Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Trauma Patient

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Smith, Wade R. (Editor), Stahel, Philip F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Orthopedics.; Surgery.; Surgical transplantation.; Traumatology.; Vascular surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; General Surgery.; Traumatic Surgery.; Vascular Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Transplant Surgery.

Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Trauma Patient summarizes the most current concepts and clinical practices for the management of the patient with musculoskeletal traumatic injuries. The text covers optimal time frames for stabilization of orthopedic injuries and strategies to mitigate...

Table of Contents:

• Musculoskeletal Injury
• Perioperative Management
• The Pediatric Patient
• Management of Injuries in the Geriatric Trauma Patient
• The Multiply Injured Patient
• Femur Fractures
• Pelvic Fractures
• Spine Fractures
• Open Fractures and Limb Salvage
• Compartment Syndrome
• Closed Fractures and Dislocations
• Shock and Coagulopathy
• Closed Head Injury
• Chest Trauma and Lung Contusions
• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and the Open Abdomen
• Epilogue.