Freeland MD, Alan E.
Description
This beautifully illustrated resource presents a systematic and comprehensive approach to hand fracture evaluation; operative and non-operative manage
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ment; and rehabilitation. Covering virtually every type of hand fracture of any severity or configuration, it offers authoritative guidelines for achieving maximum biomechanical stability while preserving the biological integrity of the soft tissues and blood supply. As a result, it helps readers to safely, consistently, and cost-effectively treat hand fractures in a way that miniscar formation and pain...promotes early active rehabilitation...and optimizes functional recovery. Brings together, in a single source, all of the definitive management principles and case examples developed by a world-renowned hand surgeon, including many of his previously unpublished and innovative concepts. Offers a helpful algorithm to guide readers through the choice of treatment, implant selection, and mode of rehabilitation. Presents a full range of reduction and fixation techniques, including the latest bone grafting and mini-plate fixation procedures. Provides useful advice for successful functional rehabilitation. Addresses fracture complications such as nonunions, malunions, joint contractures and tendon adhesions, traumatic arthritis, infections, and amputations. Features superb artwork, executed by masterful medical illustrator Michael Schenk, that crisply depicts the key nuances of the procedures discussed.
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