Have a patient with a ruptured distal biceps tendon? Or a fractured hook of the hamate? How about "skier's thumb"? Check out the Atlas of Hand Clinics issue on Sports Injuries. Packed with articles on current treatments for upper extremity injuries, like wrist and elbow pain, lateral epicondylitis, distal radius fractures in snowboarders and more, you'll refer to this issue often and with confidence. Each chapter contains tons of great illustrations and specific surgical procedures with step-by-step instructions, rehabilitation protocols and guidelines for athletes' safe return-to-play, tips to keep them injury-free (like proper gear, improved equipment and protective devices) and playing longer. Plus there's a special chapter by Stuart Hershon, M.D. the chief physician and orthopaedic surgeon for the New York Yankees.

This large and beautifully illustrated atlas describes all major procedures in hand surgery. Step by step, elaborate and clear original drawings of high artistic value depict the surgical approaches and methods. Following an introductory chapter on the anatomical basis of hand surgery, the clinical part of the book treats hand surgery in traumatology, plastic surgery and orthopedics. The great care that was given to the preparation of this surgical atlas is matched by the comprehensive treatment of the techniques.

In this issue of Hand Clinics, guest editors Frédéric Schuind, Fabian Moungondo, and Luc Van Overstraeten bring their considerable expertise to the topic of The Use of Sonography in Hand/Upper Extremity Surgery. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as Flexor Tendons Sonography, Sonographic Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Atlas of Sonographic Anatomy of the Hand and Wrist, and more. - Contains 9 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Nerve Ultrasound-Assisted Surgery for Neuropathic Pain and Joint Denervation; Preoperative Evaluation of Thenar Muscles in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Ultrasonograph; Shear Wave Ultrasound Elastography for Hand Soft Tissue Assessment; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on the use of sonography in Hand/Upper Extremity Surgery, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Pediatric Hand and Upper Limb Surgery guides you to the present indications for intervention and care in upper limb pediatric disorders. The fifty chapters are subdivided into: Congenital, Neuromuscular, Trauma, Sports, Soft tissue and Microvascular, and Tumor. Each section stands alone but together provides a comprehensive and detailed description of all elements of evaluation and treatment of infants, children, and adolescents with maladies of the hand and upper limb. Each chapter has a case presentation, series of clinical questions, and fundamentals on etiology and epidemiology, clinical evaluation, and surgical indications. In addition, each chapter details postoperative care, anticipated results, complications, case outcome, and includes a summary. There are technical tip highlights, unique situations and deeper insight into the conditions described in each subsection. The text is complemented with over 1,000 images and illustrations to assist in visualizing the specific surgical challenges you may face.

This volume covers the hand surgical techniques the non-specialist needs to peform. It takes a one-stop approach, with each illustration accompanied by a detailed, descriptive capition which eliminates the need for flipping back and forth through the text.

Developed from video recordings made with state-of-the-art cameras in master surgeons' operating rooms, this innovative full-color atlas/DVD package provides a true-to-life, step-by-step tutorial on 37 common orthopaedic surgical procedures. An atlas featuring vivid intraoperative photographs, plus surgical drawings and "how-to" instructions rich in clinical pearls, is supplemented by an interactive multimedia DVD featuring 1 hour of real-time narrated video. The atlas depicts every step of each procedure, with succinct, bulleted text that covers anatomy, classification, equipment/instruments, patient positioning, incision, pearls and pitfalls, surgical approach, and technique. The DVD video demonstrates maneuvers that are difficult to show with still photos.

Featuring over 750 full-color illustrations, this text gives surgeons a thorough working knowledge of anatomy as seen during specific operative procedures. The book is organized regionally and covers 111 open and laparoscopic procedures in every part of the body. For each procedure, the text presents anatomic and technical points, operative safeguards, and potential errors. Illustrations depict the topographic and regional anatomy visualized throughout each operation. This edition has an expanded thoracoscopy chapter and new chapters on oncoplastic techniques; subxiphoid pericardial window; pectus excavatum/carinatum procedures; open and laparoscopic pyloromyotomy; and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text and an image bank.