Advanced Orthopedic Procedures

By I. ALLAU

CONTENTS PART I UPPER EXTREMITY CLAVICLE SHOULDER 1 TREATMENT OF NONUNION OF CLAVICLE FRACTURES 3 2 ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT DISLOCATION 9 3 DIAGNOSTIC SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY 13 4 ACROMIOPLASTY 21 5 ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR OPEN ARTHROSCOPIC 25 6 OPEN ANTERIOR SHOULDER STABILIZATION 31 7 ARTHROSCOPIC SHOULDER STABILIZATION 37 8 ARTHROSCOPIC CAPSULAR RELEASE FOR SHOULDER STIFFNESS 43 9 TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY IN DEGENERATIVE OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE SHOULDER 51 PART II UPPER EXTREMITY HUMERUS ELBOW 10 NONUNIONS OF THE HUMERAL SHAFT OPEN REDUCTION PLATE FIXATION AND AUTOLOGOUS BONE GRAFT AUGMENTATION 63 11 REPAIR OF THE RUPTURED DISTAL BICEPS TENDON 71 12 SUBCUTANEOUS ULNAR NERVE TRANSPOSITION 75 13 LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION FOR POSTEROLATERAL ROTATORY INSTABILITY OF THE ELBOW 81 14 ELBOW ARTHROSCOPY 87 15 TOTAL ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY 95 PART III UPPER EXTREMITY FOREARM WRIST 16 FOREARM NONUNIONS 109 17 WRIST ARTHROSCOPY 115 18 WRIST ARTHRODESIS 121 19 SCAPHOID NONUNION 129 20 TRAPEZECTOMY 135 21 CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE 141 22 RELEASE OF THE FIRST EXTENSOR COMPARTMENT AT THE WRIST DEQUERVAIN S DECOMPRESSION 147 23 DUPUYTREN S FASCIECTOMY 151 24 TRIGGER FINGER RELEASE 157 25 TENDON TRANSFERS FOR MEDIAN NERVE PALSY 163 26 TENDON TRANSFERS FOR RADIAL NERVE PALSY 171 27 TENDON TRANSFERS FOR ULNAR NERVE PALSY 181