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<p><b>Flap surgery of the hand and upper limb: keeping you posted!</b></p> <p>The management of patients with hand and upper-limb deficiencies is a routine task in reconstructive surgery. A multitude of conventional and microvascular flap reconstructions have been described, and it is rather difficult to keep track of them all. This book is coming to your rescue:</p> <ul><li>A concise and practical guide to all relevant flap procedures</li><li>Uniform structure of all chapters: surgical anatomy, surgical technique and postoperative care, variants, indications and contraindications </li><li>Uniform design: text on the left, illustrations on the right hand side</li><li>More than 700 high-quality drawings displaying surgical and anatomical details provide clear, step-by-step instructions</li><li>Advantages and disadvantages of each method are compared and contrasted</li><li>Extensive section on differential therapeutic considerations including numerous synoptic tables on when to use which flap procedure</li><li>Additional chapters on the anatomy as well as functional, aesthetic and social aspects of both hand and upper limb </li><li>Conventional and microvascular flap reconstructions presented as procedures complementing one another</li></ul> <p>The book furnishes both the general surgeon facing emergency situations and the hand surgery specialist with valuable aids and suggestions. </p> <p>A textbook and reference guide to the primary and secondary treatment of hand and upper-limb deficiencies!</p>