Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 15.1 Entrance wound of a shotgun injury Fig. 15.2 Exit wound of a shotgun injury Fig. 15.3 Closer look at exit wound in Fig. 15.2 The vascular trauma resulting…

Fig. 6.1 Preoperative marking of the digitodorsometacarpal flap Fig. 6.2 Immediate postoperative image of the digitodorsometacarpal flap used to cover the middle finger defect Fig. 6.3 Six-month follow-up on the…

Fig. 11.1 A 26-year-old male sustained a shrapnel injury to his left lower extremity . He was treated initially with an external fixator, which was removed 6 months later. Patient…

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…