Prevention and Management of Common Fracture Complications

Chapter 1       Preventing Complications in Orthopedic Communication  

Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, FACS and Eric Stiefel, MD  

Chapter 2       Infection       

Jeffrey O. Anglen, MD, FACS

Chapter 3       Deep Venous Thrombosis 

Catherine A. Humphrey, MD

Chapter 4       Fracture Complications in the Growing Skeleton  

Christine B. Caltoum, MD

Chapter 5       Nonunion      

Jeffrey O. Anglen, MD, FACS

Chapter 6       Malunion      

Brady Barker, MD and Kurtis Staples, MD 

Chapter 7       Arthrofibrosis/Contracture        

Michael P. Rusnak, MD 

Section II       Upper Extremity        

Chapter 8       Complications of Clavicle Fractures       

Janos P. Ertl, MD

Chapter 9       Complications of Proximal and Diaphyseal Humerus Fractures       

Eric S. Moghadamian, MD and Raymond D. Wright, MD

Chapter 10     Elbow Fractures  

Gregory J. Della Rocca, MD, PhD, FACS

Chapter 11     Radial and Ulnar Shaft, Monteggia, and Galeazzi Fractures    

Susan McDowell, MD and Brian H. Mullis, MD

Chapter 12     Distal Radius Fractures     

Brett D. Crist, MD, FACS and Yvonne M. Murtha, MD

Section III     Pelvis and Acetabulum    

Chapter 13     Open Pelvic Fracture: Infection

Marcus F. Sciadini, MD

Chapter 14     Sacral Fractures: Loss of Reduction/Failure of Fixation     

H. Claude Sagi, MD

Chapter 15     Iliosacral Screw Malposition     

A. Michael Harris, MD and Paul B. Gladden, MD

Chapter 16     Pelvic Ring Disruption: Malalignment     

Kyle F. Dickson, MD, MBA

Chapter 17     Acetabulum Fractures: Malunion   

Michael Beltran, MD and Cory Collinge, MD

Chapter 18     Acetabulum Fractures: Nerve Palsy        

George V. Russell, MD and Scott A. Wingerter, MD, PhD

Chapter 19     Acetabulum Fractures: Heterotopic Ossification  

Madhav A. Karunakar, MD

Section IV      Hip 

Chapter 20     Femoral Head Fracture: Osteonecrosis and Hip Instability

Samuel A. McArthur, MD and Walter W. Virkus, MD

Chapter 21     Femoral Neck Fracture: Nonunion 

Michael T. Archdeacon, MD, MSE

Chapter 22     Intertrochanteric Fractures: Lag Screw Cut Out and Failure of Fixation

Brian D. Solberg, MD

Chapter 23     Intertrochanteric Fractures: Lateral Wall Fractures     

Bradley Merk, MD and Erik Eller, MD

Chapter 24     Subtrochanteric Fracture: Varus Malalignment/Nonunion 

Robert R. L. Gray, MD and Anthony T. Sorkin, MD

Section V       Femur and Tibia        

Chapter 25     Femoral Shaft Fractures: Malunion and Nonunion    

Robert F. Ostrum, MD

Chapter 26     Supracondylar Femur Fractures      

Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, FACS and Pratik Desai, MD, MS

Chapter 27     Patella Fracture: Complications      

Matthew J. White, MD and Gerald J. Lang, MD

Chapter 28     Tibial Plateau Fracture: Infection, Failure of Fixation, and Instability   

Eric D. Farrell, MD and Paul M. Lafferty, MD

Chapter 29     Tibial Shaft Fracture: Infection, Nonunion, and Malunion

John A. Scolaro, MD and Samir Mehta, MD

Section VI      Foot and Ankle  

Chapter 30     Pilon Fractures    

Sean E. Nork, MD

Chapter 31     Ankle Fractures and Syndesmotic Injuries    

                  Dolfi Herscovici Jr, DO and Julia M. Scaduto, ARNP

Chapter 32     Talus     

Stefan Rammelt, MD, PhD and Hans Zwipp, MD, PhD

Chapter 33     Calcaneal Fractures    

James B. Carr, MD   

Chapter 34    

Biography

Michael T. Archdeacon, MD, MSE, is Professor and Vice-Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Archdeacon is currently the Division Director for Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery and the Immediate Past Chief of Staff at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has more than 10 years of experience managing complex fractures as well as the complications associated with these injuries.   

Jeffrey O. Anglen, MD, FACS, is Professor of Orthopaedics at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is a former President of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, a member of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, and Deputy Editor for Trauma of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has been dealing with the complications of fracture care (his own as well as others) since completing his fellowship in 1991, and probably before.   

Robert F. Ostrum, MD, is the Director of Orthopaedic Trauma at Cooper University Hospital and a Professor of Surgery at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has been working in level I trauma centers for 25 years, treating fracture and trauma patients and managing their associated complications.   

Dolfi Herscovici Jr, DO, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedics at the University of South Florida. He has more than 20 years of experience managing complex trauma, especially injuries and reconstructive surgery of the foot and ankle. He is currently in practice at the Florida Orthopedic Institute in Tampa, Florida.