Manual of hand injuries

Manual of hand injuries

Book Reviews sketches have been improved and the text has been brought up to date. The book is concerned primarily with acute hand injuries and has on...

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Book Reviews sketches have been improved and the text has been brought up to date. The book is concerned primarily with acute hand injuries and has onIy one chapter on secondary repair and one on elective and reconstructive procedures. The various sections on tendon, bone, nerve and finger injuries as well as those on minor injuries are a11 beautifulIy illustrated with schematic diagrams; many with adjoining photographs. Although there are no references given, the procedures recommended are generally standard in most clinics in this country. The book is strongly recommended as a manual for ready reference in an Emergency CIinic and resident’s library. R. D. W.

the average physician. The review of bronchopulmonary anatomy is equalIy good. The heart is discussed primariIy as it directly affects pulmonary anatomy and physioIogy with IittIe reference to primary cardiac disease. Sections are devoted to inflammatory and neopIastic disease of the mediastinum. Discussion of the esophagus has been essentialIy omitted from consideration. The book wilt undoubtedIy prove of primary interest to the physicians who are concerned with chest diseases; however, the introductory chapters wiI1 be of value to all physicians. S. A. M.. Surgical Diseases of the Chest. Edited by Brian Blades, M.D. C. V. h1osby Co., St. Louis, 1961. 580 pages. Szz.00.

Injuries and Infections of the Hand. By Robert H. C. Robins, M.D. Williams & Wilkins Co. Bnltimore 1961.

The distinguished editor and other Ieading authorities in the field of chest surgery have contributed to this voIume. The book is handsomeIy bound with large and easiIy read print. The principal value of this book Iies in the sections on cardiac surgery. The rapid gains in this field make it diffIcuIt for most physicians and students to stay current with Iatest developments. This book satisfies this probIem in that each of the congenital and acquired heart lesions are discussed and ilIustrated with respect to diagnosis and the Iatest forms of surgical treatment. The technical aspects of each operation are suff&ientIy detaiIed so as to be informative to surgeons and comprehensible to other physicians. Sections on extracorporea1 circuIation and hypothermia are equalIy good. Each chapter is followed by a seIect ancI current bibliography.

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This concise readabIe book, written in dogmatic British style, is we11 described by the author in his introduction: “The object of this book is to provide a guide to the treatment of injuries and infections of the hand, for surgeons having responsibiIity for them in casualty and accident departments, and particularly for those starting work in this field.” It is actually a manual of treatment of infections and acute injuries of the hand and as such can be recommended to students of surgery and to young surgeons who deal with hand probIems. The book can not be compared in some parts with the earlier classic works of Kanavel, BunelI, and \Vakefield; however, it is more Rank practica1 and is we11 iIIustrated. The author’s orthopedic background is confirmed by the emphasis on fractures of the hand and wrist and the roentgenograms are numerous and excellent. The chapter on infections, although brief, is we11 outIined and accompanied by a number of good color photographs. Generally speaking the principles put forth in this book are sound and, although not original, certainly bear repeating. The author’s emphasis on ultimate hand function as related to injury is to be commended. His statement that the “book is intended to be suitable for either narrative reading or for reference” is not chaIlenged but I believe that the book can be recommended as supplementary reading to anyone deveIoping an interest in hand surgery. J. E. B.

Manual of Hand Injuries. By H. Minor Nichols, ed. The Year Book Publishers, Incorporated. Chicago, 1960. 400 pages.

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This is an exceIIent reference for students, interns, residents and practicing surgeons, for whom the author has cIearIy presented the simpIest procedures which wiI1 give good, functional results. In the second edition, a number of relatively minor but heIpfu1 changes have been made. Colored pIates are used to demonstrate anatomy in the first chapter. Their improved value is questionable. A new section on crush injuries emphasizes the probIem of swelling and its late effects. Many photographs and

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