Surgical Anatomy of the Hand

by Schmidt, Hans-martin; Lanz, Ulrich; Kohnle, Gerhard

• ISBN13: 9781588900074
• ISBN10: 158890007X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Thieme Medical Pub

Summary

As hand surgery consists largely of applied anatomy, collaboration between anatomists and clinicians is essential to developing an anatomic understanding of the hand for clinical use. This outstanding new guide, co-written by an anatomist and a hand surgeon, provides the most up-to-date knowledge of normal anatomy, anatomic variants, and biomechanics. Anatomy is a highly visual discipline; therefore, exquisite, high-quality drawings are used to emphasize key features will find this book to be an extremely useful tool!Surgical Anatomy of the Hand covers everything from lymph vessels, carpal bones, and wrist joints to vascular structures, muscles, and tendons. This is the book that bridges the gap between introductory texts and highly specialized anatomic references on this complex subject.Hand surgeons, orthopaedists, plastic surgeons, anatomists, and residents who need to expand their knowledge of the hand, upgrade their surgical technique, and optimize patient care will find this book to be an extremely useful tool!

Author Biography

Ulrich Lanz is Professor of Hand Surgery at the Bad Neustadt Hand Center, Bad Neustadt/Saale, Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Development of the Hand	p. 5
Distal Forearm, Wrist, and Palm	p. 9
Distal Forearm and Thenar	p. 83
Thumb	p. 85
Distal Forearm, Wrist, and Hypothenar Eminence	p. 115
Palm	p. 129
Distal Palm and Proximal Fingers	p. 159
Palmar Aspect of Finger	p. 173
Distal Forearm, Wrist, and Dorsum of the Hand	p. 213
Dorsal Aspect of Finger	p. 241
Index	p. 255
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