Research Catalog

Title

Wounds and lacerations : emergency care and closure / Alexander T. Trott.

Author

Trott, Alexander.

Publication

Philadelphia : Mosby, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

xv, 336 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"The revised and updated 3rd Edition delivers expert guidance on the care and closure of wounds and lacerations - including basic and complex would care, anatomy, wound healing, infiltration anesthesia, cleansing, irrigation, choice of suture materials, consultations, and more."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Wounds and Injuries > therapy
• Wound Healing
• Suture Techniques
• Emergencies
• Soft tissue injuries > Treatment
• Skin > Wounds and injuries > Treatment
• Surgical emergencies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Emergency wound care : an overview -- Ch. 2. Patient evaluation and wound assessment -- Ch. 3. Anatomy of would repair -- Ch. 4. Surface injury and wound healing -- Ch. 5. Wound care and the pediatric patient / Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey and Gregg A. DiGiulio -- Ch. 6. Infiltration and nerve block anesthesia -- Ch. 7. Wound cleansing and irrigation -- Ch. 8. Instruments and suture materials -- Ch. 9. Decisions before closure : timing, debridement, and consultation -- Ch. 10. Basic laceration repair : principles and techniques -- Ch. 11. Complex wounds : advanced repair techniques -- Ch. 12. Special anatomic sites -- Ch. 13. The hand -- Ch. 14. Tissue adhesives and alternative wound closure -- Ch. 15. Bite wounds -- Ch. 16. Common would care problems -- Ch. 17. Minor burns -- Ch. 18. Cutaneous and superficial abscesses -- Ch. 19. Complicated and chronic wounds -- Ch. 20. Wound dressing and bandaging techniques -- Ch. 21. Tetanus immunity and antibiotic wound prophylaxis -- Ch. 22. Suture removal and wound aftercare.

ISBN

032302307X

LCCN

2004059713

OCLC

• ocm56662017
• SCSB-5173090

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries