Carl-Axel Cedell

Carl-Axel Cedell (1932 – ) Swedish Orthopaedic Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Cedell fracture

Biography

• Born 1932
• 1967 – Thesis in orthopaedic surgery University of Lund
• Orthopaedic Surgeon Central Hospital, Växjö, Sweden

Medical Eponyms

Cedell fracture (1974)

Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the medial tubercle caused by forced dorsiflexion and pronation. First described in 4 patients by Cedell in 1974

Isolated rupture of the posterior talotibial ligament is probably a very rare injury. The author has diagnosed this ligament injury in four portsmen, who had a chronic state of insufficiency with medial pain and swelling in the ankle joint. Clinical examination revealed the occurrence of a bony and tender formation behind the medial malleolus which at operation was found to be an unhealed avulsion fragment belonging to the medial tubercle of the talus.

Cedell 1974

**Shepherd fracture – Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the lateral tubercle caused by inversion or extreme equinus

• Cedell method – Cerclage wire and staple method for fractures of the lateral malleolus requiring open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF)

Major Publications

• Cedell CA. Outward rotation-supination injuries of the ankle. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1965 Sep-Oct;42:97-100.
• Cedell CA. Supination-outward rotation injuries of the ankle. A clinical and roentgenological study with special reference to the operative treatment. Acta Orthop Scand. 1967: Suppl 110:3+. [PMID 4970319]
• Cedell CA. Rupture of the posterior talotibial ligament with the avulsion of a bone fragment from the talus. Acta Orthop Scand. 1974;45(3):454-61.
• Cedell CA. Åströrn M. Proximal metatarsal osteotomy in hallux valgus. Acta Orthop Scand 1982 Dec;53(6):1013-8.
• Åströrn M, Cedell CA. Metatarsal osteotomy in rheumatoid arthritis. Acta Orthop Scand 1987 58:4, 398-400

References

• Berggren SS, Tiderius CJ. The Cedell method (cerclage wire and staple) leads to less reoperations than the AO method. Acta Orthop. 2015 Jun; 86(3): 384–387.
• Eponymythology: Eponymous ankle and talus injuries. LITFL