TRAUMA TO THE EYE AND ORBIT
CHAPTER 28 TRAUMA TO THE EYE AND ORBIT Mario A. Meallet Trauma and emergency physicians are frequently confronted with evaluating and managing severe eye injuries, most of which will require…
CRITICAL CARE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THORACOTOMY
CHAPTER 19 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THORACOTOMY Juan A. Asensio, Patrizio Petrone, Luis Manuel Garcí-a-Núñez, Dan L. Deckelbaum, Dominic Duran, Donald Robinson, Kenneth D. Stahl, Michael F. Ksycki, Francisco A. Ruiz Zelaya,…
ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME, DAMAGE CONTROL, AND THE POST-TRAUMATIC OPEN ABDOMEN
CHAPTER 61 ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME, DAMAGE CONTROL, AND THE POST-TRAUMATIC OPEN ABDOMEN Richard S. Miller, John A. Morris Major contributors to improved survival in the field of trauma and surgical…
PULMONARY CONTUSION AND FLAIL CHEST
CHAPTER 36 PULMONARY CONTUSION AND FLAIL CHEST Carl J. Hauser, David H. Livingston Pulmonary contusion and flail chest are the two most common anatomic complications of major blunt chest trauma….
LIVER INJURY
CHAPTER 51 LIVER INJURY Manish S. Parikh, H. Leon Pachter The liver is the most commonly injured intra-abdominal organ with an incidence of 30%–40%. The overwhelming majority of liver injuries,…
DIAPHRAGMATIC INJURY
CHAPTER 43 DIAPHRAGMATIC INJURY Charles E. Lucas, Anna M. Ledgerwood ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY The diaphragm is a musculotendinous organ that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.1,2 This important…
EXTREMITY REPLANTATION: INDICATIONS AND TIMING
CHAPTER 73 EXTREMITY REPLANTATION: INDICATIONS AND TIMING Matthew Trovato, Boris Mordikovich, Ramazi O. Datiashvili The years since the first successful replantation of an arm in a 12-year-old boy by Malt…
SMALL BOWEL INJURY
CHAPTER 48 SMALL BOWEL INJURY Kimball Maull Injuries to the intestines have been described since antiquity. The statement “a slight blow will cause rupture of the intestines without injury to…
DEATH FROM TRAUMA—MANAGEMENT OF GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT AND THE ROLE OF THE SURGEON
CHAPTER 105 DEATH FROM TRAUMA—MANAGEMENT OF GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT AND THE ROLE OF THE SURGEON Patricia A. Murphy, Anne C. Mosenthal Death from trauma is a tragic event, often affecting…
TRAUMA SYSTEMS AND TRAUMA TRIAGE ALGORITHMS
CHAPTER 7 TRAUMA SYSTEMS AND TRAUMA TRIAGE ALGORITHMS Antonio Pepe, Antonio Marttos, Mauricio Lynn, Jeffrey A. Augenstein Trauma is a major national health care problem that affects one of four…
