Hand Injuries in the Emergency Department

This new pocketbook introduces students, junior doctors, and clinicians to the vital skills of diagnostic strategy and clinical reasoning for hand injuries. 30% of the patients in an emergency department present with hand injuries or acute non-traumatic problems of the hand. These are rarely life-threatening but can lead to high morbidity and disability due to inadequate diagnosis and treatment resulting in malpractice claims. This book is an easy-to-use ready reckoner for physicians working in ER departments and residents or fellows exposed to hand surgery. It addresses the needs of its core readers and encourages them to refine their powers of observation during physical examination.

Key Features:
? Presents the content in a comprehensive and logical manner with an appropriate level of illustrations.
? Serves as a ready reference of clinical examination in an easy-to-use pocket-book format for residents and physicians who encounter hand injuries.
? Covers crucial knowledge in the field of hand trauma.

Ch 1 Introduction

Ch 2 Anatomy

Ch 3 Patient history and physical examination

Ch 4 Imaging

Ch 5 Anaesthesia

Ch 6 Soft tissue injuries

Ch 7 Extensor tendon injuries

Ch 8 Flexor tendon and nerve injuries

Ch 9 Fingertip injury

Ch 10 Luxations of the fingers and midhand

Ch 11 Carpal luxations

Ch 12 Fractures of the hand

Ch 13 Amputations and ring avulsions

Ch 14 Hand infections

Ch 15 Combustion and high pressure spray injury

Ch 16 Complex regional pain syndrome type I

Dr. Peter Houpt PhD is a plastic surgeon in the Netherlands. His career in the last 35 years was mainly focussed on hand surgery. He was a long-time member of the board of the Dutch society for surgery of the hand. He was a member of the hand trauma committee of the FESSH. Most of his lectures and publications were devoted to hand surgery. Many residents were trained in the domain of hand surgery. Together with his colleagues the largest hand centre of the Netherlands in the Isala clinics, Zwolle was developed. It received formal recognition as a hand trauma centre from the FESSH council. During yearly visits to developing countries one of the goals was treating congenital malformations of the hand. He welcomes the day when hand surgery in itself will be an official speciality in the Netherlands.