Principles and Practice of Burn Surgery

Cover......Page 1
Preface......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
1. Initial Management and Resuscitation......Page 14
2. General Treatment of Burned Patients......Page 46
3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Inhalation Injury......Page 68
4. Burn Wound Management and Preparation for Surgery......Page 98
5. Anesthesia for Acute Burn Injuries......Page 116
6. Principles of Burn Surgery......Page 148
7. Management of Superficial Burns......Page 176
8. The Small Burn......Page 200
9. The Major Burn......Page 234
10. Surgical Approaches to the Major Burn......Page 262
11. The Hand......Page 270
12. The Face......Page 294
13. Burn Wound Care and Support of the Metabolic Response to BurnInjury and Surgical Supportive Therapy......Page 304
14. A Practical Approach to Acute Burn Rehabilitation......Page 330
15. Psychosocial Support......Page 378
Index......Page 408