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Hand trauma: A practical guide
HAND TRAUMA: A Practical Guide By Dieter Buck Gramcko, Reimer Hoffmann and Rudiger Neumann. 175 Pages, 211 Illustrations, 2 Tables, Index, References, Thieme Inc. New York ISBN 0-86577-191-X Hippokrates Verlag Stuttgart ISBN 3-7773-0756-4. The preface to the English Edition warns that “some teutonic idiosyncracies remain”. Most obvious of these is the clear layout with attention to detail and easily understood photographs and diagrams, where necessary showing problems that can occur; such as with incorrect immobilisation or tight dressings. “A patient who complains about his dressing is always right until proven otherwise”. Chapters in the Guide cover General and Special Principles. The former includes a useful section on regional anaesthesia as well as covering history and examination through surgical technique to Errors in Patient Management and Surgery. Injuries to specific areas are individually covered under “Special principles” including complex hand injuries infection and rehabilitation. Clearly this book was intended originally for Residents working in the “Hand Surgery Unit”. It is translated well and should find its way onto many personal as well as library book shelves. A. F. W. Milling
ORTHOPAEDIC NURSING AND REHABILITATION. By Mary Powell. 9th Edition 698 pages, illustrations (line and black and white photographs), index, Chapter bibliography. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh and London 1986, f19.50 ISBN o-443-032386. The fact that this book has reached its ninth edition (and still produced by its original author) is an obvious tribute to its usefulness to the nursing and rehabilitation professions. The current edition maintains the broad well planned character of its predecessors, the main author being supported by some twenty-two colleagues. It is amply illustrated by numerous black and white photographs and line drawings. Each chapter ends with a useful bibliography but regrettably few entries are from the current decade. Even the standard textbooks included are often not the latest editions. As the book is intended to span the whole orthopaedic field, its orientation towards the hand is limited. For its intended purpose it can be highly recommended and should be in all orthopaedic ward and therapy department libraries and, in view of its quite modest price, will be wanted by many nurses and therapists. Suman Soborun.
International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand Announcements. International Surgical Week 32 World Congress of Surgery, Sydney, Australia, September 20-25, 1987 Including 16 program sessions on hand surgery, microsurgery and plastic surgery. Closing date for abstracts 1 December, 1986. For further information contact: Secretariat GPO, BOX 2609 Sydney, NSW Australia 2001, Telephone (02) 241-1478, ATTN: Mr. M. R. Honner 26tb-30th January, 1987 Short course NC 502 Upper Limb Prosthetics and Orthotics for Physicians, Surgeons and Therapists, Glasgow, Scotland. 484
Further information from: Professor J. Hughes, Director, National Centre for Training and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics, University of Strathclyde, Curran Building, 131 St. James’ Road, Glasgow G4 OLS. Scotland. Caracas, Venezuela. Call for Abstracts. 6th-10th April, 1987. During the second week of April 1987, the ASSH will participate in a combined meeting with the Venezuelan Hand Society and the Caribbean Hand Society. The meeting will be held in Caracas, Venezuela. Further details from: Robert G. Chuinard, M. D. Program Chairman ASSH Combined Meeting/Venezuela Department of Orthopaedic Surgery LSU School of Medicine 1542 Tulane Avenue New Orleans, Loisiana 70112 USA
American Society for Surgery of the Hand. American Society for Surgery of the Hand Central Office, 3025 South Parker Road, Suite 65, Aurora, Colorado 80014 303/755-4588. Fourth Annual Residents’ and Fellows’ Conference. The Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. February 1986. ASSH Forty-First Annual Meeting. The Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1986. ASSH Forty-Second Annual Meeting. San Antonio Convention Center, San September 9-12, 1987.
