TY - BOOK ID - 7765888 TI - Armed conflict injuries to the extremities : a treatment manual AU - Lerner, A. IA. AU - Soudry, M. PY - 2011 SN - 3642161545 3642161553 1299336183 PB - Heidelberg ; New York : Springer Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Extremities -- Injuries. KW - War wounds -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. KW - War. KW - Wounds and injuries -- Therapy. KW - War wounds KW - Body Regions KW - Diseases KW - Anatomy KW - Extremities KW - Wounds and Injuries KW - Surgery & Anesthesiology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Surgery - General and By Type KW - Wounds & Injuries KW - Treatment KW - Extremities (Anatomy) KW - War wounds. KW - Wounds and injuries KW - Treatment. KW - War injuries KW - Limbs (Anatomy) KW - Medicine. KW - Emergency medicine. KW - Orthopedics. KW - Plastic surgery. KW - Traumatology. KW - Vascular surgery. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Traumatic Surgery. KW - Surgical Orthopedics. KW - Vascular Surgery. KW - Plastic Surgery. KW - Emergency Medicine. KW - Surgery, Military KW - War casualties KW - Trauma. KW - Orthopedic surgery. KW - Surgery. KW - Vascular surgery KW - Operative orthopedics KW - Orthopedics KW - Surgery, Operative KW - Medicine, Emergency KW - Medicine KW - Critical care medicine KW - Disaster medicine KW - Medical emergencies KW - Surgery, Primitive KW - Aesthetic surgery KW - Cosmetic surgery KW - Plastic surgery KW - Reconstructive surgery KW - Surgery, Aesthetic KW - Surgery, Cosmetic KW - Surgery, Reconstructive KW - Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. KW - Plastic surgeons KW - Orthopaedics KW - Orthopedia KW - Surgery KW - Accident medicine KW - Trauma medicine KW - Emergency medicine UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7765888 AB - Modern weapons and high-energy accidents inflict devastating damage to soft tissue and bone. As a result, both primary treatment and late limb reconstruction present a difficult surgical challenge. This book is designed to meet the continued need to re-learn the principles of treatment of complex war injuries to the extremities in order to minimize post-traumatic and post-treatment complications and to optimize functional recovery. Most of the chapters in the book are based on the unique experience gained in the treatment of military personnel who have suffered modern combat trauma and civilian victims of terror attacks at a single, large level 1 trauma center. The remaining chapters present the experience of leading international authorities in the field of trauma and reconstructive surgery. A staged treatment protocol is presented, ranging from primary damage control, including the use of external fracture stabilization, through to definitive functional limb reconstruction by means of various internal and external fracture fixation methods. The organization of medical aid, anesthesiology, diagnostic imaging, and infection prophylaxis also receive detailed attention. The management of potential complications such as delayed unions, non-unions, and osteomyelitis is reviewed, and controversies in limb salvage are considered. Primary and late limb amputations are fully discussed, and a special chapter is devoted to the challenging dilemma of limb salvage versus amputation in the treatment of limbs at risk. This well-illustrated book will be of value both to beginners and to experts in the field of trauma, including orthopedic surgeons, plastic surgeons, vascular surgeons, and military medical personnel. ER -