Plastic Surgery: Volume 6: Hand and Upper Limb 5th Edition Comprehensive and fully up to date, the six-volume Plastic Surgery remains the gold standard text in this complex area of surgery. Completely revised to meet the demands of both the trainee and experienced surgeon, Hand and Upper Extremity, Volume 6 of Plastic Surgery, 5th Edition, features new, full-color clinical photos, procedural videos, lectures, and authoritative coverage of hot topics in the field. Editor-narrated video presentations offer a step-by-step audio-visual walkthrough of techniques and procedures.

• New chapters cover nerve transfers, aesthetics, and pain management; coverage throughout includes new, pioneering translational work shaping the future of hand and upper extremity surgery.
• New digital video preface by Dr. Peter C. Neligan addresses the changes across all six volumes.
• New treatment and decision-making algorithms added to chapters where applicable.
• New video lectures and editor-narrated slide presentations offer a step-by-step audiovisual walkthrough of techniques and procedures.
• Evidence-based advice from an expanded roster of international experts allows you to apply the very latest advances in hand and upper extremity plastic surgery and ensure optimal outcomes.

Review

Plastic Surgery: Volume 6: Hand and Upper Limb 5th Edition The ultimate knowledge source in this challenging surgical specialty

About the Author

Peter Neligan, MB, FRCS, FRCSC, FAC., is a board-certified plastic surgeon, Director of the Center for Reconstructive Surgery at UW Medical Center – Montlake, and a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at UW School of Medicine.

Contents

۱. Anatomy and biomechanics of the hand
۲. Examination of the upper extremity
۳. Diagnostic imaging of the hand and wrist
۴. Anesthesia for upper extremity surgery
۵. Principles of internal fixation
۶. Nail and fingertip reconstruction
۷. Hand fractures and joint injuries
۸. Fractures and dislocations of the wrist and distal radius
۹. Flexor tendon injuries and reconstruction
۱۰. Extensor tendon injuries
۱۱. Replantation
۱۲. Reconstructive surgery of the mutilated hand
۱۳. Thumb reconstruction: Non-microsurgical techniques
۱۴. Thumb reconstruction: Microsurgical techniques
۱۵. Infections of the hand
۱۶. Tumors of the hand
۱۷. Dupuytren’s disease
۱۸. Osteoarthritis in the hand and wrist
۱۹. Rheumatologic conditions of the hand and wrist
۲۰. Occupational disorders of the hand
۲۱. Nerve entrapment syndromes
۲۲. Peripheral nerve repair and reconstruction
۲۳. Brachial plexus injuries: adult and pediatric
۲۴. Tetraplegia
۲۵. Tendon transfers
۲۶. Nerve transfers
۲۷. Free-functioning muscle transfer
۲۸. The ischemic hand
۲۹. The spastic hand
۳۰. The stiff hand
۳۱. The painful hand
۳۲. Congenital hand I: Embryology, classification, and principles
۳۳. Congenital hand II: Malformations – whole limb
۳۴. Congenital hand III: Malformations – abnormal axis differentiation – hand plate: proximodistal and radioulnar
۳۵. Congenital hand IV: Malformations – abnormal axis differentiation – hand plate: unspecified axis
۳۶. Congenital hand V: Deformations and dysplasias – variant growth
۳۷. Congenital hand VI: Dysplasias – tumorous conditions
۳۸. Congenital hand VII: Dysplasias – congenital contractures
۳۹. Growth considerations in the pediatric upper extremity
۴۰. Treatment of the upper extremity amputee
۴۱. Upper extremity composite allotransplantation
۴۲. Aesthetic hand surgery
۴۳. Hand therapy

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