Green's operative hand surgery
By: David P. Green ... [et al.] ; illustrator Elizabeth Roselius.
Contributors: Green, David P.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone; Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2313
Subjects: Hand -- Surgery; Hand -- surgery
Other titles: Operative hand surgery
Description: Pairs the tradition of print with the advances of technology in a continuously updated multimedia (E)dition. A new team of international contributors, carefully selected for their particular expertise and ability to offer broad perspectives in a given subject area, describes a complete range of open and arthroscopic techniques. They discuss their preferred surgical methods " patient selection " pre-operative evaluation " decision making " expected outcomes " and special instrumentation. A companion CD-ROM enables readers to link directly from bibliographical citations to corresponding MEDLINE abstracts and other sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: General principles; title: Anesthesia; title: Acute infections in the hand; title: Chronic infections; title: Duputryen's contracture; title: extensor tendon injuries; title: Flexor tendon injury; title: Fractures of the metacarpals and phalanges; title: Dislocations and ligament injuries in the digits - The perionychium; title: Stiff finger joints; title: Thumb basal joint arthritis; title: Arthrodesis (partial and complete); title: Carpel instability; title: Distal radioulnar joint instability; title: Distal radius fractures; title: Fractures of the carpal bones; title: Wrist arthroscopy: anatomy and diagnosis; title: Wrist arthroscopy: operative procedures; title: Fractures of the distal humerus; title: Fractures of the head and the radius; title: Fractures of the proximal ulna; title: Complex traumatic elbow dislocation; title: Recurrent instability of the elbow; title: Treatment of the stiff elbow; title: Arthroscopy and thrower's elbow; title: Total elbow arthoplasty; title: Compression neuropathies; title: Thoracic outlet compression syndrome; title: Nerve repair; title: Radial nerve palsy; title: Median nerve palsy; title: Ulner nerve palsy; title: Cerebral palsy; title: Upper extremity dysfunction after stroke or brain injury; title: Tetraplegia; title: Pediatric brachial plexus palsy; title: Pediatric brachial plexus injury; title: Embryology; title: Deformities of the hand and fingers; title: Deformities of the thumb; title: Deformities of the wrist and forearm; title: Congenital contracture; title: Principles of microvascular surgery; title: Replantation; title: The mangled upper extremity; title: Skin grafts and skin flaps; title: Free skin and composite flaps; title: Free functioning muscle transfers; title: Vascularized bone grafting; title: Vascularized joint transfers; title: Toe-to-hand transplantation; title: Thumb reconstruction; title: Distraction lengthening in the hand and upper extremity; title: Amputations; title: Compartment syndrome; title: Complex regional pain syndrome; title: Fractitious disorders; title: Rheumatoid arthritis and other connective tissue diseases; title: Tenosynovitis; title: The burned hand; title: Skin tumors; title: Bone and soft tissue tumors; title: Vascular disorders.