Reconstructing the War Injured Patient

TRAMA

This text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to reconstruction of the war injured patient tailored to the types of injuries and patients mostly encountered from the Arab region over the past few years at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, one of the largest tertiary care and referral centers in the area and its affiliated hospitals. The book discusses in detail evidence of literature, new research data and new perspectives about the management and reconstruction of all types of injuries: ophthalmic, head and neck, upper and lower limb bone and soft tissue trauma, trunk, visceral and urogenital injuries as well as vascular and central and peripheral nerve injuries. It also highlights the social burden of these injuries as well as the importance of rehabilitation and psychological support for the war injured. The most recent findings of the change in the microbiology of these wounds and their treatment modifications are also discussed.Reconstructing the War Injured Patient will serve as a valuable resource for surgeons, clinicians and researchers dealing with and interested in the multiple facets of current war casualty care all the way from the battlefields to the long-term chronic rehabilitation. It includes concise yet comprehensive overviews of the current status of the war casualty patient reconstruction domain. It will help guide patient management based on evidence from literature, clinical and surgical experience and ongoing research. It will also help stimulate investigative efforts in this dynamic and active field of war medicine. 

SOMMARIO

TABLE OF CONTENTS       Chapter 1. Ballistics of Gunshot Wounds Fadel M. Chahine             Chapter 2. Biodynamics of Blast Injuries             Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah and Odette M. Abou Ghanem   Chapter 3. Management of Craniomaxillofacial Injuries Joe S. Baroud and Christopher Hakim   Chapter 4. The Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries Mohammad Rachad Wehbe and Jamal J. Hoballah   Chapter 5. Reconstruction of Periocular War Injuries Riad Maluf and Rouba Maluf <  Chapter 6. Management of the Upper Limb Soft Tissue Injuries Joseph Bakhach and Hamed Janom   Chapter 7. Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries Joseph Bakhach   Chapter 8. Management of Upper Limb Fractures Said S. Saghieh and Naji S. Madi   Chapter 9. Lower Extremity Reconstruction Amir Ibrahim and Ahmad Oneisi   Chapter 10. Management of Peripheral Nerve Injuries Joseph Bakhach and Arij El Khatib   Chapter 11. Management of Lower Limb Fractures Karim Z. Masrouha and Said S. Saghieh   Chapter 12. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah and Firas Abiad   Chapter 13. Contemporary Management of Urogenital Injuries Mohammed Shahait and Rami Wajih Nasr   Chapter 14. Management of Central Nervous System War Injuries Ghassan S. Skaf and Elias Elias   Chapter 15. Vascular Trauma Hasan Al Harakeh and Jamal J. Hoballah   Chapter 16. Early Microsurgical Management of Blast Injuries Joseph Bakhach and Odette M. Abou Ghanem   Chapter 17. Amputations and Prostheses Reem Karami and Jamal J. Hoballah   Chapter 18. Healing the Scars within: Psychological Support for the War-Injured Brigitte Khoury and Sariah Daouk     Chapter 19. Infections in Combat-Related Wounds   Abdul Rahman Bizri and Zeyad Tamim Sahli 

AUTORE

Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah, MD, MBchB, FRCS(Plast)Assistant Professor of SurgeryHead of Division of Plastic & Reconstructive SurgeryAmerican University of Beirut Medical Center,Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Queen Mary University of LondonRiad El-Solh /  Lebanon, Building: Medical Center - Phase 1 / Floor: 8/ Room: 807Tel: 961-1-374374 – 961-1-374444 ext: 5648, ga60@aub.edu.lb

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9783319860268
• Dimensioni: 254 x 178 mm Ø 591 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: VIII, 212 p. 207 illus., 153 illus. in color.
• Pagine Arabe: 212
• Pagine Romane: viii