Trauma Surgery Volume 1: Trauma Management, Trauma Critical Care, Orthopaedic Trauma and Neuro-Trauma /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Di Saverio, S. (Editor), Tugnoli, G. (Editor), Catena, F. (Editor), Ansaloni, L. (Editor), Naidoo, N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Surgery.; Abdominal surgery.; Thoracic surgery.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Traumatic Surgery.; General Surgery.; Abdominal Surgery.; Thoracic Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Trauma surgery has increasingly become a specialized field inspired by different principles and philosophy. A good trauma surgeon is a surgeon who knows how to perform abdominal vascular, thoracic, urologic, gynecologic, and orthopaedic procedures and is able to repair multiple traumatic injuries in...

Table of Contents:

• Training, Education and Decision-making in Trauma Surgery
• Management of the Polytrauma Patient
• Damage Control Resuscitation
• Principles and Philosphy of Damage Control Surgery
• Surgical Treatment of Pelvic Fractures
• Surgery of the Cervical Spine Trauma
• Surgery of the Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma
• Surgery of the Extremity Trauma
• Minimally Invasive Approach and Endovascular Techniques for Vascular Trauma
• Interventional Techniques for Hemorrhage Control in Trauma
• Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries
• Acute Traumatic Brain Injuries and Their Management
• Establishing a Trauma Service
• Multiple Organ Failure in Trauma Patients
• Infections in Trauma Patients. .