Distal Radial Fractures

Books written by me are not meant to be kept in libraries or books shelves, but usually find place in the operation theatre or clinics, as surgeons actually use them frequently. Thus my books do not have ceremonial releases during national and international conferences. They are just published and released. It is a pleasure to launch my ninth orthopaedic book today! This is a 100 paged hard bound book on glossy paper in full colour. It comes with a DVD disk of the operative videos of the surgical technique. The book is profusely illustrated with drawings an pictures. It is written in a simple language in a story book style.

In the foreword Dr Kir Pat says: At first, being offered to edit and write foreword about this book by my dear friend Dr L. Prakash, I asked myself “Why so much about so little?” After all the distal radius is only a small part of the body, and its fractures, although common, are really not exactly a life- or limb-threatening issues. Admittedly it is a fracture that we often do not deal with well and have not yet conquered by recent varied methods, but is that really worth a new innovation? How wrong one would be with that attitude! How truly inappropriate is such a view of this truly spectacular and well-written compendium of important technology and information! And yet so simple and economical and satisfying to patients, while yielding such satisfactory postoperative sequelae without fracture disease!

“Distal radial Fractures A new philosophy of Management” is written methodically, describing each step of the procedure in great detail. The chapter on “History” is very informative. This technique, at first glance, may appear beyond capabilities of the average surgeon, but on second reading, one realises that it is rather easy to understand the nuances of Ilizarov methods and begin applying them in their practice. Prakash has explained how this method using wires, is much superior to the other external fixation systems being currently