TY - BOOK ID - 4861755 TI - Intramedullary Nailing : A Comprehensive Guide AU - Rommens, Pol M. AU - Hessmann, Martin H. PY - 2015 SN - 9781447166122 1447166116 9781447166115 1447166124 PB - London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Surgical Orthopedics. KW - Medicine. KW - Orthopedic surgery. KW - Médecine KW - Chirurgie orthopédique KW - Fractures in children -- Treatment. KW - Intramedullary fracture fixation. KW - Surgery & Anesthesiology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Surgery - General and By Type KW - Fracture fixation, Intramedullary KW - Intramedullary nailing KW - Intramedullary osteosynthesis KW - Medullary nailing KW - Nailing, Intramedullary KW - Nailing, Medullary KW - Osteosynthesis, Intramedullary KW - Orthopedics. KW - Internal fixation in fractures KW - Operative orthopedics KW - Orthopedics KW - Surgery, Operative KW - Orthopaedics KW - Orthopedia KW - Surgery UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4861755 AB - This book provides fundamental and practical knowledge in the treatment of fractures, healing disturbances and bone disorders with intramedullary nailing. It comprehensively discusses this biological and mechanical technique for appropriate indications and aims to ameliorate the standard of care for those patients who can benefit from intramedullary nailing. Its purpose is to guide the readers on the ‘why, when, and how’ for intramedullary nailing and is the first comprehensive resource to cover the actual know-how of this technique. Intramedullary Nailing: A Comprehensive Guide brings together a large number of experts and opinion leaders in the field of operative fracture care and reconstructive surgery to share their extensive experience with the readership of this book. Orthopedic trauma surgeons from all over the world, who work in many different circumstances and with the most diverse technical and logistical equipment, will find this book to be an essential resource and guide for utilizing this technique in clinical practice. ER -