Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPO): concepts and cases presented by AO East Asia

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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volumeVol. 89-B, No. 10 Book ReviewsFree AccessMinimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPO): concepts and cases presented by AO East Asia Edited by G. O. Tong and S. Bavonratanavech Pp. 370. New York: Thieme, 2006. ISBN: 3-13-143391-4. Euro 199.95.N. GearyN. GearySearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Oct 2007https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B10.0891412aAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsAdd to Favourites ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail This AO instructional manual is a comendium of experience of the South-East Asian AO group. This book is well produced, eminently readable and the illustrations are clear and appropriate to the text. It should be a standard reference text in theatres and hospital libraries. The first third of the book deals with principles of minimally invasive fracture surgery and integrates this into updated AO principles. The latter two thirds cover specific techniques in relation to humeral, femoral, tibial and clavicular fractures. Icons at the top right corner of the page aid quick refernce by indicating the anatomical zone covered. It would have been helpful to differentiate more clearly the background basic science content of the first third.Purchase includes a DVD containing all the illustrations from the text which can be saved to your computer to illustrate your educational material. Illustrative animation on the DVD is referenced in the text by an icon but not to indicate when there is a video to illustrate a surgical approach. The videos are clear and well produced, but when run from the DVD menu, Quicktime runs in small form factor and does not have a full screen option. The reader would do better to run the videos directly from < Drive> :Applikation\Material\video in any MPEG player.It is never stated but slowly dawns on the viewer that this is a cadaveric workshop, not a surgical theatre. I can fault the content of the publication only in two minor areas. Having pointed out the proximity of the vessels to the middle third of the clavicle, and recommending general anaesthetic, the authors do not point out that as there is a risk of perforation of the subclavian vein, positive pressure ventilation should be recommended to avoid air embolism resulting from negative intra-thoracic pressure. Whilst the authors say that these plates seldom hav to be removed, it is necessary when an injured joint subsequently required prosthetic replacement. They point out that there are particular difficulties in removing the Locking Head Screws but specific techniques of removal are not described, (readers have to refer to AO Dialogue 4/06).This book is well produced, eminently readable and the illustrations are clear and appropriate to the text. It should be a standard reference text in theatres and hospital libraries.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Vol. 89-B, No. 10 Metrics Downloaded 222 times History Published online 1 October 2007 Published in print 1 October 2007 InformationCopyright © 2007, The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery: All rights reservedPDF download