Chapter 39 – Upper Extremity Amputations
Abstract The upper arm has two muscle compartments: the anterior, which includes the biceps, and the posterior, which includes the triceps muscle. The forearm has two major compartments: the anterior…
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Chapter 38 – Upper Extremity Fasciotomies
Abstract The arm is divided into two muscle compartments: The anterior compartment, which contains the biceps, the brachialis, and coracobrachialis, all innervated by the musculocutaneous nerve. The posterior compartment, which…
Chapter 48 – Escharotomy in Burns
Abstract Deep partial thickness and full thickness circumferential or near circumferential burns of the neck, chest, abdomen, or extremities can cause serious local or systemic complications and need surgical release…
Chapter 47 – Negative Pressure Therapy for Soft Tissue Wounds
Abstract Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) provides a closed, moist environment with a regulated level of negative pressure to the wound bed, stimulating perfusion and granulation tissue formation, reduction of…
Chapter 46 – Skin Graft Technique
Abstract Deep partial or full thickness skin wounds, with an underlying vascularized bed, may be closed by autologous skin grafting, especially if healing by contracture would lead to prolonged healing…
Chapter 42 – Harvesting of Saphenous Vein
Abstract The lower leg venous system consists of the superficial (greater saphenous vein) and deep (femoral vein) systems. Duplicated saphenous systems exist in the calf and thigh in approximately 25%…
Chapter 37 – Brachial Artery Injury
Abstract The brachial artery lies in the groove between the biceps and triceps muscles. The proximal brachial artery lies medial to the humerus and moves anterior as it progresses distally….
Chapter 29 – Pancreas
Abstract The pancreas lies transversely in the retroperitoneum, at the L1–L2 vertebral level, between the duodenum and the hilum of the spleen. The head of the pancreas lies over the…
Chapter 35 – Emergency Hysterectomy
Abstract The uterus, adnexa, superior bladder, and upper rectum are peritonealized. These structures attach to the pelvis and to one another via a variety of peritoneal reflections and vascular and…
Chapter 41 – Popliteal Vessels
Abstract The popliteal fossa is diamond-shaped and its borders are formed by the semimembranosus and semitendinosus muscles superiomedially, the biceps femoris muscle superiolaterally, the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle…
