Essentials of Hand Surgery provides a practical manual on the diagnosis and management of hand disorders. The first section covers the basic principles, including anatomy and examination and investigation techniques. The major part of the book is divided between emergency surgery following trauma and those disorders that can be managed by elective surgery. Throughout the emphasis is on providing clear, well-illustrated guidance on the evaluation, diagnosis and management, with discussion of the surgical skills and techniques required for an optimum outcome. A practical guide to the management of hand disorders for trainee hand surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons and plastic surgeons Covers the key procedures for both emergency and elective surgeries Concise text enhanced by a lavish collection of over 400 photographs and 200 artworks in full colour

Tis book provides an understanding of the functional anatomy, physiology and biomechanics that underlie the principles of hand surgery. It is written clearly and concisely to enable complex concepts to be understood easily, with a large number of clinical photos and artworks to illustrate the anatomy and surgical procedures.

Te book is split into three sections. Te frst focusses on the basic principles that underpin hand surgery: the anatomy, imaging studies and fundamentals of treatment. Te following two sections include chapters that explore the common conditions of the hand and upper limb. These are organized into those that require emergency surgery and those that are treated on an elective basis.

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Contents

Chapter 01 A Word about Orthopedics
Chapter 02 ClinicaI Method
Chapter 03 Bone
Chapter 04 Generalized Bone Diseases
Chapter 05 Metabolie Bone Diseases
Chapter 06 Congenital Skeletal Deformities
Chapter 07 Common Foot Deformities
Chapter 08 Pyogenic Osteomyelitis
Chapter 09 Affections of Joints (Mainly the Arthritis)
Chapter 10 Tuberculosis of Bone and Joints
Chapter 11 Bone Tumors
Chapter 12 Miscellaneous Non traumatic Common Orthopedic Conditions
Chapter 13 Injurie s to Bones and Joints
Chapter 14 Dislocation of Joint and Skeletal Injury in Children
Chapter 15 Fracture of Long Bones
Chapter 16 Accident, Disaster and Emergency Services
Chapter 17 SpinaI Injury
Chapter 18 Pek’ic Injury
Chapter 19 Injuries Around Hip
Chapter 20 Fracture Shaft Femur
Chapter 21 Injurie s Around Knee
Chapter 22 Fracture of Shaft of Leg Bones
Chapter 23 Injurie s Around Ankle
Chapter 24 Injuries of Foot
Chapter 25 Injurie s Around Shoulder and Fracture of Shaft of Humerus
Chapter 26 Injurie s Around Elbow
Chapter 27 Fracture of Forearm Bones (Radius and Ulna)
Chapter 28 Injuries Around Wrist Joint
Chapter 29 Hand Injury