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Fully revised and updated, the second edition of Hand Surgery has been broadened to reflect the diverse nature of the speciality, providing more detail on hand therapy and alternatives to hand surgery, whilst maintaining surgical techniques in line with current guidelines.The compact format of Hand Surgery, part of the Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery series, is designed to work both as a revision guide, with clearly organised chapters and headings throughout, and as an aide-memoire for fine detail such as pathology classifications. Featuring an authoritative list of contributors from hand surgeons and therapists, this new edition reflects the close working relationships between the two disciplines and draws from the knowledge of expertsin the field.
List of contents
- 1: Sarah Mee and Zoe Clift: Assessment
- 2: Sarah Mee and Zoe Clift: Hand therapy
- 3: Alistair Phillips and Harry Akerman: Anaesthesia
- 4: Zaf Naqui and David Warwick: Bone and joint injuries of the wrist and forearm
- 5: Will Mason and David Warwick: Bone and joint injuries of the hand
- 6: Paul Stephens and Roderick Dunn: Soft tissue injuries of the hand
- 7: S. Raja Sabapathay and Roderick Dunn: Reconstruction
- 8: Adam Sierakowski and Roderick Dunn: Skin conditions
- 9: Philippa Rust, David Warwick, and Meg Birks: Osteoarthritis of the hand
- 10: Raja Shanmuga Krishnan, S. Raja Sabapathay, and Roderick Dunn: Infection
- 11: Alexandra Crick and Roderick Dunn: Nerves
- 12: Chris Edwards and David Warwick: Rheumatology
- 13: Michael Lamyman and Roderick Dunn: Tendons
- 14: David Warwick: Ulnar corner
- 15: Sanjay Miranda and David Warwick: Wrist
- 16: Ian Grant and Roderick Dunn: Children
- 17: Michael Lamyman and Roderick Dunn: Tumours
- 18: Adam Sierakowski and Roderick Dunn: Vascular
About the author
David Warwick is Consultant Hand Surgeon at University Hospital Southampton and visiting Hand Surgeon to Jersey and Guernsey.
His was awarded an Honorary Professorship by University of Southampton in 2013 and a Bronze Clinical Excellence Award in 2012. He achieved Gold Medal in the European Diploma of Hand Surgery in 2004.
He has served as President of the British Association of Hand Therapists, Secretary of British Society for Surgery of the Hand and Exco Member of FESSH. He currently sits on the IFSSH Exco and is President of the BSSH in 2020.
He reviews 40 papers per year and sits on the Editorial Boards of the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons, European Journal of Hand Surgery, Bone & Joint Journal.
David has published 80 papers. As well as Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Hand Surgery (2009, 2018), he was editor of FESSH Textbook of Dupuytren's Disease (2015) and Apley & Solomon's System of Orthopaedics and Trauma (2001, 2010, 2017).
Roderick Dunn is a Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon at the Odstock Regional Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns in Salisbury. He is also an Honorary Visiting Consultant at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court.
His practice includes Reconstructive Hand Surgery, Congenital Hand Surgery, Microsurgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery. He has also spent the last 10 years treating soldiers with complex war injuries from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
He was awarded the Order of St John for his work at Headley Court in 2011, and an NHS Bronze National Clinical Excellence Award in 2012.
He is Co-Editor of the 2nd Edition of the Oxford Handbook of Hand Surgery, and Co-author of the First Edition. He has written many book chapters and papers, and presents regularly at National and International Meetings.
He is actively involved with surgical teaching, including the RCS Hand Surgery Courses and the BSSH Hand Instructional Courses in Hand Surgery.
Summary
Fully revised from the previous edition, the Oxford Specialist Handbook of Hand Surgery 2nd edition has a greater focus on non-surgical management of hand conditions, whilst bringing surgical guidelines fully up to date.
Foreword
Highly Commended in the Surgery category at the BMA Book Awards 2019
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This book fills a gap in the market. The layout is concise and easy to read. The intended readership is for trainees to use as a revision guide.
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This book fills a gap in the market. The layout is concise and easy to read. The intended readership is for trainees to use as a revision guide. BMA reviewing panel, BMA Medical Book Awards 2019
