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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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. Sto...
