Full Description
Chest Blunt Trauma: A Modern Approach to a Multidisciplinary Disease provides novel treatment ideas for cardiothoracic injuries. The book interweaves knowledge of new surgical techniques, better understanding of patho-physiologic effects of injuries, and enhanced intensive care methods to create a holistic strategy of patient support. This text is a welcome addition for any clinician or researcher seeking refreshed information on the management of trauma to the chest wall.
While non-operative treatment has long been the standard of care, the book discusses the vast improvements in understanding how to treat cardiothoracic injuries. Innovative surgical techniques, instruments, post-operative care, and the multisystemic nature of this illness.
Contents
1. Lung contusion, flail chest, ARDS and respiratory failure after blunt chest trauma
2. Anesthesiological aspects in the chest trauma patient
3. Scoring Systems of Blunt Thoracic Trauma and Rib Fractures
4. Taxonomy of Rib Fractures and Blunt Chest Wall Injury
5. Rib Fractures Management Algorithm
6. Early rib fixation: the evidence, the trials
7. Modern approach to rib fixation: surgical techniques
8. Postoperative complications
9. Rib Malunion
10. Slipping rib syndrome
11. Role of VATS in non-penetrating chest trauma
12. Hydro-pneumothorax: why, when, how
13. Sternal fracture
14. VATS for delayed hemothorax
15. Chest drain: which, where, when
16. Chest tube placement: options and guidelines
17. Diaphragmatic Rupture and Herniation following blunt trauma: minimally invasive vs. open approach
18. Traumatic pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade
19. Airway and esophageal injuries
