Topics listed below have been highlighted in past editions of the Clinical Forum. We welcome your suggestions for future presentations. 


Fracture Management:

• Pin Loosening: Where do we stand ? 
  
• Callus formation: can we promote it?
  Fragment Fixation System: One-Step Fracture Fixation
  

           Upper Limb:

• Unstable Distal Radius Fractures: A review and rationale for external fixation.
  
  
  Lower Limb:
  
• The Sheffield Ring Fixator System: Treatment of complex fractures, limb lengthening and deformity corrections. Clinical Cases 
  
• OASIS: Surgical Technique
  
• HTO: A review and rationale for hemicallotasis
  
• Combined Percutaneous Internal Fixation and External Fixation Treatment of C3 Tibial Plateau Fractures: A Review of 43 Cases 
  
• Treatment of Severe Tibial Plateau Fractures with the Sheffield Ring Fixator
  
• Arthrodesis With Retrograde Locked Nailing In Ankle Deformities
  
• Combined Percutaneous Internal Fixation and External
  Fixation Treatment of Type C Tibial Plafond Fractures: A
  Review of 22 Cases 
  
• Preliminary Results of a Multicenter Study in Italy, 
  Dec. 2000 - Mar. 2002 (XCaliber Fixator)
  
  Dr. V. Caiaffa (Univ. of Bari, Director Prof.G.B. Solarino)
  Dr. F. Lavini (Univ. of Verona, Director P. Bartolozzi)
  Dr. M. Manca (Univ. of Pisa, Director Prof. A. Faldini) 
  
• The XCaliber Fixator: Product Features & Benefits
  
  
  DVT Prophylaxis, Edema Management and Arterial Disease:

• Prevention of Thrombembolic Diseases in Total Hip Arthroplasty
  
• DVT Prophylaxis after Total Hip Replacement Surgery
  
• Videophlebography clip, showing the unique action of the A-V Impulse System (Flash player)
  

  Adjunctive Application of PEMF with PLIF and PL Fusion: 
  A Retrospective Study of 85 Patients

• Slide Presentation: Application of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMF) after Lumbar Interbody (PLIF) or Posterolateral (PL) Fusion Surgery in a Heterogeneous Population (slide presentation) - Dr. Richard A. Silver