عنوان

The Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones

(Number (ISBN

364261261X

(Number (ISBN

9783642612619

Number

b565306

Title Proper

The Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Maurice E. Müller, Peter Koch, Serge Nazarian, Joseph Schatzker.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1990

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xiv, 202 pages 93 illustrations)

Text of Note

General Section --; 1. Principles of the Classification of Fractures --; 2. The Long Bones, General Comments --; Special Section, Long Bones --; 1. Humerus = 1 --; 2. Radius/Ulna = 2 --; 3. Femur = 3 --; 4. Tibia/Fibula = 4 --; Glossary = Dictionary.

Text of Note

This book presents a comprehensive classification of fractures of all long bones. The fundamental principle of this classification is the division of all fractures of a bone segment into three types and the further subdivision into three groups and their subgroups. The groups are arranged in an ascending order of severity according to the morphologic complexitites of the fractures, the difficulties inherent in their treatment, and the prognosis. Thus once a surgeon classifies a fracture, he will have determined its severity and will have a guide to its best possible treatment. This system of classification is based on the AO classification in use since 1979 and on over 150,000 documented cases on file in the AO Documentation Center in Berne. The diagnosis of a fracture is expressed by combining the numerical code of its location with the alpha- numeric code of its morphological characteristics. This alphanumeric code has been designed to facilitate computer storage and retrieval; it will greatly assist computerized documentation.

Medicine.

Orthopedics.

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Book number

by Maurice E. Müller, Peter Koch, Serge Nazarian, Joseph Schatzker.

Joseph Schatzker

Maurice E Müller

Peter Koch

Serge Nazarian

Electronic name

[Book]

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