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Joint Preserving Procedures of the Lower Extremity (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980)
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Joint Preserving Procedures of the Lower Extremity (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980)
Series: Progress in Orthopaedic Surgery, 4
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The fourth volume of Progress in Orthopaedic Surgery is somewhat
different from pre vious publications of the series. The editors
have again tried to present two topics but the publications
presented from the European literature are of very recent origin.
In the age of total joint replacement it was felt to be imperative
to counteract the pre sent tendency to treat every joint which does
not seem to be healthy with an artificial re placement. Orthopaedic
surgery seems to be influenced by trends. In 1963, E. A. Nichol
discussing intracapsular hip fractures, quoted from Alice In
Wonderland in an editorial written for volume 45B of the Journal of
Bone and Joint Surgery "The Queen had only one way of settling all
difficulties, great or small, "Off with his head" ." Today one
could paraphrase his implied critizism by saying "Out with the
joint." No one doubts that joint replacements have been of great
value in treating degenerative joint changes, but it is already
apparent that replacement operations are not the ultimate answer
for treating every joint deformity. This volume represents the
European experience of different types of surgery in treat ing
arthrosis of the joints of the lower limb. A reader of the
Anglo-American literature will find suggestions in it which
reaffirm his uneasiness in considering only one solution for
problems concerning lower limb joints. I feel strongly that there
are other ways which allow a patient to function well with less
extensive operations."
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