CHAPTER 57 MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF PELVIC FRACTURES: OPERATIVE AND NONOPERATIVE HEMOSTASIS Thomas M. Scalea Very few injuries are as complicated as multisystem trauma and pelvic fracture. The pelvis is a…
CHAPTER 20 THE ROLE OF FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA: INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND CONTROVERSIES Michael Dunham, Mark McKenney, David Shatz Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) has rapidly…
CHAPTER 44 SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE ABDOMEN AND RETROPERITONEUM Grant Bochicchio, Thomas M. Scalea The abdominal cavity and the retroperitoneum lie immediately adjacent to one another. Some organs such as…
CHAPTER 32 TRACHEAL, LARYNGEAL, AND OROPHARYNGEAL INJURIES Luis G. Fernandez, Scott H. Norwood, John D. Berne Structural mobility and elasticity are characteristics of the upper airway that make injury to…
CHAPTER 69 CERVICAL, THORACIC, AND LUMBAR FRACTURES Robert L. Tatsumi, Robert A. Hart Spinal column injuries in the United States occur at a rate of 4 to 5.3 injuries per…
CHAPTER 46 NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF BLUNT AND PENETRATING ABDOMINAL INJURIES Matthew J. Martin, Peter M. Rhee BLUNT ABDOMINAL INJURY The evaluation and management of the abdominal cavity in the blunt…
CHAPTER 71 HAND FRACTURES Roshini Gopinathan, Parham A. Ganchi, Mark S. Granick The presence of an opposable thumb separates man from other primates. The hand serves many functions, ranging from…
CHAPTER 83 OXYGEN TRANSPORT Patricio M. Polanco, Mitchell P. Fink, Juan Carlos Puyana, Juan B. Ochoa Unicellular organisms evolved to efficiently harness large amounts of energy from organic molecules (especially…
CHAPTER 67 UPPER EXTREMITY FRACTURES: ORTHOPEDIC MANAGEMENT Robin M. Gehrmann, Virak Tan, Alfred Behrens†, Fractures and dislocations of the upper extremity can vary from benign, requiring minimal intervention, to life…
CHAPTER 40 CARDIAC INJURIES Juan A. Asensio, Luis Manuel García-Núñez, Patrizio Petrone, Dominic Duran, Alexander D. Vara, John S. Weston, Scott B. Gmora, Ara Feinstein, Donald Robinson, Nicholas Namias, Louis…
