Plastic surgery emergencies: principles and techniques

Table of Contents: Foreword / Melvin Spira 1. Wound Management 2. Anesthesia and Wound Closure 3. Pressure Sores 4. Bite Wounds 5. Burns and Frostbite 6. The Traumatized Face 7. Facial Lacerations 8. Orbit and Zygoma Fractures 9. Nasal and Nasal-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.

Preceded by Plastic surgery emergencies / Jamal M. Bullocks [and others]. 2008.

Includes index.

Wound management -- Anesthesia and wound closure -- Pressure sores -- Bite wounds -- Burns and frostbite -- General assessment and management of facial trauma -- Facial lacerations -- Orbit and zygoma fractures -- Nasal and naso-orbital-Ethmoid (NOE) fractures -- Frontal sinus fractures -- Mandibular fractures -- Examination of hand injuries -- Anesthesia and splinting of the hand and wrist -- Hand and wrist fractures and dislocations -- Hand infections and injection injuries -- Hand and forearm tendon injuries -- Hand vascular injuries and digit amputations -- Upper extremity peripheral nerve injuries -- Upper extremity compartment syndrome -- Postoperative evaluation of free flap reconstructions -- The postoperative aesthetic patient -- Sternal wounds.