| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 455 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Section 1. The trauma operating room. Trauma operating room -- Section 2. Resuscitatvie procedures in the emergency room. Cricothyroidotomy -- Thoracostomy tube inseration -- Emergency room resuscitative thoracotomy -- Section 3. Head. Intracranial pressure monitors -- Evacuation of acute epidural and subdural hematomas -- Section 4. Neck. Neck operations for trauma: General principles -- Carotid artery and internal jugular vein injuries -- Subclavian vessels -- Axillary vessels -- Vertebral artery injuries -- Trachea and larynx -- Cervical esophagus -- Section 5. Chest. General principles of chest trauma operations -- Cardiac injuries -- Thoracic vessels -- Lungs -- Thoracic esophagus -- Diaphragm -- Surgical fixation of rib fractures -- Video-assisted thoracoscopic evacuation of retained hemothorax -- Section 6. Abdomen. General principles of abdominal operations for trauma -- Damage control surgery -- Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) -- Gastrointestinal tract -- Duodenum -- Liver and biliary tract injuries -- Splenic injuries -- Pancreas -- Urological trauma -- Abdominal aorta and splachnic vessels -- Iliac vessel injuries -- Inferior vena cava -- Cesarean section -- Emergency hysterectomy -- Section 7. Pelvic fractures and bleeding. Damage control for pelvic fracture bleeding -- Section 8. Upper extremities. Brachial artery injury -- Upper extremity fasciotomies -- Upper extremity amputations -- Section 9. Lower extremities.Femoral artery injuries -- Popliteal vessels -- Harvesting of saphenous vein -- Lower extremity amputations -- Lower extremity fasciotomies -- Section 10. Orthopedic damage control. Orthopedic damage control -- Section 11. Soft tissues. Skin graft technique -- Negative pressure therapy for soft tissue wounds -- Escharotomy in burns -- Temporary vascular shunts |
| Summary |
"This comprehensively updated second edition provides an in-depth, visual guide to both commonly and uncommonly performed trauma procedures. It includes over 900 high-quality color photographs and illustrations of step-by-step procedures on fresh, perfused and ventilated cadavers. Practical surgical anatomy, procedural sequencing, and common technical pitfalls are all clearly outlined. A number of new techniques have been introduced since the first edition, from REBOA (resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aortic), to ribplating for flail chest and skin grafting"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (Cambridge Core, viewed on April 22, 2021) |
| Subject |
Surgery, Operative.
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Medicine.
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Surgery.
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Emergency medicine.
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Surgical emergencies -- Atlases
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Wounds and Injuries -- surgery
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Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Medicine
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General Surgery
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Emergency Medicine
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medicines (material)
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surgery (health care function)
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medicine (discipline)
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Emergency medicine
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Medicine
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Surgery
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Surgery, Operative
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Surgical emergencies
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| Genre/Form |
atlases.
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Atlases
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Scientific atlases
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Atlases.
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Atlas.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Demetriades, Demetrios, 1951- editor.
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Inaba, Kenji, editor.
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Velmahos, George C., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108698665 |
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1108698662 |
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