Practical Procedures in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery

This 18-chapter textbook guides surgeons in step-by-step approaches to orthopedic procedures for trauma surgery. Organized by fractures of specific body parts, as well as tendon injuries and compartment syndrome and decompressive fasciotomies, chapters explain indications, preoperative planning and assessment, anesthesia, equipment, operating room set-up, the surgical approach, patient positioning, reduction techniques, postoperative care and rehabilitation, outpatient follow-up, and implant removal, in an outline format. This edition has been expanded and revised to include chapters on fractures of the scapula, elbow, and foot, and minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis procedures. Other chapters have been expanded and revised. Contributors are orthopedic surgeons from North America and Europe. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)