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This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the imaging and management of abdominal trauma. Detailed attention is paid to pathophysiology, clinical symptoms and findings, all relevant imaging modalities and other tests employed to evaluate abdominal injuries at the time of admission of the trauma victim. Types of management -- surgical, conservative, interventional radiological, and endoscopic -- are described in depth. Posttraumatic complications are discussed, including those arising from treatment. There are general chapters on patient resuscitation, logistics, and medicolegal issues. Besides visceral abdominal injuries, lumbar spine and pelvic bone fractures are discussed. An appendix lists all the major trauma classifications relating to abdominal injuries. The book is richly illustrated. Its major advantage is its completeness, encompassing, as it does, mechanisms of trauma, clinical findings, and imaging and treatment options.

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From the reviews of the first edition: <p> This is an exhaustive a ] book of over 700 pages which covers almost every possible aspect of its title in as much detail as one could ever wish for. a ] The book is well produced with an excellent layout and clear type. The inclusion of a contents list with page numbers at the beginning of each chapter is valuable and the summary bullet points are almost always pearls of wisdom. Illustrations are plentiful a ] . deserves to be available in every radiology department. (Dr N Reading, RAD Magazine, October, 2004) <p> This textbook provides a detailed, up-to-date account of imaging and intervention in abdominal trauma. a ] Each chapter is clearly structured with excellent images a ] . the editor can be congratulated on this state-of-the art book. It can be highly recommended to all radiologists involved in imaging of abdominal trauma patients, trauma surgeons and intensive care physicians. (T.J. Vogl, European Radiology, 2006)

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