Bookedited by Paula Ferrada, Ricardo Ferrada.
Summary: This atlas is the collaborative work of surgeons from Latin America and North America and describes techniques that can aid in the treatment of trauma patients. Trauma surgeons need to perform procedures efficiently and expeditiously for patients that are crashing. The surgeries and exposures are narrated by experts in the field, and include pitfalls and complications, as well as ways to avoid and treat them. Detailed illustrations add clarity to each procedure and help surgeons improve their technique when treating trauma patients. Atlas of Trauma provides a visual aid to the trauma surgeon and acts as a great asset for the training of these specialists.
Contents:
Neck Exploration
Operative Exposures for Chest Trauma: The Median Sternotomy and Left Anterolateral Thoracotomy
Cardiac Penetrating Trauma
Open Repair of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury without Shunt, and Using a Woven Dacron Graft
Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures: Indications and Technique
Abdominal Exposures and Bowel Anastomosis for Trauma
Liver and Spleen
Vena Cava Injury
Genitourinary Operations in Trauma
Vascular Exposures in the Upper Extremities
Vascular Exposures in the Lower Extremities
Lower Extremity Fasciotomy: Indications and Technique
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) and Other Endovascular Techniques.