Overview Chapters

Foreword
Ulrich Mennen
Preface
Richarda Böttcher
Acknowledgements
Richarda Böttcher
Introduction
Richarda Böttcher, Anita Eppelin
- The history of the "Living Textbook of Hand Surgery"
  Richarda Böttcher, Anita Eppelin
- The concept of the "Living Textbook of Hand Surgery"
  Richarda Böttcher, Anita Eppelin
Basics for surgical treatment
E - M. Baur
- Examination and consulting
  E - M. Baur
- Diagnostics
  - Radiology
    H. Gruber
  - Ultrasound
    H. Gruber, A. Loizides
  - Basics in clinical neurophysiology: Nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography in nerve entrapment syndromes
    Wolfgang Löscher, Christian Bischoff
  - CT
    E. Skalla, M. Rieger
  - MRI
    C. Kranewitter, A. Rudisch
- Surgical principles
  E - M. Baur
  - Microsurgical principles
    Franck Marie Leclère, Esther Vögelin
  - Principles of arthroscopy
    E - M. Baur, H. Tünnerhoff
- Anesthesia
- Postoperative treatment
  E - M. Baur
Bones, joints and ligaments
- Hand
  - Fractures and nonunions
    - Extra-articular metacarpal fractures
    - Extra-articular phalanx fractures
  - Luxations and instabilities
    - DIP fracture-dislocations & instabilities
    - MCP fracture-dislocations & instabilities
    - PIP fracture-dislocations & instabilities
    - Trapeziometacarpal (CMC 1) fracture-dislocations & instabilities
      IR. Proubasta
    - Carpometacarpal (CMC 2-5) fracture-dislocations & instabilities
- Wrist
  - Fractures and nonunions
    - Scaphoid
    - Distal carpal row bones
    - Proximal carpal row (Kienböck’s excluded)
  - Luxations
    - Perilunate dislocations
    - Perilunate fracture-dislocations
    - Axial dislocations & isolated carpal bone dislocations
  - Instabilities
    - Dissociative Scapholunate
    - Dissociative Lunotriquetral
    - Non-dissociative instability
- Distal radius and ulna
  - Fractures
    - Extraarticular distal radius
    - Intraarticular distal radius
    - Distal ulna
  - Luxations
    - Radiocarpal fracture-dislocations
  - Instability
    - Distal radioulnar joint instability
- Forearm
  - Fractures
    - Dyaphyseal
    - Radial head fractures
    - Proximal ulnar fractures (olecranon included)
  - Luxations and instabilities
    - Galleazzi’s fracture-dislocation
    - Monteggia’s fracture-dislocations
    - Essex-Lopresty’s fracture-dislocation
- Aseptic necroses of the bones
  - Lunate (Kienböck’s disease)
  - Scaphoid (Preiser’s disease)
  - Metacarpal head (Dieterich’s disease)
- Arthroscopic treatment
  E - M. Baur, H. Tünnerhoff
Tendons
M. Langer
- Extensor tendons
  - Primary repair
    M. Langer
  - Secondary repair
    M. Langer
- Flexor tendons
  - Primary repair
  - Secondary repair
- Pulleys
Nerves
Timothy E. Hems
- Nerves: Structure, anatomy and response to injury
  Timothy E. Hems
- Nerve injury: Classification, clinical assessment, investigation, and management
  Timothy E. Hems
- Operating on nerves: Surgical approaches, primary and secondary repair, nerve grafting and nerve transfer
  Timothy E. Hems
- Nerve injury: post-operative management, assessment of outcome and results
- Radial nerve palsy in fractures of the humeral shaft
- Compression neuropathy: pathology and neurophysiological consequences
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Ulnar nerve compression
  Adam Watts, Raymond Anakwe
- Compression neuropathies of the radial nerve
  Anthony Barabas, Mark A. Pickford
- Median nerve compression: Pronator and anterior interosseous syndromes
  Anthony Barabas, Mark Pickford
Palsies
J. Bahm, A. Bhatia
- Peripheral palsies, unrepairable peripheral nerves
  - Principles of tendon transfers
  - Tenodesis
  - Arthrodesis
  - Principles of free muscle transfer
- Plexus
  A. Bhatia, J. Bahm
- Tetraplegia
- Brain/ spastic disorders
- Thoracoscapular reconstruction
Vasculature
- Basics
- Primary repair
- Secondary repair
- Vascular diseases and disorders
Soft tissue
M. Kayalar
- Basics and principles
- Techniques of soft tissue reconstruction
  M. Kayalar
  - Skin
    M. Kayalar
  - Composite graft
    M. Kayalar
  - Pedicled flaps
    M. Kayalar
  - Microsurgical reconstruction
Combined injuries
E. Vögelin
- Amputations
  F - M Leclère, E. Vögelin
- Mangled upper extremity
  F - M Leclère, E. Vögelin
- Principles of treatment
  F - M Leclère, E. Vögelin
- Technique of reconstruction
  E. Vögelin
  - Microsurgical techniques for vascular anastomoses
    Franck Marie Leclère, Esther Vögelin
  - Free skin and composite flaps
    M. Calcagni
  - Vascularized bone grafting
    M. Calcagni
  - Toe to hand transfer
    NF. Jones
  - Thumb reconstruction
    F - M Leclère, E. Vögelin
  - Functional muscle transfer
  - Finger Flaps
    M. Calcagni
- Bone and soft tissue reconstruction
- Clinical microvascular techniques
  F - M Leclère
- Replantation micro
  F - M Leclère, E. Vögelin
- Replantation macro
  F - M Leclère, E. Vögelin
- Nonmicrosurgical coverage of upper extremity
  F - M Leclère, E. Vögelin
- Nail
  F - M Leclère
Special injuries
- Compartment syndrome
  R. Böttcher, A. Gülgönen
  - Newborn compartment syndrome
    W. Hülsemann, R. Böttcher
- Burns
Infections
Congenital malformations
W. Hülsemann
Special diseases (e.g. Dupuytren's disease)
- Aseptic necroses of the bones
- Arthritis (degenerative)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
  H. Tünnerhoff
- Connective tissue diseases
- Dupuytren’s Disease
  David Warwick
  - History of Dupuytren's Disease
    Clayton A. Peimer
  - Genetics of Dupuytren's Disease
    Dominic Furniss, Paul M. N. Werker
  - Etiology of Dupuytren's Disease
    Matthias Rab
  - The cell biology of Dupuytren’s Disease
    Ardeshir Bayat, Sarah Al-Himdani
  - Treatment of Dupuytren's Disease
    David Warwick
    - Percutaneous needle fasciotomy/needle aponeurotomy (PNF/NA)
      Paul Werker
    - Radiotherapy for Dupuytren’s Disease
      Richard Schaffer
    - Pharmacotherapy, steroid injection, fat graft, PIP external fixators and other techniques
      Maarten van Nuffel, Ilse Degreef
    - Collagenase clostridium histolyticum
      Clayton A. Peimer
    - Skin grafting in Dupuytren’s Disease
      David Warwick
    - Surgical treatment for Dupuytren’s Disease: open fasciotomy and fasciectomy
      Ian Edmunds
    - The stiff proximal interphalangeal joint
      David Shewring
    - Author's preferred treatment
      David Warwick
  - Dupuytren’s Disease – the role of hand therapy
    Anna L. Pratt, Catherine Ball
- Tenosynovitis
- Vascular disorders
- Complex regional pain syndrome
Tumors
- Bones
- Soft tissue
  M. Kayalar
- Skin
- Others
Rehabilitation
W. Brandsma, F. Herm
IFSSH Committee Reports
Index
Contributors

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