Infections in Combat-Related Wounds
Military/civilian Study sample Site Infection rate Outcome Most common organism Study Iraq British Military 48 Open femur fractures 8.33% 4% underwent amputation S. aureus [31] US Military 300 Lower…
Healing the Scars Within: Psychological Support for the War-Injured
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah, Jamal J. Hoballah and Joseph Bakhach (eds.)Reconstructing the War Injured Patienthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56887-4_18 18. Healing the Scars Within: Psychological Support for the War-Injured Brigitte Khoury1 and Sariah Daouk2 (1) Department of Psychiatry,…
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Fig. 12.1 (a) Case of penetrating abdominal injury due to sniper rifle shot . Full thickness midline defect closed temporarily using a mesh which will be covered with a split…
Biodynamics of Blast Injuries
Fig. 2.1 (a) Free-field wave—open-space wave. Classic Friedlander wave : An idealized blast overpressure waveform. (b) Simple free-field wave. A more realistic waveform. (c) Enclosed-space waveform . Blast overpressure is…
Bone Tumors Around the Knee
Fig. 13.1 CT scan of a chondroblastoma of the proximal tibial epiphysis. (a) It was treated by means of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation. (b) Electrode in place 13.2.2 Osteochondroma Osteochondroma, or…
Examination of the Knee
Fig. 1.1 Assessing coronal plane. Note the physiological valgus attitude of the lower limb Examination with the patient facing the examiner: assessing for varus or valgus posture and the presence…
Osteotomies About the Knee
Fig. 14.1 (a) Physiological alignment measurements in the coronal plane from a long leg weight bearing radiograph measurement. (b) Enlarged image shows the weight-bearing axis in the medial compartment. Also…
Tendon Injuries of the Knee
Therapeutic exercises (eccentric training) Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) Different injection treatments (platelet-rich plasma, sclerosing polidocanol, steroids, aprotinin, autologous skin-derived tendon-like cells, and bone marrow mononuclear cells) Table 6.2 Surgical…
Posterior Cruciate Ligament, Posterolateral Corner and Multiligament Knee Injuries
Fig. 9.1 Schematic illustration of the femoral attachment of the PCL bundles [2] The tibial footprint lies in an upright oval on the posterior tibia that sits between the posterior…
Cartilage Injuries of the Knee
Trauma (blunt impacts, fractures, traumatic patellar dislocation, polytraumatic injuries) Axial malalignment of the knee Partial or total meniscectomy Instability (ACL, PCL, etc.) Osteochondritis dissecans Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, gout, psoriasis,…
