Acute Management Of Hand Injuries

Do you encounter patients with hand and wrist problems? Are there times when you wish you had a hand surgeon next to you to help guide you in the right direction? The answers you are looking for can be found inside Acute Management of Hand Injuries by hand surgeons, Drs. Andrew J. Weiland and Rachel S. Rohde. Acute Management of Hand Injuries is a concise and user-friendly book including the most common acute hand and wrist complaints including fractures, dislocations, tendon and nerve injuries, infections, bite injuries, and industrial trauma. This book acts as a "pocket consultant" for non-hand specialists who temporize acute hand issues before referring the patient to a specialist. Acute Management of Hand Injuries is designed to provide the most current and up-to-date information on even the smallest hand afflictions. Inside You'll Also Find: - Numerous photographs and radiographs - Hand evaluation diagram template - Suggested readings at the end of each chapter - Quick reference appendices covering topics such as antibiotic recommendations and burn treatment Acute Management of Hand Injuries also will serve as a perfect introductory guide for residents and students in orthopedic or plastic surgery programs who will be expected to master these basic principles. Each Chapter Includes: - Mechanism of Injury - Evaluation - Acute Treatment - Definitive Treatment - Potential Problems Acute Management of Hand Injuries is ideal for orthopedic surgeons, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and all who provide care in emergency room, urgent care, and primary practice settings.

This compact yet comprehensive handbook will allow Accident and Emergency staff to investigate and treat hand injuries with confidence - and just as importantly, to see at a glance which patients should be referred immediately to a specialist hand surgeon. Written in a concise and accessible style, it is illustrated throughout with clear and informative diagrams.

Concise and comprehensive, Emergency Management of Hand Injuries allows Accident and Emergency staff to investigate and treat hand injuries with confidence - and just as importantly to see at a glance which patients should be referred immediately to a specialist hand surgeon. This handbook describes those hand injuries most likely to be encountered in the A & E department and is structured in small chapters for quick and easy reference. Each type of injury is considered in the light of the history, examination, investigations, treatment, and referral of patients. Clear and informative diagrams throughout aid the diagnosis and management of injuries. Emergency Management of Hand Injuries is written for staff working in the A & E department and will also be of use to those working in plastic, orthopaedic, or trauma surgery departments.

Contributed by the Division of Plastic Surgery at Washington University, this comprehensive, practical handbook covers common techniques in treating acute hand injuries. Available therapies including rigid fixation or fracture, microvascular surgical reconstruction, and peripheral nerve techniques and the selection of techniques based on the injury are discussed. Clear and simple line drawings accompany sections on surgical techniques. Multifunctional use as an easy-to-read, introductory text, and as a handy day-to-day reference--wonderful for the resident just beginning their training, as well asfor the experienced surgeon. User-friendly outlines at beginning of each chapter offering detailed view of what chapter consists of--quick access to what reader is looking for. Superior, clear, detailed line drawings--generally preferred by surgeons for illustrating procedures.

This volume, dealing with situations from a nailbed injury to an amputation or a gunshot wound and almost everything in between, is a comprehensive but simple manual, addressing the most frequent, and some of the not-so-frequent, emergencies in the field of hand surgery. Every chapter is written by a group of experienced hand surgeons from around the world, who will guide the reader on the management of a variety of different conditions and injuries. Some of the topics covered here include how to examine and treat an acute brachial plexus injury, learning how wrist biomechanics is applied to the management of acute carpal injuries, and performing wide-awake anesthesia with no tourniquet on an acutely injured hand, among many others.

This issue of Hand Clinics will include the following articles: Management of Acute Adult Hand Burns; Management of Acute Pediatric Hand Burns; Electrical Injury; Frostbite Injury; The Biologic Principles of Scar and Contracture; Postburn Contractures of the Hand; Biology and Treatment of Upper Extremity Heterotopic Ossificatio; Postburn Contractures of the Elbow and Heterotopic Ossification; Reconstruction of the Adult and Pediatric Burned Hand; Microsurgical Reconstruction of the Burned Hand; The Use of Dermal Skin Substitutes for the Treatment of the Burned Hand; and many more exciting articles!