5 Complications of Orthopedic Apparatus Jason R. Wild Introduction The use of orthopedic devices can sometimes be life-saving. More often, they significantly reduce pain and discomfort while restoring mobility and…
9 Nuclear Medicine Imaging Medical Devices and Artifacts Gagandeep Choudhary and Phillip Kuo Introduction Artifacts are common in nuclear medicine. It is good judgment to think of an artifact or…
11 Medical Devices Legal, Regulatory, and Quality Assurance Considerations Pablo Gurman The views and conclusions expressed in this work are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those…
7 Dental Devices Tim B. Hunter and Rick Light Introduction Dental devices are not usually considered orthopedic devices. Dentists and orthopedic surgeons ordinarily do not operate on or treat the…
3 Fracture Fixation Tim B. Hunter Introduction Bone fractures can be complete or incomplete, simple or comminuted, closed or open. Comminuted fractures comprise more than two bone fragments, and open…
1 Radiologic Guide to Orthopedic Devices and Miscellaneous Foreign Bodies An Introduction Tim B. Hunter There are a large number of medical devices visible on everyday radiographs and on cross-sectional…
2 Biomaterials An Overview Tim B. Hunter and Pablo Gurman Introduction Historical Overview of Materials The history of mankind has been marked by the evolving use of natural and man-made…
Section 3 Trauma to Uncompromised Spine Cases Subsection 3ATypically Stable 16Simple Compression Fracture Hrvoje Vavro 17Occipital Condyle Fractures Russel Chapin and Hrvoje Vavro 18C1 Lateral Mass Fracture Doris Dodig 19Isolated…
Subsection 3C Soft Tissue Injuries Case 34 Spinal Cord Injury Vikas Agarwal and Abhay Varma Figure 34.1 Midsagittal T2w (SE) (A) and T2*w (GRE) (B) MR images shows traumatic subluxation…
Section 6 Trauma to Compromised Spine Cases 53Malignant Compression Fractures Alessandro Cianfoni 54Benign Compression Fractures Alessandro Cianfoni 55Sacral Stress (Insufficiency) Fractures Daniela Distefano 56Fractures of the Ankylosed Spine Russel Chapin…
