Overview

Modern weapons and high-energy accidents inflict devastating damage to soft tissue and bone. The gold standard for stabilizing high-energy fractures is immediate external fixation followed by thorough debridement of soft tissues and dead bone and irrigation, since these injuries are always grossly contaminated. The next stage of treatment – the coverage of exposed bone by vital soft tissue and definitive skeletal stabilization and reconstruction – can be a complex surgical challenge. The protocol of staged external fixation developed by the authors: primary temporary unilateral tubular stabilization followed by definitive circular Ilizarov (hybrid) fixation, is outlined and comprehensively described in this book. The text provides guidelines for the young surgeon as well as the senior orthopedic trauma surgeon in staged definitive limb functional reconstruction. The rationale and advantages of a logical progression of surgical steps are explained and fully illustrated throughout, drawing from an archive of clinical photographs and X-ray documentation covering all steps of the treatment protocol in a large variety of complex cases, including extensive bone and soft tissue loss. This practical guide is based on the accumulated experience of 40 years in the treatment of severe injuries of the musculoskeletal system with grave tissue loss, and in particular war injuries. Emphasis is given to the proper attention and care of the soft tissues, sequential damage control, and the judicious staged use of appropriate external fixation.

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Author:   Alexander Lerner ,  Daniel Reis ,  Michael Soudry
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Dimensions:   Width: 19.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 27.00cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9783642089367

ISBN 10:   3642089364
Pages:   223
Publication Date:   15 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Statistics.- Epidemiology. Etiology and pathogenesis.- Missile injuries.- Explosive – Blast – Crush injuries. Classification according to extent of bone and soft tissue loss. Primary treatment and 'damage control': Tissue debridement of high-energy injuries.- Primary skeletal stabilization (unilateral external fixation frames, hybrid frames, temporary articular bridging).- Soft-tissue protection by external fixation frames.- Vascular reconstruction. Soft-tissue coverage (delayed primary suture, skin and local tissue flaps, free tissue flaps). Definitive skeletal reconstruction: Ilizarov circular fixation.- Hybrid frames (variations in modular combination between different types of external fixation devices).- Hinged fixation of peri-articular injuries.- Peculiarity of the elbow joint reconstruction: methods of isolated hybrid external fixation of humeral, ulnar and radial bones.- Arthrodesis in extensive joint destruction. Limb salvage in severe bone and soft tissue loss: Bone reconstruction by callotasis and bone transport.- Acute shortening.- Acute shortening and angulation. Post-traumatic infection: Soft tissue.- Bone. Early functional rehabilitation, especially in peri-articular injuries: Active and passive joint mobilization in external frames.- Weight bearing.- Tactics in bilateral lower limb injuries, including one-sided limb loss. Algorithms and conclusions.

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""...In this book, the authors make an eloquent plea for extensive use of external fixator technology to avoid secondary injury to extremities when fractures include significant soft tissue injury. While the damage control specialist will treasure this book for the quality of illustrations alone, the orthopedist treating war or terrorism injuries may benefit from the perspectives presented here."" (D.J. Dries, University of Minnesota Medical School, Doody's)

...In this book, the authors make an eloquent plea for extensive use of external fixator technology to avoid secondary injury to extremities when fractures include significant soft tissue injury. While the damage control specialist will treasure this book for the quality of illustrations alone, the orthopedist treating war or terrorism injuries may benefit from the perspectives presented here. (D.J. Dries, University of Minnesota Medical School, Doody's)

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