Reconstructing the War Injured Patient

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Abu-Sittah, Ghassan Soleiman (Editor), Hoballah, Jamal J. (Editor), Bakhach, Joseph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Surgery.; Plastic surgery.; Vascular surgery.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.; Plastic Surgery.; Vascular Surgery.

This text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to reconstruction of the war injured patient tailored to the types of injuries and patients mostly encountered from the Arab region over the past few years at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, one of the largest tertiar...

Table of Contents:

• Ballistics of Gunshot Wounds
• Biodynamics of Blast Injuries
• Management of Craniomaxillofacial Injuries
• The Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries
• Reconstruction of Periocular War Injuries
• Management of the Upper Limb Soft Tissue Injuries
• Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries
• Management of Upper Limb Fractures
• Lower Extremity Reconstruction
• Management of Peripheral Nerve Injuries
• Management of Lower Limb Fractures
• Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
• Contemporary Management of Urogenital Injuries
• Management of Central Nervous System War Injuries
• Vascular Trauma
• Early Microsurgical Management of Blast Injuries
• Amputations and Prostheses
• Healing the Scars Within: Psychological Support for the War-Injured
• Infections in Combat-Related Wounds.