Treatment of Phalangeal Fractures. Phalange neck fracturesare common in children and rare in adults. This type of fracture is difficult to treat. Regarding the fixation method, we can use kirschner wire to restore and fix the fracture but this method requires exquisite surgical techniques otherwise the patient will possibly suffer some postoperative complications, for example, joint stif...

Last issue we learned about the components of our body. So we have already known that the human body can be divided into 10 parts from appearance, meanwhile, many organs can compose 9 systems respectively. On this issue, we would like to talk about the first system of our body, motor system. To be specific, the motor system consists of bone, bone attachment and skeletal muscle, which accounts for ...

The calcaneus is the largest tarsal bone. Fractures of the calcaneus often involve injuries to other parts. Treatment requires anatomical reduction: restore the overall shape of the calcaneus; restore the subtalar joint flatness and the normal anatomical relationship between the three joint surfaces; restore the GissaneAngle, BohlerAngle, PriesAngle and the weight axis of the hind f...

In addition to conservative treatment method of calcaneal fracture, it is also applicable to perform other surgical treatment in different clinical situations, such as closed leverage reduction for some cases of extra-articular fractures and tongue-shaped fractures, open reduction for displaced intra-articular fractures and joint fusion for Sanders Type IV Fracture. Closed reduction has many advan...

Fracture of calcaneum is one of the common fractures of the foot, which is mainly caused by external forces trauma to destroy the bone at the heel and interrupt its intergrity or continuity. The main manifestations of patients are severe pain, swelling, ecchymoses, Heel valgus deformity, flat foot, inability to walk normally. Calcaneal fractures is one of the most common foot fractures in young ad...

Contents Basic Knowledge of Intertrochanteric Fractures The challenge of intramedullary nails The concept and significance of the lateral wall of the greater trochanter Fixation plan of the lateral wall of the greater trochanter Basic Knowledge of Intertrochanteric Fracture AO/OTA Classification A1 - Simple two parts. Lateral cortex remains intact. A2 - Comminuted with postero-medial fragment. Lat...