Plastic Surgery for Trauma The Essential Survival Guide

Covers the immediate assessment and management of common plastic and reconstructive surgery emergencies and referrals. A companion for junior doctors starting within plastic surgery, the Plastic Surgery for \Trauma provides succinct and clear presentation together with up to date guidelines on the common plastic surgery emergencies. With cleardescriptions of difficult trauma scenarios,illustrated with numerous figures, and updated guidelines for each step of practice, this book will ensure that the reader can access all the information required to help gain confidence and experience .Be the readers passing through a plastic surgery rotation on their way to some other career goal or beginning within plastic surgery and keen to make a strong start with a view to progressing in the speciality, this book provides the support to allow rational and confident clinical decision making from the start. Essential reading for all non-specialists and trainees.

Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors On Training – Gurjinderpal Singh Pahal 1. Hand Assessment 2. Local Anaesthetic Blocks 3. Hand Infections 4. Hand Trauma Soft Tissue 5. Hand Trauma – Fractures and Dislocations 6. Hand and Upper Limb Emergencies 7. Necrotising Fasciitis 8. Lower Limb Trauma 9. Burns 10. Facial Trauma 11. Free Flaps 12. Career Development References Index

Dorian Hobday is a Specialist Registrar at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal London Hospital. Ted Welman is a Specialist Registrar at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal London Hospital. Maxim D. Horwitz, MBChB FRCS (Orth) DipHandSurg is a Consultant Hand Surgeon atChelsea and Westminster Hospital andHonorary Clinical Senior Lecturer atImperial College London, UK. Gurjinderpal Singh Pahal is a Lead Clinician at the Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Barts and The London NHS Trust.