Full Description
This handy and practical book assists emergency doctors in their daily practice offering a quick reference tool to properly diagnose and manage traumatic musculoskeletal lesions.
In the opening part it provides readers with basic traumatology knowledge, enabling them to have a constructive discussion with the specialist. The other sections are devoted to upper limbs, lower limbs, pediatric trauma and skull and spine trauma. Following this anatomical subdivision, the authors offer practical tips to recognize hidden injuries, minimize diagnostic errors and avoid common pitfalls. Readers will learn how to combine careful questioning with a thorough clinical examination, backed up by appropriate, high-quality complementary tests.
With its handy and easy-to-read format this book is an invaluable tool for emergency doctors and orthopedic residents alike.
Contents
Definitions.- 2 Bone consolidation.- 3 Emergency room analgesia of limb trauma.- 4 Pre-anesthetic assessment in traumatology of the limbs of adults.- 5 Wound Management.- 6 Joint wounds.- 7 Face wounds.- 8 Hand wounds.- 9 Conduct to be held in front of a bite wound of dog or cat.- 10 Peripheral nerve damage.- 11 Fatigue fractures.- 12 Acute muscle injury.- 13 Traction and installations in traumatology of limbs.- II TRAUMATOLOGY OF THE UPPER LIMB.- 14 Clinical examination of chronic painful shoulder.- 15 Clavicle fractures.- 16 Disjonctions sterno-cost-claviculaires.- 17 Acromioclavicular disjunctions.- 18 Fractures of the scapula.- 19 Dealing with a traumatic dislocation of the shoulder.shoulder .- 20 Fractures of the proximal end of the humerus.- 21 Dealing with trauma shoulder to "normal" X-rays.- 22 Humeral diaphysis fractures.- 23 Arm tendon injuries.- 24 Adult elbow fractures.- 25 Dealing with elbow trauma "normal" X-rays.- 26 Elbow dislocations.- 27 Forearm fractures.- 28 Distal end fractures of radius.- 29 Dealing with carpal trauma.- 30 Traumatology of the hand.- III TRAUMATOLOGY OF THE LOWER LIMB.- 31 Pelvic girdle trauma.- 32 Hip trauma.- 33 Femoral diaphysis fractures.- 34 Fractures of the knee (lower extremity, femur, patella, tibial plate).- 35 Clinical examination of acute traumatic knee.- 36 Traumatic dislocation of the patella (patella).- 37 Knee dislocations.- 38 "Normal" X-ray knee injuries.- 39 Leg fractures.- 40 Instep fractures.- 41 Ankle trauma.- 42 Foot fractures .- 43 Dislocations of ankle and foot.- 44 Tendon lesions of the lower limb.- IV PEDIATRIC TRAUMATOLOGY OF THE LIMBS.- 45 Peculiarities of childhood traumatology.- 46 Different fracture locations.- V TRAUMATOLOGY OF THE SKULL AND SPINE.- 47 Dealing with head trauma.- 48 Traumatology of the spine.- VI MEDICO-LEGAL CONCEPTS.
