Emergency Management of Hand Injuries

Name: Emergency Management of Hand Injuries
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ISBN: 9780192628237

ISBN-10: 0192628232

ISBN-13: 9780192628237

Edition: 1997

Authors: G. R. Wilson, P. Nee, J. S. Watson

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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.

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/3/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 166
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English




General Considerations



Introduction



Abbreviations



Anatomy



Assessment



Surgery, splints, dressings



Local anaesthetic techniques



Soft Tissue Injuries



Nailbed injuries



Gamekeeper's thumb



Glass injury



Simple laceration



Major laceration and crush injuries



Ring avulsion injury



High pressure injections



Burns - thermal



Burns - chemical



Burns - electrical



Frostbite



Skin loss



Amputations (replants)



Foreign bodies



Tendon and Nerve Injuries



Flexor tendons



Extensor tendon (1 Mallet)



Extensor tendon (2 Boutonniere)



Extensor tendon (3 MP joint)



Extensor tendon (4 hand and wrist)



Nerve injury



Injuries to Bones and Joints



Fall on outstretched hand



Scaphoid fracture



Lunate dislocation and scapholunate dissociation



Bennett's fracture



Fracture MC shaft/base



Fracture neck 5th MC



Phalangeal fractures



IP joint dislocation



PIPJ swelling (volar plate injury)



Ephiphyseal injuries - (children)



Infections



Paronychia



Pulp space infection (felon)



Cellulitis



Bite wounds



Septic arthritis



Web space abcess



Palmar space infection



Patient Transfer


Index