Ernest E. Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health Illustrated Tips and Tricks in Trauma Surgery

Originating from the Ernest E. Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health, this new volume in the Illustrated Tips and Tricks series, Ernest E. Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health Illustrated Tips and Tricks in Trauma Surgery, provides succinct, precise information from Dr. Ernest E. Moore, Charles J. Fox, Fredric M. Pieracci, and a wide range of experts on tackling technical problems in trauma surgery. Practical, hands-on content conveys knowledge gained from years of surgical experience, including nuggets of wisdom unique to this particular institution. Illustrations and operative photos are used liberally throughout the book to demonstrate surgical techniques and provide a handy visual complement to the text.

• Covers key areas of trauma surgery including resuscitation and cervical, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, and extremity vascular injuries 

• Features the latest surgical techniques presented in a crisp, step-by-step style, and providing brief overviews of procedure rationale, essential equipment, patient positioning, technique, and postoperative management 
• Concise, bulleted format along with helpful tip boxes throughout makes for easy reading and quick absorption of material 
• Designed for residents, fellows, and practitioners—those in training or anyone who needs to brush up on the latest techniques 

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Table of Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contributors

Preface

Contents

SECTION I: RESUSCITATION

1 • Emergency Department Thoracotomy

2 • Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta

3 • Tube Thoracostomy

SECTION II: CERVICAL INJURIES

4 • Carotid Arterial Injury

5 • Vertebral Arterial Injury

6 • Esophageal Injuries

7 • Thoracic Incisions

SECTION III: THORACIC INJURIES

8 • Subclavian Artery

9 • Cardiac

10 • Partial Left Heart Bypass for Thoracic Aortic Injury

11 • Pulmonary Injuries

12 • Thoracic Trachea and Bronchi

13 • Peripheral Cannulation for Extracorporeal Life Support

14 • Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures

SECTION IV: ABDOMINAL INJURIES

15 • Liver

16 • Spleen

17 • Duodenum and Pancreas

18 • Abdominal Vascular Injury

19 • Damage Control Surgery/The Open Abdomen

SECTION V: PELVIC INJURIES

20 • Preperitoneal Pelvic Packing and Postpacking Arteriography

SECTION VI: SPINAL INJURIES

21 • Lumbar Spine Exposure

SECTION VII: EXTREMITY VASCULAR INJURIES

22 • Axillary Artery

23 • Brachial Artery

24 • Iliofemoral Artery Injury

25 • Popliteal Vascular Injury

26 • Compartment Syndrome of the Upper Extremity

27 • Lower Extremity Fasciotomy

28 • Lower Extremity Amputation

29 • Vascular Techniques

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