Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 8.1 A 32-year-old woman with blast injury to left shoulder. Proximal humerus comminuted fracture with extensive soft-tissue loss. Multiple debridement of necrotic tissue and latissimus dorsi muscle flap for…

Fig. 17.1 Standard Burgess posterior flap In combat-related lower extremity injuries however, it is difficult to rely on only one learned technique. Rarely is the surgeon able to perform a…

Fig. 4.1 Anatomy and classification of neck zones . Reprinted from Ryan’s Ballistic Trauma, Neck injury, 2011, 395–418, Matthew J. Borkon, Bryan A. Cotton, with permission of Springer Fig. 4.2…

Fig. 13.1 A 32-year-old young man who was a victim of a stab injury presented with grade IV injury of the left kidney; the patient was managed expectantly A rigorous…

Fig. 5.1 A 27-year-old male with skin bridging the area from the brow to the cheek (a). Computed tomography scan revealed a cystic structure extending from the medial to the…

Injury No. Laceration or contusion of the face or scalp 106 Fracture of maxilla 17 Fracture of mandible 15 Intraoral soft-tissue injury 12 Fracture of zygoma 6 Nasal fracture 4…

Fig. 9.1 Blast injury to bilateral lower extremities with right-leg Gustilo-type 3C fracture . Figure revealing the extensive surrounding soft-tissue damage caused by the blast wave Table 9.1 Types of…

Fig. 10.1 (a) A 37-year-old man presented to us 10 weeks after being wounded with shrapnel on the medial aspect of his left ankle injuring the tibial nerve. (b) Surgical…

Fig. 14.1 (a) CT of brain. 2.5 × 1.5 cm foreign body with right middle and inferior frontal gyri with overlying comminuted frontal bone fracture. (b) CT brain. Metallic foreign…

Fig. 16.1 A 28-year-old woman presenting 10 days after sustaining a blast injury to her left hand . (a) Intraoperative photo following debridement, showing the composite defect on the dorsum…