G. R. Wilson

Emergency Management of Hand Injuries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9780192628237
• ISBN-10: 0192628232
• Artikelnr.: 21400668

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: General Considerations
1.: Introduction
2.: Abbreviations
3.: Anatomy
4.: Assessment
5.: Surgery, splints, dressings
6.: Local anaesthetic techniques
Part 2: Soft Tissue Injuries
7.: Nailbed injuries
8.: Gamekeeper's thumb
9.: Glass injury
10.: Simple laceration
11.: Major laceration and crush injuries
12.: Ring avulsion injury
13.: High pressure injections
14.: Burns - thermal
15.: Burns - chemical
16.: Burns - electrical
17.: Frostbite
18.: Skin loss
19.: Amputations (replants)
21.: Foreign bodies
Part 3: Tendon and Nerve Injuries
22.: Flexor tendons
23.: Extensor tendon (1 Mallet)
24.: Extensor tendon (2 Boutonniere)
25.: Extensor tendon (3 MP joint)
26.: Extensor tendon (4 hand and wrist)
27.: Nerve injury
Part 4: Injuries to Bones and Joints
28.: Fall on outstretched hand
29.: Scaphoid fracture
30.: Lunate dislocation and scapholunate dissociation
31.: Bennett's fracture
32.: Fracture MC shaft/base
33.: Fracture neck 5th MC
34.: Phalangeal fractures
35.: IP joint dislocation
36.: PIPJ swelling (volar plate injury)
37.: Ephiphyseal injuries - (children)
Part 5: Infections
38.: Paronychia
39.: Pulp space infection (felon)
40.: Cellulitis
41.: Bite wounds
42.: Septic arthritis
44.: Web space abcess
45.: Palmar space infection
Part 6: Patient Transfer
Index