Fractures of the Acetabulum

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXV

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2. Introduction: History and Development of Our Methods of Classification and Treatment of Acetabular Fractures

   • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

   Pages 1-15

3. Anatomy of the Acetabulum

   • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

   Pages 17-22

4. Mechanics of Acetabular Fractures

   • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

   Pages 23-28

5. Radiology of the Normal Acetabulum

   • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

   Pages 29-61

6. Classification

   • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

   Pages 63-66

7. Posterior Wall Fractures

   • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

   Pages 67-88

8. Fractures of the Posterior Column

   • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

   Pages 89-101

9. Anterior Wall Fractures

   • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

   Pages 103-113

10. Fractures of the Anterior Column

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 115-140

11. Pure Transverse Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 141-161

12. T-shaped Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 163-187

13. Associated Posterior Column and Posterior Wall Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 189-199

14. Associated Transverse and Posterior Wall Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 201-230

15. Associated Anterior and Posterior Hemitransverse Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 231-251

16. Associated Both-Column Fractures

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 253-313

17. Transitional and Extra-articular Forms

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 315-322

18. Associated Injuries

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 323-328

19. Distribution of the Clinical Series

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 329-332

20. Clinical Presentation

    • Emile Letournel, Robert Judet, Reginald A. Elson

    Pages 333-345

At the request of our publishers, I accepted the task of preparing this second edition. I felt this was necessary for several reasons: new imaging technologies such as CT scanning and 3-D reconstructions are now used routinely, the in­ dications for employing improved approaches are clearer, and reconstructions are facilitated by new internal fixation devices. Above all, I thought it was time to report the long-term results of the 940 acetabular fractures, 90070 of which were treated surgically - a unique series. In spite of the experience acquired from the three previous reviews of cases (1966, 1971, and 1978), I failed to foresee the amount of time this revision would need. In fact, it took more than 3 years to follow up the larger number of cases, and 159 patients (out of 800, i. e. 22. 7%) were not included as they had moved since their last review and simply could not be located. At a time when it is in fashion to evaluate the cost of health care, it is strange to see how public administrators, so keen on evaluating the immediate cost of our opera­ tions, do not care about the quality of their long-term results, which appears to us, however, to be the best basis for the choice of the initial treatment.

• Hüftgelenk
• anatomy
• bone
• cartilage
• complication
• computed tomography
• computed tomography (CT)
• foot
• fracture
• implant
• knee
• osteosynthesis
• radiology
• surgery
• trauma
• Trauma Surgery

• The Northern General Hospital, Sheffield 5, UK

  Reginald A. Elson

• Université de Paris VI, France

  Emile Letournel

• Hôpitaux de Paris, France

  Emile Letournel, Robert Judet

• Centre Médico-Chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris Cedex 13, France

  Emile Letournel

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