Critical care surgery books

This practical book focuses on decision making during a disaster or emergency. It explains what needs to be done for patients in particular situations and details the simplified methods often required when handling victims of...

This practical handbook on penetrating trauma surgery focuses on strategic thinking that may save a patient's life. It offers practical advice and guidance as well as provides readers with questions for rapid self-assessment.

The bestselling Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia continues to provide state-of-the-art information on anaesthetic practice. This third edition includes new topics on regional anaesthesia, minimally invasive procedures, breast...

This book gathers presentations from a day devoted to discussion of tribology in total hip arthroplasty, held during the 2010 EFORT Congress. The contents include detailed information on different articulating materials and the...

Orthopedic and Trauma Care provides practical information for the care of patients with blunt injuries. The text covers the care for truncal injuries (head, chest, abdomen) and fracture care of the extremities, the pelvis, and the...

The essential reference work on wound ballistics, this guide features the latest diagnostic and simulation methods as well as information on the newest types of rounds. It covers every aspect of the specialism from fundamentals to...

Based on treatment of victims of terror attacks at a large level 1 trauma center, this book offers a staged treatment protocol ranging from primary damage control to definitive functional limb reconstruction using internal and...

Contains the edited papers of the IUTAM Symposium on the Biomechanics of Impact, which was held in University College Dublin, Ireland in July 2005. These papers can be grouped into those that are concerned with the different...

Here is a state-of-the-art survey, which serves to harmonise the practice of trauma surgery across the European Union, and helps readers prepare for the exam of the U.E.M.S. This third volume presents head, thoracic, abdominal and...

This book features concisely written, practical knowledge written by veterans of combat surgery. It offers a large number of full-color images that illustrate difficult techniques and situations.

This inspiring text offers readers an overview of the latest findings in plastic and aesthetic surgery. Famous plastic surgeons from around the world contribute their most up-to-date research results and share their innovations in...

Urethral injury may be of secondary importance when the patient comes into the emergency room, but devastating urological complications, such as sexual dysfunction, incontinence, and stricture, may drastically impair quality of...

This book details the protocol of staged external fixation developed by the authors: primary temporary unilateral tubular stabilization followed by definitive circular Ilizarov (hybrid) fixation. Coverage explains and fully...

This interdisciplinary atlas is the fruit of cooperation among radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, traumatologists, and neurosurgeons. Numerous illustrations are supplemented by concise descriptions of anatomy and pathophysiology,...

This richly illustrated book offers a comprehensive review on the last development in the management and the treatment of acute and life-threatening conditions. It will serve as unique source of information for radiologists and...

Tendon ailments are a significant cause of morbidity among athletes of all levels and are increasing in prevalence. Their management is often empirical, and para-scientific, only looking at the biological aspects of tendon...

Presents an overview of the basics of biomechanics of circular external fixation and is based on a system of coordinates that allows safer insertion of K-wires and half pins into the bone. This book includes the classification of...

The third in a ten-volume series on general surgery, this book covers one of the core branches of surgical science. An ideal textbook that features attractive and accessible design, it is a concise review of the central principles...

This concise, handbook-sized reference covers the basic operative principles essential to surgical therapy in trauma patients. Starting with initial evaluation, it reviews all relevant procedures, and also surveys the organ...

A new edition of the definitive manual for the Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) Course of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

The Manual of INTERNAL FIXATION is well known internationally as a standard work for every specialist dealing with osteosynthesis. Due to the many changes that have taken place, an international faculty of orthopaedic surgeons and...

This concise guide to clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty crystallizes the knowledge and experience of those who regularly deal with ballistic trauma, for those who must manage...