Instrumente f��r die minimalinvasive Unfallchirurgie

For some time now minimally invasive techniques have been implemented in surgical disciplines, including trauma surgery. Indirect reduction techniques, minimal approaches and preservation of soft tissue cover have reduced the incidence of local complications and systemic stress and promoted fracture healing by conserving the biological soft tissue environment. Subtle surgical techniques are required to achieve all this and reduction aids and instruments for minimally invasive surgery are needed. In some cases minimally invasive methods make some otherwise impossible portals and approaches possible. Manual dexterity is of special merit for reduction of soft tissue injury as well as practice and the tips and tricks which should be passed on from one surgeon to another. Minimally invasive trauma surgery is not a black and white image contrasting minimally invasive and conventional surgery but comprises techniques and principles that merge seamlessly into one another. For an experienced surgeon, this is multi-facetted trauma surgery.