The thumb : a guide to surgical management

Description

In this book, globally renowned orthopedic, plastic, and hand surgeons provide the knowledge required in order to understand and resolve the full range of problems associated with diseases, anomalies, deformities, and trauma of the thumb. The opening section describes the history of “making a thumb” and covers the fundamentals of anatomy, embryology, and functional dynamics. After careful presentation of the surgical procedures for various developmental anomalies of the thumb, subsequent sections focus on the treatment of bone and joint, tendon, and nerve problems encountered in patients with different diseases and injuries. All aspects of the surgical management of benign and malignant tumors of the thumb are then described. The final section is devoted to current and emerging treatments for trauma, including amputation and microsurgical and non-microsurgical reconstruction. The text is supported by superb clinical photographs as well as high-quality schematic drawings and video clips. The book will be of value not only to practicing surgeons but also to residents and medical students. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 History of “Making a Thumb” (Suk Joon Oh)....Pages 3-9 Anatomy and Biomechanics (Young Keun Lee)....Pages 11-23 Front Matter ....Pages 25-25 Duplicated Thumb and Secondary Deformity (Sang Hyun Woo, Young Seok Lee)....Pages 27-80 Thumb Hypoplasia (Luis R. Scheker)....Pages 81-97 Other Developmental Anomalies (Hyun Dae Shin, Soo Min Cha)....Pages 99-108 Front Matter ....Pages 109-109 Fractures and Dislocations (Yun-Rak Choi)....Pages 111-121 Collateral Ligament Injuries (Ji Hun Park, Jong Woong Park)....Pages 123-136 Arthritis of the Interphalangeal Joint and Metacarpophalangeal Joint (Jae Hoon Lee)....Pages 137-141 Arthritis of the Carpometacarpal Joint (Seok-Whan Song, Joo-Yup Lee)....Pages 143-155 Front Matter ....Pages 157-157 Flexor Tendon (SuRak Eo)....Pages 159-175 Extensor Tendon (Young Ho Lee)....Pages 177-197 Wide-Awake Tendon Surgery (Myung Jae Yoo, Sang Hyun Woo)....Pages 199-211 Front Matter ....Pages 213-213 Sensory Loss (Jong Won Hong)....Pages 215-228 Motor Loss (Jong-Pil Kim, Jae-Sung Yoo)....Pages 229-239 Reconstruction of the Spastic Thumb (Sehun Kim, Hyun Sik Gong)....Pages 241-249 Front Matter ....Pages 251-251 Benign Tumors (Yang-Guk Chung)....Pages 253-272 Malignant Tumors (Sung Tack Kwon, Byung Jun Kim)....Pages 273-283 Front Matter ....Pages 285-285 Soft Tissue Reconstruction (Seong Eon Kim, Hyun Tae Lee)....Pages 287-303 Replantation and Revascularization (Dong Ho Kang, Young Woo Kim, Ho Jun Cheon, Hee Chan Ahn)....Pages 305-320 Non-microsurgical Reconstruction (Sae Hwi Ki)....Pages 321-330 Microsurgical Reconstruction (Sang Hyun Woo)....Pages 331-365 Miscellaneous (Joo-Hak Kim, Jikang Park)....Pages 367-381 Back Matter ....Pages 383-390