The Hand (Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery)

By James W. Strickland and Gary Schnitz

This edition' s new co-editor, Thomas J. Graham, MD, is the hand surgery consultant to several professional sports franchises and symphony orchestras. Thirteen new chapters cover repair of fractures and dislocations; release and reconstruction of digital syndactyly; repeat decompression of the medial nerve at the wrist with the hypothemar fat pad coverage; repair of the " Jersey finger" ; centralization of the extensor tendon for acute and chronic subluxation; local flaps for coverage of fingertip tissue loss; microsurgical repair of soft tissue deficits; coverage of tissue defects with pedicled flaps; and reconstruction of the partially amputated thumb with metacarpal lengthening.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781700388
• ISBN13: 9780781700382
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 583 Pages
• Weight: 4.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.8" x 1.3" x 9.0"