General Orthopaedics -- Current Status of Arthroplasty Registers in Europe -- National Registration of Hip Fractures in Sweden -- Current Status of Articular Cartilage Repair -- Thromboprophylaxis After Major Orthopaedic Surgery: State of the Art -- Paediatrics -- DDH: Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies -- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis -- Major Joint Contractures in Children -- Trauma -- Damage-Control Orthopaedic Surgery in Polytrauma: Influence on the Clinical Course and Its Pathogenetic Background -- Fractures and Non-Unions of the Clavicle -- Proximal Humeral Fractures -- Fixation of Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures -- Surgical Management of Distal Tibial Fractures in Adults -- Upper Limb and Hand -- The Distal Radio-Ulnar Joint: Functional Anatomy, Biomechanics, Instability and Management -- Distal Radius Fractures: Evolution in the Treatment Standard of Care 2009 -- Dupuytren's Contracture -- Spine -- Low Back Pain -- Hip -- Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Comparison of Current Approaches -- How to Do a Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty -- How to Do a Cementless Hip Arthroplasty -- Knee -- How to Treat a Meniscal Lesion? -- Soft-Tissue Balance in Total Knee Arthroplasty -- Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty with Bone Loss -- Foot and Ankle -- Ankle Arthritis -- Hallux Rigidus: Arthroplasty or Not?.

The individual lectures on orthopaedics and trauma topics collected in this book range from fractures of the cervical spine to the treatment of club foot in children. They contain essential information for trainees and the latest information on the developments in the field.