Cara DiSordo cannot help but notice Dan Brighton s slate-blue eyes when she first meets him. When he reveals he is profoundly deaf, Cara already knows nothing can stop her growing attraction to him. Drawn to his quiet dignity, ambition, and confidence, Cara begins to teach herself the rudiments of sign language. As their relationship evolves into a comfortable pairing, they soon fall in love and marry. But it is not long before Cara recognizes the tough realities of being married to a deaf partner. As Dan s internal struggles and shame of his disability manifests itself in angry and peculiar...

nenkursen und Publikationen m6gen dazu beigetragen haben. Es geht uns hier nicht darum, Erfinderanspruche zu erheben, sondern vielmehr darum, aufzuzeigen, daB innerhalb der richti gerweise starren Osteosynthesegrundgesetze ein Freiraum fUr Kreativitiit, fUr Varianten und Verfeinerungen besteht. Es erge ben sich dabei sinn volle operative L6sungen, und der operative Alltag erfahrt anregende Bereicherung. In jedem Kapitel wird die Kenntnis der Grundtechnik als ge liiufig vorausgesetzt und deshalb darauf nicht niiher eingegan gen. Vorgetragen werden dagegen jeweils besondere Indikatio nen und...

and refinement that exists within the necessarily strict rules of the internal fixation method. In this way we seek to contribute to as weIl as to stimulate the search for rational solutions to surgical problems. It is assumed throughout that the reader is fa miliar with the technical fundamentals of internal fixation, and so these details are omitted. Instead, special indications and technical refinements are presented on the basis of case examples. Because an endless variety of situations can arise in orthopedic surgery (a circumstance that is attracting more and more surgeons to the...