The classification of abnormal, posttraumatic pain is complicated and is encompassed in the term complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). The term reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), a descriptor of posttraumatic pain, is established in the lay, medical, and legal literature despite…
Many venomous animals can cause injuries to humans. The injuries are induced by substances called toxins that are produced or stored in the body of these animals and inoculated (i.e., injected) into victims by their venom apparatus, as seen in…
Acknowledgment: The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Ayan Gulgonen and Dr. Kagan Ozer, who authored the chapter on compartment syndrome in the sixth edition of Green’s Operative Hand Surgery. Compartment Syndrome Acute compartment syndrome (ACS) of the extremity…
Amputation of the upper extremity takes its toll on both the patient and the surgeon. The patient is devastated at the prospect of life with a functional disability and laments the potential loss of the independence we all take for…
Acknowledgment: We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Dean S. Louis, Mark Bagg, and Peter J. L. Jebson. Traumatic injury is the most common cause of an amputated finger or thumb. In other cases, digital amputation may be necessary…
“CONCLUSIONS: Much of what has been written in this chapter may soon be outdated.” James Strickland Acknowledgments: The visionary capacity of Dr. Strickland is mesmerizing. In 1982 in the very first edition of this book, he wrote that microsurgery would…
The first report on a toe-to-hand transfer ever done to a human goes back in time to the 19th century when Nicoladoni described staged, pedicled toe-to-hand transfer over a 4-week period. Davis was the first to combine staged transfer with…
Bone grafts have been used since the first decade of the 20th century to fuse joints and repair defects. The desirability of a living bone graft was recognized by several early investigators who used pedicled fibular grafts for tibial defects…
In contradistinction to a split-thickness or full-thickness skin graft, a flap receives its blood supply independent of the underlying bed on which it is laid. An axial-pattern flap derives its blood supply through an inflow artery and an outflow vein,…
This chapter is dedicated to the memory of Graham Lister, who passed away a few months before this book went to press. Professor Lister was the original author of this chapter in the first edition in 1988 and continued as…