Ortho Oracle - orthopaedic operative atlas

Surgical Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fracture

  – See: Anterior Approach to Shoulder and Synthes Proximal Humerus Products – Operative Treatment Options:      – Lateral Plating (Locking Plating):      – Percutaneous Pinning      – Screw Tension Band Technique:           – reduction:                   – in some cases cancellous bone from the … Read more

Surgical Risk Assessment

– Age:     – references:            – Total joint arthroplasty in the extremely elderly: hip and knee arthroplasty after entering the 89th year of life            – Outcome of hip and knee arthroplasty in persons aged 80 years and older            – Revision total hip arthroplasty in octogenarians. A case-control study            – Primary cementless … Read more

Surgical Technique for TKR

 – Main Menu: – PreOp Planning – radiographs and templating – Surgical Exposure: – Patient Positioning, Preping, Draping – Anterior Longitudinal Midline Approach – Deep Articular Exposure     – Patellar Eversion: – Patella: – patellar resurfacing – prior to patellar resurfacing, determine the propensity for the native patella to subluxate; – if subluxation is present (tibial component … Read more

Surgical Instruments for Revision THR

– Company Specific Products:      – Innomed Products:      – Biomet® Flexible Osteotome System  – Screw Drivers:      – manufacturer specific screw drivers are necessary to remove the acetabular screws; – High-Speed Drills:      – disadvantage: these drills remove bone more easily than they do harder cement;      – may be needed to remove distal … Read more