Atlas of Hand Surgery

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Author: W Bruce Connolly St. Luke's Hospital Complex, Potts Point, NSW, Australia

Description:

Covers the hand surgical techniques the non-specialist needs to perform. The book takes a 'one-stop' approach, each illustration is accompanied by a detailed descriptive caption, eliminating the need for flipping back and forth though the text between illustrations and descriptions. The book's step-by-step illustrations are by a single medical artist, assuring high quality uniformity throughout.

Features:

¾ Practical one-stop resource demonstrates common hand surgery procedures ¾ High-quality step-by-step illustrations ¾ Detailed descriptive caption supports each illustration

Contents:

• SECTION I SURGICAL ANATOMY AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES: Surgical anatomy / routine & basic principles / anesthesia / use of tourniquet / instruments, sutures & needles / incisions / postoperative procedures
• SECTION II OPEN INJURIES: Wound care & closure / flexor tendon repair / extensor tendon repair / digital nerve repair / median & ulnar nerve repair / digital repair / repair of fingertip and nail bed injuries
• SECTION III CLOSED INJURIES: Joint and ligament injuries / fractures of the phalanges & metacarpals / closed reduction & percutaneous K-wire fixation / open reduction & internal fixation / Herbert screw fixation of fractured scaphoid
• SECTION IV COMPLEX AND PEDIATRIC INJURIES: Complex & mutilating injuries / hand injuries in children
• SECTION V RECONSTRUCTION AFTER SURGERY: Introduction / skin techniques / tendon reconstruction / extensor tendon reconstruction / joint & web contractures / bone reconstruction / reconstruction after nerve injury / reconstruction after vascular injury
• SECTION VI THE PARALYTIC HAND: General principles / median nerve opponensplasty / ulnar nerve restoring intrinsic function to the hand / radial nerve tendon transfers
• SECTION VII OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: Infections / congenital deformities / tumors of the hand / Dupuytren's contracture / nerve entrapment / disorders of tendons & tendon sheaths
• SECTION VIII ARTHRITIS: Introduction / osteoarthritis / rheumatoid hand / appendix
• SECTION IX AMPUTATIONS: Digital, metacarpal & ray amputations / neuroma
• SECTION X MISCELLANEOUS TECHNIQUES: Tendon techniques / nerve grafts / bone grafts / types of implants