Editors: Alexander Lerner, Michael Soudry

Modern weapons and high-energy accidents inflict devastating damage to
soft tissue and bone. As a result, both primary treatment and late limb
reconstruction present a difficult surgical challenge. This book is
designed to meet the continued need to re-learn the principles of
treatment of complex war injuries to the extremities in order to minimize
post-traumatic and post-treatment complications and to optimize functional
recovery.

Most of the chapters in the book are based on the unique experience gained
in the treatment of military personnel who have suffered modern combat
trauma and civilian victims of terror attacks at a single, large level 1
trauma center. The remaining chapters present the experience of leading
international authorities in the field of trauma and reconstructive surgery.
A staged treatment protocol is presented, ranging from primary damage
control, including the use of external fracture stabilization, through to
definitive functional limb reconstruction by means of various internal and
external fracture fixation methods. The organization of medical aid,
anesthesiology, diagnostic imaging, and infection prophylaxis also receive
detailed attention. The management of potential complications such as delayed
unions, non-unions, and osteomyelitis is reviewed, and controversies in limb
salvage are considered. Primary and late limb amputations are fully discussed,
and a special chapter is devoted to the challenging dilemma of limb salvage
versus amputation in the treatment of limbs at risk.

This well-illustrated book will be of value both to beginners and to experts
in the field of trauma, including orthopedic surgeons, plastic surgeons,
vascular surgeons, and military medical personnel.

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