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An updated edition of a key clinical guide to handling emergency situations...
The second edition of this detailed guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common plastic surgery emergencies includes updated clinical information on the most common emergency situations. This book gives plastic surgeons, as well as any physicians who may encounter emergency plastic surgery issues, the basic skills they need to effectively treat their patients and to ultimately be successful in their practice.
Key Features of the Second Edition:
- New chapter covering sternal wounds
- Easy-to-follow color diagrams demonstrating key procedures and full-color photographs for rapid diagnosis
Plastic Surgery Emergencies is an indispensable resource for clinicians, residents, and trainees in plastic surgery. It is also ideal for all emergency room personnel, including ER physicians, physicians' assistants, and nurse practitioners, as well as family practice physicians.
List of contents
1 Wound Management
2 Anesthesia and Wound Closure
3 Pressure Sores
4 Bite Wounds
5 Burns and Frostbite
6 General Assessment and Management of Facial Trauma
7 Facial Lacerations
8 Orbit and Zygoma Fractures
9 Nasal and Naso-Orbital-Ethmoid (NOE) Fractures
10 Frontal Sinus Fractures
11 Mandibular Fractures
12 Examination of Hand Injuries
13 Anesthesia and Splinting of the Hand and Wrist
14 Hand and Wrist Fractures and Dislocations
15 Hand Infections and Injection Injuries
16 Hand and Forearm Tendon Injuries
17 Hand Vascular Injuries and Digit Amputations
18 Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerve Injuries
19 Upper Extremity Compartment Syndrome
20 Postoperative Evaluation of Free Flap Reconstructions
21 The Postoperative Aesthetic Patient
22 Sternal Wounds
Summary
An updated edition of a key clinical guide to handling emergency situations...The second edition of this detailed guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common plastic surgery emergencies includes updated clinical information on the most common emergency situations. This book gives plastic surgeons, as well as any physicians who may encounter emergency plastic surgery issues, the basic skills they need to effectively treat their patients and to ultimately be successful in their practice.Key Features of the Second Edition:New chapter covering sternal woundsEasy-to-follow color diagrams demonstrating key procedures and full-color photographs for rapid diagnosisPlastic Surgery Emergencies is an indispensable resource for clinicians, residents, and trainees in plastic surgery. It is also ideal for all emergency room personnel, including ER physicians, physicians' assistants, and nurse practitioners, as well as family practice physicians.
