Distal Radius Fractures: Current Concepts [Hardcover]

This textbook aims to provide the reader with a complete understanding of distal radius fractures, their inherent problems, and how to manage them successfully. It is written by widely published experts from a part of the globe where distal radius fractures are very common, especially during the winter months. Clear guidance is provided on diagnostic imaging, classification, and assessment of fracture instability. The complete spectrum of operative and nonoperative treatment options are then clearly explained with the aid of step-by-step illustrations. Extensive information is also provided on complications and their treatment. Both students and experienced practitioners will find this book to be an enlightening, practice-oriented reference on the management of these challenging fractures.Introduction.- Diagnosis.- Treatment.- Complications and treatment of complications.- Miscellaneous.

Leiv M. Hove, MD, Dr. med. sc., is Head of the Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Bergen, Norway, and Head of the Norwegian Centre for Reconstructive Surgery in Tetraplegia . He is also a Senior Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and is Senior Consultant in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Haukeland University Hospital, with quadruple clinical specialities (general surgery, plastic surgery, orthopaedic surgery, and hand surgery). His doctoral thesis (1994), Distal Radius Fracture, A study of occurrence, treatment and complications, became a classic. Prof Hove has been a university teacher for more than 30 years, and a professor since 1998. Prof Hove served as President of the Norwegian Society for Surgery of the Hand for 4 years and also as the Norwegian delegate to the FESSH (Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand). 2010 he became the first Norwegian to be invited to deliver the Erik Moberg Memorial Lecture at the SSSH (Scandinavian Society for Surgery of the Hand) Congress, Sweden. He was jointly responsible for developing a new dylól