Trauma Surgery: Volume 1: Trauma Management, Trauma Critical Care, Orthopaedic Trauma and Neuro-Trauma

by S. Di Saverio (Editor), G. Tugnoli (Editor), F. Catena (Editor), L. Ansaloni (Editor), N. Naidoo (Editor)

Overview

Trauma surgery has increasingly become a specialized field inspired by different principles and philosophy. A good trauma surgeon is a surgeon who knows how to perform abdominal vascular, thoracic, urologic, gynecologic, and orthopaedic procedures and is able to repair multiple traumatic injuries in the best sequence possible. In this first volume, practical, up-to-date guidance is provided on the optimal critical care and ICU management of trauma patients. In addition, individual chapters focus on specific injuries in orthopaedic trauma (and especially spinal trauma) and neurotrauma, with the aim of providing a fresh view of the surgical approach and practical suggestions for improving the skills of treating surgeons. Educational issues and the organization of a trauma center are also covered.

The volume will be a handy pocket guide for trainee surgeons and any surgeon, physician, or nurse who treats trauma patients. It will be particularly relevant for emergency department physicians, critical care and ICU doctors, orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, and professionals responsible for trauma care and decision making, programs of trauma education, or organization of a trauma center.

Also available: Trauma Surgery Vol. 2: Thoracic and Abdominal Trauma

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788847054028
Publisher:	Springer Milan
Publication date:	01/07/2014
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.48(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Training, Education and Decision-making in Trauma Surgery.- Management of the Polytrauma Patient.- Damage Control Resuscitation.- Principles and Philosphy of Damage Control Surgery.- Surgical Treatment of Pelvic Fractures.- Surgery of the Cervical Spine Trauma.- Surgery of the Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma.- Surgery of the Extremity Trauma.- Minimally Invasive Approach and Endovascular Techniques for Vascular Trauma.- Interventional Techniques for Hemorrhage Control in Trauma.- Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries.- Acute Traumatic Brain Injuries and Their Management.- Establishing a Trauma Service.- Multiple Organ Failure in Trauma Patients.- Infections in Trauma Patients. ​

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“This is part of multivolume set of handbooks from the World Society of Emergency Surgery intended to provide a practical guide to procedures, techniques, and operative strategy in trauma and acute surgery. … General surgeons at initial levels of training and experience are an appropriate audience for this work … . Line drawings and tables reproduce well. More tables describing scoring systems and injury types would be extremely helpful.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2014)

From the Publisher

Reviewer: David J. Dries, MD (University of Minnesota Medical School)
Description: This is part of multivolume set of handbooks from the World Society of Emergency Surgery intended to provide a practical guide to procedures, techniques, and operative strategy in trauma and acute surgery.
Purpose: This is a quick read overview of techniques and management strategies, rather than a comprehensive textbook.
Audience: General surgeons at initial levels of training and experience are an appropriate audience for this work, which comes from an international group of authors noted for commitment to trauma management in their practice.
Features: After summarizing education in trauma care and initial management of the polytrauma patient, the book discusses fracture management for both the spine and pelvis. Later chapters describe the approaches to vascular trauma, both open and endovascular, while others review head and neck trauma with an emphasis on early management of traumatic brain injury. Three final chapters describe infectious complications, clinical service A variable number of illustrations are included. References feature primary literature and date to within two years of publication. Radiographs are of uneven quality, but black-and-white and occasional color photographs reproduce more effectively. Line drawings and tables reproduce well. More tables describing scoring systems and injury types would be extremely helpful. There is no subject index.
Assessment: This volume includes highly successful summary presentations, such as that on damage control surgery, as well as chapters that suffer from a lack of essential detail. Chapter organization is also inconsistent. For example, introductory material is gathered at the beginning and the end of the book. These and other issues should be addressed in subsequent editions.

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