Surgical Incision for Anterior Reconstruction
– See Anterior Approach to Shoulder – Skin Incision
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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
Surgical Planning for SER Ankle Frx (Weber B)
– Preoperative Considerations: – radiographs – open ankle fractures – fracture dislocations of the ankle – trimalleolar frx: – in these fractures, consider a posterior approach using an antiglide plate which allows for direct fixation of the posterior mallleolar frx (w/ screws inserted from posterior … Read more
Assessment of Surgical Risk
– References: – The medical and economic impact of preoperative cardiac testing in elderly patients with hip fractures. – Timothy J. Hinlicky, &c., Appellant, v. David C. Dreyfuss, et al., Respondents. – How Much of a Cardiac Work-up Is Too Much? – $4 Million Dollar Settlement – Hypoxic Brain Injury in an … Read more
Surgical Approach for TKR
– Implant Selection: Osteonics – PreOp Planning: – Patient Positioning: – Anterior Longitudinal Midline Approach: – Synovectomy (if appropriate): – Medial and Lateral Capsular Exposure: – Patellar Eversion: – Articular Exposure: – IM Alignment Rod: – drill is used to enter femoral IM canal just … Read more
Surgical Approach to the Ulna
– See: – Blount Fracture: Both Bone Forearm Fracture – Plating Techniques – Position: – arm is placed on an upholstered armboard w/ medium elbow flexion and full arm pronation; – Surgical Approach: – interneural approach: lies between ECU (PIN) & FCU (ulnar nerve); – … Read more
Surgical Approaches for Both Bone Forearm Frx
– Technique: – position: supine; – ulnar fractures: arm pronated across the chest; – radial fractures: arm abducted and in neutral rotation; – fractures of both bones of forearm are carried out through separate incisions, w/ 2-2.75 inch skin brige left between two; – Approach to … Read more
Surgical Approaches to the Ankle
– See: – Anterolateral Approach – Kocher approach – Posterolateral Approach to the Ankle: (Gatellier and Chastang) – Medial Approach to the Ankle – Anterior Approach: – allows acces to medial malleolus & medial articular facet of body of talus – it is used for ankle fusion, anterior … Read more
Surgical Approaches to the Tibia
– See: – Posterolateral Approach – Posterolateral Bone Grafting
Surgical Decompression of Cubital Tunnel
– Isolated Division of the Aponeurosis: – involves division of aponeurosis between the humeral and ulnar origins of the FCU; – theoretical disadvantages: – in addition to decreases in the cross sectional area of the cubital tunnel which occur w/ flexion, there is also a decrease in the … Read more