Upper extremity amputations and management of acute microsurgical treatment : prostheses and rehabilitation
By: Tsu-Min Tsai, guest editor.
Contributors: Tsai, Tsu-Min.
Series: Hand clinics -- v. 17, no. 3.
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 514
Subjects: Amputation; Reimplantation (Surgery); Artificial limbs; Hand -- Transplantation
Notes: "August 2001"

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Epidemiology of amputations and severe injuries of the hand; value: Patient participation in the decision for replantation; value: Intervention approaches against I/R-induced arterial insufficiency in reconstructive surgery; value: The treatment of major devascularizing injuries of the upper extremity; value: Major upper limb replantation; value: Revascularization of the digits and palm; value: Digital replantations including fingertip and ring avulsion; value: Replantation of the thumb, especially avulsion; value: Primary and secondary microvascular reconstruction of the upper extremity; value: Revision amputation achieving maximum function and minimizing problems; value: Brace and rehabilitation after replantation and revascularization; value: Sensory substitution in prosthetics; value: Esthetic prostheses in minor and major upper limb amputations; value: Hand transplantation.