Hand Surgery

by Warwick, David; Dunn, Roderick; Melikyan, Erman; Vadher, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780199227235
• ISBN10: 0199227233
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This compact but comprehensive guide to all aspects of hand surgery encompasses the appropriate aspects of plastic surgery, orthopaedic surgery and hand therapy, and rheumatology and biomechanics, providing a single source of information on this specialty. It features the detailed classifications, nerve root values and outcomes needed by practising hand surgeons, but which will also act as an invaluable, well-structured revision tool for trainee hand surgeons about to undertake the Hand Diploma. The book will also prove a useful guide for orthopaedicand plastic surgery trainees, needing to get the most from their attachment. Practising Hand Therapists and trainees will find clear information for their role in supporting patients with hand and wrist problems. People dealing with hand and wrist problems (GPs, theatre staff, clinic staff) wouldalso find this to be a useful reference.

Author Biography

David Warwick is a Consultant Hand Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. He has been a Consultant since October 1998 having trained in Hand Fellowships in Sydney and Oxford. He provides a Tertiary Referral service for Wessex, States of Jersey, Isle of Wight and British Army (Training and Recruitment) and looks after upper limb problems for Southampton Football Club and Hampshire County Cricket Club. He is Chairman of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand Education and Training Committee, and is a member of the Editorial Board of both the Journal of Hand Surgery (European) and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He is a member of the BSSH Instructional Course Committee and Research Committee and is an Examiner for the British Hand Diploma. He has co-written Apley's System of Orthopaedics, and has written several papers, chapters and lectures both in the UK and abroad on hand and wrist surgery topics. Roderick Dunn is a Consultant in Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery at the Wessex Regional Plastic Surgery Unit at Odstock Hospital in Salisbury.He trained in Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Microsurgery in Plymouth and Glasgow, with specialist fellowships in Hand and Microsurgery in India and Leeds. His special interest are Children's Hand Surgery, complex microsurgical upper limb reconstruction and peripheral nerve surgery. He has written several book chapters and papers, is a regular reviewer for JPRAS, JHS(Br and European) and JBJS.
Erman Melikyan is an Associate Specialist Hand Surgeon at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. Following his training he worked as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the same time acting as a research associate at the department of Public Health and Epidemiology at Istanbul University until 1998. He obtained the European Diploma in Hand Surgery in 2000. He published the first randomised double-blinded study into extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) for tennis elbow worldwide. He studied Orthopaedic Engineering at the University of Cardiff and obtained the postgraduate diploma. Erman Melikyan is a member of the AO-UK faculty, the board of question writers at the Royal College of Surgeons and board of reviewers of JBJS. He is also a member of the BSSH. He has written chapters in hand surgery books and published several papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Jane Vadher is a Clinical Specialist and Hand Therapist at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. She is a qualified Occupational Therapist and has a Diploma in Hand Therapy. She has worked in Southampton since 1998 with previous experience in burns, plastics and orthopaedics in Cambridge, Sydney and Northwood, Middlesex. Jane is a member of the British Association of Hand Therapists and is currently a member of the education committee. In addition she runs accredited hand courses and is a guest lecturer at Southampton University.

Table of Contents

Assessment

Hand therapy

Anaesthesia

Forearm and wrist injuries

Hand fractures and dislocations

Hand injury

Soft tissue reconstruction

Skin conditions

Osteoarthritis of the hand

Infection

Nerve

Rheumatology

Tendons

Ulnar corner

Wrist

Children

Tumours

Vascular

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