Orthopedic Trauma and Reconstruction
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- For this month’s Editor’s Pick, our editorial team has selected a case posted by Carlos Moreno-Castillo, from Chile, in the AO Elbow Group. The case deals with a 19-year-old male patient, […]
- This month, myAO is featuring Dr. Buendia Saavedra, an active Trauma contributor on myAO. Dr. Buendia Saavedra is an orthopedic specialist focusing on sports injuries, particularly knee, hip, and shoulder […]
- myAO Editor’s Pick on complex distal femur intraarticular fracture In this month’s Editor’s Pick, myAO is featuring the winning case of the myAO Trauma competition. We […]
- Posterior wall acetabular fracture fixation via Kocher-Langenbeck approach In this month’s Editor’s pick, myAO is featuring the winning case of the Bone Voyage clinical competition, […]
- Trauma clinical case on foot replantation following wheat harvester traumatic amputation For this month’s Editor’s Pick, our editorial team has selected a case posted by Diomyd Chabanenko, […]
August 2022
Arthroplasty is commonly used to treat acute fracture of the proximal femur, complex proximal humerus fracture or elbow fracture, but is less usual in complex knee fracture. The main objective of arthroplasty in fractures of the proximal femur is to save the patient's life by limiting the decubitus complications, thanks to immediate resumption of weight-bearing. For the shoulder and elbow, the objective is to save joint function, thanks to immediate postoperative mobilization.November 2021
Dr. Kodi Kojima is Chief of the Trauma Group at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He has served as the chairperson of the AOTrauma International Board (AOTIB), as a faculty member within the AO Foundation, a member of the TK Lower Extremity Expert Group, and as a regional board member with responsibilities in research and education. In his role as the chairperson of AOTEC, he represented AOTrauma Education as a member of the AOTIB.- myAO clinical roundup on pelvic & acetabular fracture management Pelvic and acetabular fractures represent some of the most complex injuries in orthopaedic trauma, often requiring high-level […]
