- Provides a comprehensive and state-of-the art approach
- Highlights the social burden of these injuries as well as the importance of rehabilitation and the psychological support for the war injured
- Written by experts in their fields
This text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to reconstruction of the war injured patient tailored to the types of injuries and patients mostly encountered from the Arab region over the past few years at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, one of the largest tertiary care and referral centers in the area and its affiliated hospitals.
The book discusses in detail evidence of literature, new research data and new perspectives about the management and reconstruction of all types of injuries: ophthalmic, head and neck, upper and lower limb bone and soft tissue trauma, trunk, visceral and urogenital injuries as well as vascular and central and peripheral nerve injuries. It also highlights the social burden of these injuries as well as the importance of rehabilitation and psychological support for the war injured. The most recent findings of the change in the microbiology of these wounds and their treatment modifications are also discussed.
Reconstructing the War Injured Patient will serve as a valuable resource for surgeons, clinicians and researchers dealing with and interested in the multiple facets of current war casualty care all the way from the battlefields to the long-term chronic rehabilitation. It includes concise yet comprehensive overviews of the current status of the war casualty patient reconstruction domain. It will help guide patient management based on evidence from literature, clinical and surgical experience and ongoing research. It will also help stimulate investigative efforts in this dynamic and active field of war medicine.
Table of Contents- Chapter 1. Ballistics of Gunshot Wounds
Fadel M. Chahine - Chapter 2. Biodynamics of Blast Injuries
Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah and Odette M. Abou Ghanem - Chapter 3. Management of Craniomaxillofacial Injuries
Joe S. Baroud and Christopher Hakim - Chapter 4. The Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries
Mohammad Rachad Wehbe and Jamal J. Hoballah - Chapter 5. Reconstruction of Periocular War Injuries
Riad Maluf and Rouba Maluf - Chapter 6. Management of the Upper Limb Soft Tissue Injuries
Joseph Bakhach and Hamed Janom - Chapter 7. Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries
Joseph Bakhach - Chapter 8. Management of Upper Limb Fractures
Said S. Saghieh and Naji S. Madi - Chapter 9. Lower Extremity Reconstruction
Amir Ibrahim and Ahmad Oneisi - Chapter 10. Management of Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Joseph Bakhach and Arij El Khatib - Chapter 11. Management of Lower Limb Fractures
Karim Z. Masrouha and Said S. Saghieh - Chapter 12. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah and Firas Abiad - Chapter 13. Contemporary Management of Urogenital Injuries
Mohammed Shahait and Rami Wajih Nasr - Chapter 14. Management of Central Nervous System War Injuries
Ghassan S. Skaf and Elias Elias - Chapter 15. Vascular Trauma
Hasan Al Harakeh and Jamal J. Hoballah - Chapter 16. Early Microsurgical Management of Blast Injuries
Joseph Bakhach and Odette M. Abou Ghanem - Chapter 17. Amputations and Prostheses
Reem Karami and Jamal J. Hoballah - Chapter 18. Healing the Scars within: Psychological Support for the War-Injured
Brigitte Khoury and Sariah Daouk - Chapter 19. Infections in Combat-Related Wounds
Abdul Rahman Bizri and Zeyad Tamim Sahli
