Manual of Soft-Tissue Management in Orthopaedic Trauma, 1ed + Video

By (author)Yves Harder

$15.00

The illustration is very rich with many drawings and photographs facilitating the comprehension of the techniques and is reinforced by the presence of explanatory videos on the website.

Manual of Soft-Tissue Management in Orthopaedic Trauma The illustration is very rich with many drawings and photographs facilitating the comprehension of the techniques and is reinforced by the presence of explanatory videos on the website. Clinical cases at the end of the book make it possible to put into practice and to stress the importance of a total treatment of the fractures and surrounding tissues. — European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology

This book beautifully begins with the most basic of soft tissue surgical techniques, including how to hold the scalpel and cut tissue as well as the proper use of other surgical tools. It progresses to describing and providing treatment recommendations with detailed photographs of complex traumatic soft-tissue issues. The color photos and diagrams are superb. This is very much a niche book without shortcomings.– Samuel Chmell, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

A fracture first and foremost is a soft-tissue injury, the best possible outcome of which strongly depends on correct decision making at the right time and state-of-the-art soft-tissue handling. In order for orthopaedic and trauma surgeons to address these issues comprehensively without being plastic surgeons themselves, a certain level of interdisciplinary understanding has to be acquired.

This textbook provides that knowledge applicable in everyday clinical situations, focusing on interdisciplinary treatment strategies and basic soft-tissue techniques. High-quality videos and 20 carefully selected case studies further illustrate this comprehensive approach and the complex process of decision making.

Surgeons will, among other things, be able to expand their knowledge regarding:

    • Assessment of soft-tissue injuries
    • Correct choice and handling of instruments
    • Emergency department management
    • Adequate debridement and wound conditioning
  • Options and choice of wound closure and coverage

About the Author

Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany

1 Principles of good soft-tissue technique
2 Basic anatomical principles and functions of soft tissue and bone
3 Mechanisms of soft-tissue injury
4 Healing of soft tissues and bone
5 Preoperative assessment and classification of soft-tissue injuries
6 Treatment strategies
7 Stabilization of the wound
8 Principles of wound closure and coverage
9 Wound conditioning
10 Wound closure and coverage techniques
11 Complications
12 Cases

Video Contents

1.3-1 Assortment of instruments needed for soft tissue surgery in orthopaedic trauma
1.3-2 Correct versus incorrect use of scalpel
1.3-3 Correct versus incorrect use of forceps
1.3-4 Correct versus incorrect use of scissors
1.3-5 Correct versus incorrect use of retractors
1.3-6 Correct versus incorrect use of hemostasis techniques
7.1-1 Basic principles and techniques of debridement
7.2-1 Basic principles and techniques of irrigation
9.3-1 Negative-pressure wound therapy (Complete)
9.3-1a Negative-pressure wound therapy (Components of Vacuum Assisted Closure)
9.3-1b Negative-pressure wound therapy (Application on a closed high-risk surgical incision)
9.3-1c Negative-pressure wound therapy (Application on an open wound around an external fixator)
9.3-1d Negative-pressure wound therapy (Application on a split-thickness skin graft and an adjacent closed surgical incision)
10.1-1 Suture techniques (Complete)
10.1-1a General handling of instruments for suturing
10.1-1b Simple, interrupted suture technique
10.1-1c Simple, running suture technique
10.1-1d Vertical mattress (Donati) suture technique, interrupted and running
10.1-1e Allgöwer-Donati suture technique, interrupted and running
10.1-1f Simple, buried, interrupted suture technique
10.1-1g Intradermal running suture technique
10.1-1h Closure of skin with staples
10.2-1 Split-thickness skin graft
10.5-1 Distally based sural flap
10.5-2 Medial gastrocnemius muscle flap
10.5-3 Soleus flap
11.1-1 MSTM_11.1-1 (Animation)