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First Winter Meeting. San Francisco, California. January 19-21, 1987. Immediately preceeding the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Francisco, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand will hold its first Winter Meeting. This new meeting format offers a more compact schedule and supplements the Society’s Annual Meeting which will then be held in the fall. The Winter Meeting will officially begin with a welcoming reception on Monday night, January 19 and conclude at noon on Wednesday, January 21. The Journal of Hand Surgery, American Volume. The Journal of Hand Surgery, with more than 7,800 worldwide subscribers, is devoted exclusively to publishing international papers on all aspects of surgery of the hand. In its role as the official journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the publication contains current literature on hand surgery including case studies, joint implantation, infection control, basic research, grafting of skin, tendon, bone and nerves and the application of new microsurgical techniques. The Journal is published bi-monthly. Further information from C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, Missouri. Subscription rates for 1986 are: U.S.A. International Institutional $69.00 $79.00 $34.00 $44.00 Individual THE JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY
ORTHOPAEDIC NURSING AND REHABILITATION. By Mary Powell. 9th Edition 698 pages, illustrations (line and black and white photographs), index, Chapter bibliography. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh and London 1986, f19.50 ISBN o-443-032386. The fact that this book has reached its ninth edition (and still produced by its original author) is an obvious tribute to its usefulness to the nursing and rehabilitation professions. The current edition maintains the broad well planned character of its predecessors, the main author being supported by some twenty-two colleagues. It is amply illustrated by numerous black and white photographs and line drawings. Each chapter ends with a useful bibliography but regrettably few entries are from the current decade. Even the standard textbooks included are often not the latest editions. As the book is intended to span the whole orthopaedic field, its orientation towards the hand is limited. For its intended purpose it can be highly recommended and should be in all orthopaedic ward and therapy department libraries and, in view of its quite modest price, will be wanted by many nurses and therapists. Suman Soborun.
International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand Announcements. International Surgical Week 32 World Congress of Surgery, Sydney, Australia, September 20-25, 1987 Including 16 program sessions on hand surgery, microsurgery and plastic surgery. Closing date for abstracts 1 December, 1986. For further information contact: Secretariat GPO, BOX 2609 Sydney, NSW Australia 2001, Telephone (02) 241-1478, ATTN: Mr. M. R. Honner 26tb-30th January, 1987 Short course NC 502 Upper Limb Prosthetics and Orthotics for Physicians, Surgeons and Therapists, Glasgow, Scotland. 484
Further information from: Professor J. Hughes, Director, National Centre for Training and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics, University of Strathclyde, Curran Building, 131 St. James’ Road, Glasgow G4 OLS. Scotland. Caracas, Venezuela. Call for Abstracts. 6th-10th April, 1987. During the second week of April 1987, the ASSH will participate in a combined meeting with the Venezuelan Hand Society and the Caribbean Hand Society. The meeting will be held in Caracas, Venezuela. Further details from: Robert G. Chuinard, M. D. Program Chairman ASSH Combined Meeting/Venezuela Department of Orthopaedic Surgery LSU School of Medicine 1542 Tulane Avenue New Orleans, Loisiana 70112 USA
American Society for Surgery of the Hand. American Society for Surgery of the Hand Central Office, 3025 South Parker Road, Suite 65, Aurora, Colorado 80014 303/755-4588. Fourth Annual Residents’ and Fellows’ Conference. The Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. February 1986. ASSH Forty-First Annual Meeting. The Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1986. ASSH Forty-Second Annual Meeting. San Antonio Convention Center, San September 9-12, 1987.
February
Antonio,
16,
17-19,
Texas,
First Winter Meeting. San Francisco, California. January 19-21, 1987. Immediately preceeding the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Francisco, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand will hold its first Winter Meeting. This new meeting format offers a more compact schedule and supplements the Society’s Annual Meeting which will then be held in the fall. The Winter Meeting will officially begin with a welcoming reception on Monday night, January 19 and conclude at noon on Wednesday, January 21. The Journal of Hand Surgery, American Volume. The Journal of Hand Surgery, with more than 7,800 worldwide subscribers, is devoted exclusively to publishing international papers on all aspects of surgery of the hand. In its role as the official journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the publication contains current literature on hand surgery including case studies, joint implantation, infection control, basic research, grafting of skin, tendon, bone and nerves and the application of new microsurgical techniques. The Journal is published bi-monthly. Further information from C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, Missouri. Subscription rates for 1986 are: U.S.A. International Institutional $69.00 $79.00 $34.00 $44.00 Individual THE JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY