Complications in Orthopaedics. Hand Surgery

The difference between an average surgeon and a master surgeon is often an ability to navigate and resolve surgical complications. Complications in Orthopaedics: Hand Surgery provides expert guidance and offers real solutions to improve patient outcomes, for both the trainee and the experienced surgeon. This brand-new volume in the Complications in Orthopaedics series from series editor Dr.

Stephen R. Thompson, along with expert surgeons Drs. Micah K.

Sinclair and Christopher Dy, focuses on how to recognize and avoid errors during hand surgery, with thorough coverage of preoperative errors, intraoperative issues, and postoperative complications. Helps you navigate a wide variety of inevitable difficult situations in hand surgery, whether errors in judgment, technical mistakes, or unavoidable outcomesCovers key topics such as patient safety, informed decision making, improved postoperative care, quality improvement, multidisciplinary collaboration, and moreContains 54 chapters covering everything from fingertip and nailbed injuries nerve palsy (median, ulnar, radial) and neuromas and nerve tumors of the upper extremity, to hand arthritis extensor tendon rupture lunotriquetral ligament tear and much moreFeatures a full-color design with numerous photographs, radiographs, and illustrationsFollows a templated, reader-friendly format throughoutIncludes introductory material on relevant anatomy and necessary background informationAn eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

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