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Orthopaedics
Tibial Shaft Fractures (AO Based)
Built from AO Surgery Reference: Orthopedic Trauma, Adult Trauma (AO Foundation)
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Overview
- Introduction
- Tibial shaft fractures: overview
- Tibial shaft fractures: overview
- Anatomy of the leg
- Shape and soft-tissue cover of the tibia
- Shape and soft-tissue cover of the tibia
- The four compartments of the leg
- The four compartments of the leg
- Nerves and vessels at risk
- Nerves and vessels at risk
- Role of the fibula
- Role of the fibula
- Clinical and radiographic assessment
- Energy and soft-tissue injury
- Compartment syndrome in the leg
- Compartment syndrome in the leg
- Radiographs and preoperative planning
- Radiographs and preoperative planning
- Grading the open fracture wound
- Grading the open fracture wound
- AO/OTA classification and treatment options
- AO/OTA classification: types A and B
- Fracture types as drawn by AO
- Fracture types as drawn by AO (cont.)
- AO/OTA classification: type C
- AO/OTA classification: type C
- AO/OTA type tree for the tibial shaft
- Treatment options shared by all groups
- Treatment options shared by all groups (cont.)
- Simple fractures (42A)
- Simple spiral fractures (42A1)
- Simple spiral fractures (42A1)
- Simple oblique and transverse fractures
- Operative options: simple fractures
- Operative options: simple fractures (cont.)
- Decision logic: simple fractures
- Decision logic: simple fractures
- Wedge fractures (42B)
- Wedge fractures: principles
- Treatment options: wedge fractures
- Treatment options: wedge fractures (cont.)
- Decision logic: wedge fractures
- Decision logic: wedge fractures
- Multifragmentary fractures (42C)
- Segmental fractures: principles
- Treatment options: segmental fractures
- Treatment options: segmental fractures (cont.)
- Decision logic: segmental fractures
- Decision logic: segmental fractures
- Nonoperative treatment
- Nonoperative treatment: indications
- Closed reduction and long leg cast
- Closed reduction and long leg cast
- Cast aftercare and the Sarmiento cast
- Cast aftercare and the Sarmiento cast
- Operative techniques
- Patient positioning
- Patient positioning
- Approaches for tibial nailing
- Approaches for tibial nailing
- Open approaches for plating
- Open approaches for plating
- Minimally invasive plating approaches
- Minimally invasive plating approaches
- Intramedullary nailing: principles
- The nail entry point
- The nail entry point
- Suprapatellar nailing: steps
- Suprapatellar nailing: steps
- Reaming, locking and nailing pitfalls
- Reaming, locking and nailing pitfalls
- MIO compression plating: steps
- MIO compression plating: steps
- Bridge plating: principles
- Bridge plating: principles
- Lag screws with a protection plate
- Lag screws with a protection plate
- External fixation: pin placement
- External fixation: pin placement
Open fractures, infection and aftercare
- Management of open fractures
- Management of open fractures
- Antibiotics for open fractures
- Antibiotics for open fractures (cont.)
- Fracture-related infection by timing
- Fracture-related infection by timing
- Weight bearing by treatment
- Weight bearing by treatment
- Postoperative care and follow-up
- Complications to watch for
- Complications to watch for
- Take-home messages
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