9 Wound conditioning
10.1055/b-0034-84279 9 Wound conditioning 9.1 Dressings David A Volgas 9.1.1 Goals of wound dressing The skin serves as a barrier (mechanical, chemical, and thermal) that is vital to preventing infection…
1 Principles of good soft-tissue technique
10.1055/b-0034-84271 1 Principles of good soft-tissue technique 1.1 Importance of correct handling of soft tissues James N Long Fractures are nearly always associated with some degree of soft-tissue injury. Often…
8 Principles of wound closure and coverage
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3 Mechanisms of soft-tissue injury
10.1055/b-0034-84273 3 Mechanisms of soft-tissue injury 3.1 Blunt trauma James R Ficke 3.1.1 Introduction Blunt—usually direct—trauma may result in soft-tissue injury, which initially is often underestimated because it presents with…
4 Healing of soft tissues and bone
10.1055/b-0034-84274 4 Healing of soft tissues and bone 4.1 Skin and subcutaneous tissue Jian Farhadi 4.1.1 General aspects of initial tissue response to injury The normal response to tissue injury…
2 Basic anatomical principles and functions of soft tissue and bone
10.1055/b-0034-84272 2 Basic anatomical principles and functions of soft tissue and bone 2.1 General anatomical considerations Authors Reto Wettstein, Dominique Erni The musculoskeletal system may be considered as an interconnected…
6 Treatment strategies
10.1055/b-0034-84276 6 Treatment strategies 6.1 Emergency department management Authors Ulrich Stöckle, Hans-Günther Machens 6.1.1 Introduction Soft-tissue trauma—including thermal injury—embraces a wide range of lesions from minor to life-threatening, which necessitate…
Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis after osteotomy for deformity correction
10.1055/b-0034-87679 Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis after osteotomy for deformity correctionChang-Wug Oh, Theerachai Apivatthakakul, Suthorn Bavonratanavech Introduction The correction of axial deformity and rotational malalignment of lower extremities resulting from congenital…
Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis and bone transport for segmental bone defect
10.1055/b-0034-87681 Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis and bone transport for segmental bone defectChang-Wug Oh, Theerachai Apivatthakakul, Suthorn Bavonratanavech Introduction The treatment of large segmental bone defects is still a challenging procedure…
Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis and limb lengthening
10.1055/b-0034-87680 Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis and limb lengtheningChang-Wug Oh, Theerachai Apivatthakakul, Suthorn Bavonratanavech Introduction Limb lengthening by distraction osteogenesis has been widely used since first introduced by Ilizarov. However, due…
