Armed Conflict Injuries to the Extremities A Treatment Manual /

Modern weapons and high-energy accidents inflict devastating damage to soft tissue and bone. As a result, both primary treatment and late limb reconstruction present a difficult surgical challenge. This book is designed to meet the continued need to re-learn the principles of treatment of complex wa...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lerner, Alexander (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Soudry, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Organization of urgent medical aid, including mass casualty and triage
  • Wound ballistics
  • Damage Control
  • Crush injury to limbs
  • Anesthesiology in emergency patients
  • Hemotransfusion in combat trauma
  • Diagnostic imaging in combat trauma
  • Soft tissue debridement
  • Primary fracture stabilization
  • Prophylaxis of wound infections after combat trauma
  • Vascular trauma to limbs
  • Peripheral nerve injury
  • Plastic coverage of soft tissue defects
  • Definitive bone reconstruction using internal fixation methods
  • Definitive bone reconstruction using external fixation, including management of the severe bone loss
  • Hand injuries
  • Foot surgery
  • Limb salvage versus amputation: The dilemma
  • Amputation
  • Complications: delayed unions, nonunions
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Pain treatment.