Professor B.G. WEBER has once again and in a very timely fashion produced a superb book on an orthopaedic subject of great importance. "The Extemal Fixator" is the most comprehensive text on the subject in orthopaedic literature to date. Professor WEBER thoroughly discusses extemal fixation with c1arity, organization, profuse illustrations and roentgenograms. Professor WEBER acknowledges that the use of extemal fixation in orthopaedic surgery is not newand traces its history over the years. He points out c1early the fact that though at various times the "method" has experienced periods of disrepute, modem sophistication, improved technology and a better understanding of its philosophy have given the system a newand perhaps permanent place in the armamentarium of the orthopaedic surgeon. All methods of treatment have critics as well as supporters, and not infrequently the strongest criticisms are the result of poor understanding of the philosophy proposed and its proper implementation. Professor WEBER, in his carefully detailed and well illustrated book, has made it abundantly c1ear that the use of extemal fixators in the treatment of fractures must be c1early understood by the orthopaedic surgeon in order to obtain satisfactory clinical results. His discussion of its philosophy, pathomechanics and technology are most comprehensive and leave "no stone untumed" and because of this the book represents a most comprehensive text on the subject.

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The ASIF Threaded External Fixator in General Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery of the Extremities
A General Part
B On the Biomechanics of External Fixation
C The Threaded External Fixator. Instrumentation
D Operative Technique for the Threaded External Fixator
E Techniques for Reinforcing the External Fixator
F Situations Requiring a Special Operative Technique
G Axial Corrections
H Local Care Following Frame Application
I Duration of External Fixation, and Removal of the External Fixator
K Instrumentation Used with the Threaded External Fixator
L The Threaded External Fixator in Adults. Clinical Examples
M The Threaded External Fixator in Children and Adolescents
N Concluding Remarks
External Spinal Skeletal Fixation
References.