Full Description
Standards for the Management of Open Fractures provides an evidence-based approach for the management of open fractures, focussing on lower limb injuries. It builds on and expands the NICE Guidelines to provide a practical approach with supporting evidence.
The new edition has been extensively updated and expanded to include key aspects of management, ranging from setting up an orthoplastic service, through to dealing with the bone and soft tissue injures, complications such as infection, and patient rehabilitation and psychological care.
The book is primarily aimed at trainee plastic, orthopaedic and trauma surgeons (particularly for expanding knowledge and examination revision) but would also appeal to established surgeons to improve patient care.
Standards for the Management of Open Fractures is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Medicine Online. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International licence.
Contents
1: Pre-hospital, antibiotics and accident and emergency 2: Timing of wound excision 3: Wound excision 4: Degloving injuries 5: Temporary dressings 6: Skeletal stabilisation 7: Timing of soft tissue reconstruction 8: Soft tissue reconstruction 9: Bone loss 10: Vascular injuries 11: Compartment syndrome 12: Amputation 13: Infection 14: Open fractures in children 15: Open fragility fractures 16: Outcome measures 17: Patient experience of open fracture and psychological support 18: Rehabilitation 19: Blast injuries and mass casualties 20: Setting up an orthoplastic service 21: NICE Recommendations relevant to open fractures
