Fractures in the Elderly

Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY. Addresses the unique problems of fractures in the elderly, including treatment of fractures at specific anatomic sites, and the management of difficult situations and complications. For orthopedic surgeons. Halftone illustrations. 38 U.S. contributors. DNLM: Fractures--in old age.

Contributors

ix

(2)

Foreword

xi

(2)

Preface

xiii

(2)

Acknowledgments

xv

Section I: General Considerations

3

(82)

1. Epidemiology

3

(8)

David A. Jones

Kenneth J. Koval

Joseph D. Zuckerman

Gina B. Aharonoff

Mary Louise Shovron

2. Metabolic Bone Disease

11

(12)

Stanley Wallach

3. Principles and Aims of Fracture Management

23

(6)

Kenneth J. Koval

4. Outcome Assessment

29

(6)

Kenneth J. Koval

Mary Louise Skovron

Gina B. Aharonoff

Joseph D. Zuckerman

5. Preoperative Medical Evaluation

35

(6)

Adam H. Karp

6. Anesthesiology

41

(10)

Andrew D. Rosenberg

Ralph L. Bernstein

7. Postoperative Complications

51

(8)

Adam H. Karp

Michael L. Freedman

8. Polytrauma

59

(6)

Jess H. Lonner

Kenneth J. Koval

9. Rehabilitation

65

(20)

Joan T. Gold

Cathy M. Cruise

Section II: Treatment of Specific Fractures

85

(162)

10. Proximal Humerus

85

(8)

Charles N. Cornell

Karen Schneider

11. Humeral Shaft

93

(14)

Gregory M. Georgiadis

Fred F. Behrens

12. Elbow

107

(20)

Samuel Weirich

Jesse Jupiter

13. Distal Radius

127

(16)

Marc I. Dinowitz

Kenneth J. Koval

Steve Meadows

14. The Spine

143

(16)

William Kennedy Main

Frank P. Cammisa, Jr.

Patrick F. O'Leary

B. Morrison Bryan

Brian D. Hoffman

Jeffrey D. Klein

15. Pelvis and Acetabulum

159

(16)

Joseph Borrelli, Jr.

Kenneth J. Koval

David L. Helfet

16. Hip

175

(18)

Kenneth J. Koval

Joseph D. Zuckerman

17. Distal Femur

193

(10)

Joseph Schatzker

Kenneth J. Koval

18. Tibial Plateau

203

(14)

Fred F. Behrens

Richard Schenk

Kenneth J. Koval

19. Tibia and Pilon

217

(16)

Craig S. Bartlett, III

Lon S. Weiner

20. Foot and Ankle

233

(14)

Martin J. O'Malley

Jonathan T. DeLand

Section III: Special Situations

247

(40)

21. Pathological Fractures

247

(14)

Arthur K. Walling

Richard Bahner

22. Nonunion Malunion

261

(16)

Howard Rosen

Kenneth J. Koval

23. Osteomyelitis

277

(10)

Kenneth J. Koval

Subject Index

287

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