Operative Techniques in Hand and Wrist Surgery

Part of the best-selling Operative Techniques series, Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery provides superbly illustrated, authoritative guidance on operative techniques along with a thorough understanding of how to select the best procedure, how to avoid complications and what outcomes to expect. This stand-alone book offers focused, easy-to-follow coverage of the hand and wrist, all taken directly from the larger text. It covers nearly all plastic surgery operations for these specific areas that are in current use, and is ideal for residents and physicians in daily practice.

• Comprehensively covers anesthesia and emergency procedures; hand fractures and dislocations; wrist fractures and carpal instability; rheumatoid arthritis; degenerative disease, nerve conditions; tendon conditions, flaps and microsurgery; congenital hand disorders; tumors; and much more.
• Succinct text, bulleted points, and quick-reference tables allow you to review information quickly and understand best practices and potential problems for each procedure.
• Hundreds of full-color intraoperative photographs and illustrations, as well as numerous high-quality videos, capture procedures step by step and help you immediately apply your knowledge.
• Each clinical problem is discussed in the same templated format: definition, anatomy, patient history and physical findings, imaging, differential diagnosis, nonoperative management where applicable, surgical management including preoperative planning and approach, step-by-step surgical techniques, pearls and pitfalls, postoperative care, outcomes, complications and references.
• Perfect for a quick preoperative review of the steps of a procedure.
• Editors and contributors are globally renowned authorities in their respective subspecialties and are known for their surgical expertise.

Table of Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contributors

Preface

Contents

Section I Anesthesia and Emergency Procedures

1 Anesthesia and Emergency Procedures

2 Fasciotomy for Compartment Syndrome of the Hand and Forearm

3 Revision Amputation and Shortening of the Digit

4 Drainage of Septic Flexor Tenosynovitis

Section II Hand Fractures and Dislocations

5 Distal Phalanx Fractures

6 Proximal Phalanx Fractures

7 Metacarpal Shaft Fractures

8 Open Reduction for Carpometacarpal Joint Dislocation

9 Reconstruction of Acute and Chronic Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries of the Thumb

10 Closed Reduction and Fixation of Bennett and Rolando Fractures

Section III Joints

11 Volar Plate Arthroplasty of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint

12 Hemihamate Arthroplasty for the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture Dislocation

13 Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Fusion With Locking Plates

Section IV Wrist Fractures and Carpal Instability

14 Arthroscopic Examination of the Wrist

15 Ligament Reconstruction for Chronic Scapholunate Dissociation

16 Lunotriquetral Ligament Reconstruction Using a Slip of the Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Tendon

17 Fixation of Acute Scaphoid Fractures

18 Scaphoid Nonunion: Nonvascularized Bone Reconstruction

19 Scaphoid Fracture Nonunion: Vascularized Bone Reconstruction

20 Open Reduction and Fixation of Acute Perilunate Fracture Dislocation

21 Dorsal Capsulodesis for Scapholunate Stabilization With Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus Tenodesis

22 Proximal Row Carpectomy

Section V Distal Radius Fractures

23 Distal Radius Fractures

Section VI Rheumatoid Arthritis

24 Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand and Wrist

Section VII Degenerative Disease

25 Degenerative Disease of the Hand and Wrist

Section VIII Nerve Conditions

26 Carpal Tunnel Release

27 Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome

28 Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

29 Radial Tunnel Decompression

30 Primary Nerve Repair and Nerve Graft for Traumatic Nerve Injuries

31 Tendon Transfers for Median Nerve Injury

32 Tendon Transfers for Ulnar Nerve Injury

33 Tendon Transfers for Radial Nerve Injury

34 Tendon Transfers for Combined Median and Ulnar Nerve Injury

35 Distal Anterior Interosseous Nerve Transfer to Motor Branch of Ulnar Nerve

36 Nerve Transfers for High Radial Nerve Palsy

Section IX Tendon Conditions

37 Acute Repair of Flexor Tendon Injuries

38 Repair of Multiple Flexor Tendon Injury at Wrist Zone V (Spaghetti Wrist)

39 Staged Flexor Tendon Grafting and Pulley Reconstruction

40 Tenolysis of Flexor Tendons

41 Acute Repair of Extensor Tendon Injuries in Zones I to VI

42 Stabilization of Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Tendon Subluxation With Extensor Retinaculum

43 Trigger Finger Release

44 First Dorsal Compartment (de Quervain) Release

Section X Flaps and Microsurgery

45 Flap Coverage of Fingertip Injuries

46 Flap Coverage of Thumb Defects

47 Reverse Flow Radial Forearm Flap

48 Ulnar Artery Perforator Flap

49 Posterior Interosseous Artery Flap

50 Free Lateral Arm Flap

51 Pedicled and Free Groin Flap

52 Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap

53 Revascularization and Replantation of Digits

54 Digital Artery Sympathectomy

55 Ulnar Artery to Superficial Arch Bypass With a Vein Graft for Ulnar Artery Thrombosis

56 Second Toe to Thumb Transfer

Section XI Dupuytren Disease

57 Dupuytren Contracture

Section XII Spastic Conditions

58 Elbow Extension Procedures

59 Wrist Extension Procedures

60 Finger Extension Procedures

61 Lateral Key Pinch Reconstruction

62 Grasp Improvement Procedures

Section XIII Congenital Hand Disorders

63 Release of Finger Syndactyly Using Dorsal Rectangular Flap

64 Hypoplastic Thumb Reconstruction

65 Reconstruction of Radial Polydactyly

66 Index Finger Pollicization for Hypoplastic Thumb

67 Second Toe-to-Thumb Transfer for Hypoplastic Thumb

68 Reconstruction of Amniotic Constriction Bands

69 Centralization for Radial Longitudinal Deficiency

70 Excision of Vascular Malformation of the Hand

Section XIV Tumors

71 Lumps and Bumps of the Hand and Wrist

72 Excision of Glomus Tumors

73 Excision of Hemangioma of the Hand

74 Excision of Metacarpal Enchondroma

75 Excision of Peripheral Nerve Schwannoma

76 Excision of Malignant Skin Tumors

Index