Main description:

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.

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