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Carl-Axel Cedell

by Dr Mike Cadogan, last update December 4, 2018

Carl-Axel Cedell 1957

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 method – Cerclage wire and staple method for fractures of the lateral malleolus requiring open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF)
  • Cedell fracture (1974) Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the medial tubercle caused by forced dorsiflexion and pronation
  • **Shepherd fracture – Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the lateral tubercle caused by inversion or extreme equinus

Major Publications

  • Cedell CA. Outward rotation-supination injuries of the ankle. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1965 Sep-Oct;42:97-100. [PMID 5845400]
  • 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. [PMID 4209771]
  • 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. [PMC4443465]

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