Practice of Intramedullary Locked Nails

Advances in Biology and Fracture Healing in Locked Nails. - Cellular Aspects of Bone Defect Healing After Implantation of Calcium Phosphate-Based Bone Substitutes. - Osteoinduction: Basic Principles and Developments. - Intramedullary Reaming of Long Bones. - Differentiation Capacity and Characterisation of Cells Growing out of Human Reaming Debris. - Materials Used for Intramedullary Devices. - Implant Alloys and Interfacial Engineering. - New Designs of Intramedullary Nails. - A New Titanium Nail for the Femur: Concept and Design. - Advances in Tibial Nailing. - The Development of Retrograde Nailing for Distal Femur Fractures. - Retrograde Nailing of the Femur: Contemporary Indications and Technique. - Antegrade Femoral Nailing Without the Aid of a Fracture Table. - The Operative Technique for the Latest Generation Gamma Nail (the Gamma3). - Evolution of Implants for Trochanteric Fracture Fixation: The Engineer s Point of View. - A New Concept in the Treatment of Fibular Fractures with Intramedullary Implants. - Hydraulically Expandable Nailing in the Treatment of Long Bone Fractures and Pseudarthroses. - Proximal Humeral Fractures. - Intramedullary Nailing of Proximal Humeral Fractures. - Intramedullary Nailing of Humeral Shaft Fractures. - A Fully Implantable, Programmable Distraction Nail (Fitbone) New Perspectives for Corrective and Reconstructive Limb Surgery. - A Novel Internal Callus Distraction System. - Callus Distraction with the Albizzia Nail. - Intramedullary Fixation of Long Bond Fractures in Infancy and Adolescence. - Intramedullary Stabilization of the Long Bones in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. - Intramedullary Fixation of Long Bone Fractures in Infancy and Adolescence. - New Technologies: Navigation and Targeting Devices. - Basic Principles of Fluoro-Navigation. -New Technology: Image-Guided Navigation in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeries. - Review of Existing, Mounted Targeting Devices for Distal Locking of Intramedullary Nails. - Distal Locking with Mechanical Jig (Author s Own Technique). - Coating of Implants and Infection Prophylaxis. - Rationale for Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Open Fractures. - Active Coating of Implants used in Orthopedic Surgery. - Plasma Polymer High-Porosity Silver Composite Coating for Infection Prophylaxis in Intramedullary Nailing.