This is the standard reference book in operative fracture care. For over forty years, the principles regarding fracture management have been taught by AO, and this textbooks are carefully edited version of the knowledge with contributing authors from around the world providing guidance relating to the principles of fracture management. The new extended book addresses in all areas the explosion of information and knowledge about locking plates and the principles of their use as well as new issues surrounding biotechnology, minimally invasive surgery, damage-control orthopedics, osteoporosis, and new expanded anatomical areas where fracture care is evolving.