Plastic Surgery Emergencies: Principles and Techniques - Paperback

by Jamal M. Bullocks (Author), Patrick W. Hsu (Author), Shayan A. Izaddoost (Author)

An updated edition of a key clinical guide to handling emergency situations...

The second edition of this detailed guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common plastic surgery emergencies includes updated clinical information on the most common emergency situations. This book gives plastic surgeons, as well as any physicians who may encounter emergency plastic surgery issues, the basic skills they need to effectively treat their patients and to ultimately be successful in their practice.

Key Features of the Second Edition:

• New chapter covering sternal wounds
• Easy-to-follow color diagrams demonstrating key procedures and full-color photographs for rapid diagnosis

Plastic Surgery Emergencies is an indispensable resource for clinicians, residents, and trainees in plastic surgery. It is also ideal for all emergency room personnel, including ER physicians, physicians' assistants, and nurse practitioners, as well as family practice physicians.

Back Jacket

"Plastic Surgery Emergencies" presents a concise guide to the principles and procedures for rapidly evaluating and treating acute care problems in the emergency room setting or during on-call consultations. Using succinct descriptions and easily accessible bullet-points, the book instructs the reader in the protocols for a range of common and uncommon problems, from simple suture repair of lacerations to managing facial trauma to treating compartment syndrome of the upper extremity.

Features: Easy-to-follow diagrams demonstrating key procedures Full-color photographs for rapid diagnosis Comprehensive discussion of common pharmacotherapy Concise review of specific anatomy to aid rapid identification of injuries Descriptions of the various types and uses of different sutures and the techniques for suturing complex wounds Instructions for performing regional blocks of the face and hand Guidelines for the assessment and treatment of simple burn wounds, severely burned patients, and patients with bites and stings Recommendations for managing postoperative and free flap complications Extensive discussion of how to address soft tissue and traumatic hand injuries, with detailed descriptions of upper extremity splinting techniques

This handy, pocket manual is an indispensable resource for clinicians, residents, and trainees in plastic surgery. It is also ideal for all emergency room personnel, including ER physicians, physicians' assistants, and nurse practitioners, as well as family practice physicians.

Author Biography

Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Medical Director, Center for Facial Surgery, Texas Childrens Hospital