Abstract
The past few decades have witnessed growing urbanisation leading to an increase in high energy injuries resulting in complex fracture patterns, especially of the upper limb.
Improvements in our understanding of the biomechanics of these injuries, coupled with technological advancements in imaging, metallurgy, computer-aided design and 3D printing, have led to development of a variety of specific implants to enable fixation of difficult fractures.
It is up to the operating surgeon to understand the fracture personality as well as biomechanical principles of the available implants and make a judicious choice based on these considerations.
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Bharadwaj, R.G. (2023). Upper Limb Orthopaedic Trauma Implantology in a Nutshell. In: Banerjee, A., Biberthaler, P., Shanmugasundaram, S. (eds) Handbook of Orthopaedic Trauma Implantology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7540-0_77
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