Neck Injuries /
This practical and accessible handbook introduces the non-specialist surgeon to vital aspects of injuries to the neck. The author familiarises the reader with the regional pathology and related clinical facts for almost every conceivable injury to the neck. The book has been written in such a way th...
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London :
Springer London,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Zones of neck injury
- General features of incised injuries
- General features of crush and closed injuries incl. whiplash injuries
- Fire burns
- Scalds and insect bites
- Deceleration injuries
- Traction injuries (chiropractic)
- Vibration and blast injuries
- Iatrogenic injuries
- Incidence of vascular injuries
- General features of vascular injuries
- Immediate effects of carotid arterial injuries
- Thyrocervical trunk injuries
- Vertebral artery injuries
- External jugular vein injuries
- Delayed effects of carotid arterial injuries
- Thoracic duct injuries
- Sternomastoid and scalene muscular injuries
- Pleural injuries in the neck
- Thyroid gland injuries
- Cranial nerve injuries
- Cervical spine and spinal cord injuries
- Brachial plexus injuries in the neck
- Injuries to larynx, trachea and oesophagus (general features)
- Cricothyroidostomy
- Tracheostomy
- Laryngeal injuries
- Tracheal injuries
- Oesophageal injuries
- References
- Index.