Skin Cover in the Injured Hand

An account of all aspects of skin cover in the injured hand. Each chapter is referenced and topics given special attention include venous free flaps and tissue expansion, and skin cover in burns of the hand. It has clinically based descriptions of the management of injuries involving skin loss.

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This aims to provide a completely comprehensive and detailed account of all aspects of skin cover in the injured hand. Mr David Evans has brought together an international team of contributors. Some topics are given special attention, including venous free flaps and tissue expansion, and skin cover in burns of the hand. Each chapter is reference, and the text is illustrated with an extensive collection of black and white photographs. This book is for all hand surgeons, and orthopaedic and plastic surgeons, and will be of interest to occupational therapists and physiotherapists. It provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the modern techniques of skin cover in the injured hand, placing them in perspective with the traditional methods and includes clinically based descriptions of the management of different types of injury involving skin loss.