimally Displaced Bimalleolar
Ankle Fracture. Should I Treat Her in a Cast? Simon Lee, MD Question 39 On
Which Calcaneal Fractures Do You Operate? Robert Vander Griend, MD Question
40 There Is a Patient in the ER With a Displaced Talar Neck Fracture. What
Is the Technique for Fixation? Armen S. Kelikian, MD Question 41 Which
Metatarsal Fractures Need Surgery? Johnny L. Lin, MD Question 42 Do You
Ever Bone Graft Acute Fractures? Dave Dean, DO and Bruce H. Ziran, MD
Question 43 I Have a 34-Year-Old Male With a Nonunion of a Plated Midshaft
Tibia Fracture. How Do You Approach This Problem? Stuart M. Gold, MD
Question 44 How Do I Treat a Child With a Twisted Ankle and Normal X-Rays?
Monica Kogan, MD Question 45 How Do You Assess Compartment Syndrome of the
Foot? Johnny L. Lin, MD SECTION III: GENERAL FRACTURE CARE Question 46 I
Have a 38-Year-Old Male in an MVC With Multiple Orthopedic Injuries. Should
I Fix Everything Now or Do Damage Control Orthopedics? Jason W. Nascone, MD
and John C. P. Floyd, MD Question 47 Do Bone Stimulators Work on Nonunions?
Blane Sessions, MD and Craig Castleman Greene, MD Question 48 When Do You
Use Locking Plates? Thomas F. Higgins, MD Question 49 Which Fractures
Require Anatomic Reduction? Medardo Marota, MD and Walter W. Virkus, MD
Index ?