Main description:

This text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the art approach to reconstruction of the war injured patient tailored to the types of injuries and patients mostly encountered from the Arab region over the past few years at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, one of the largest tertiary care and referral centers in the area and its affiliated hospitals. The book discusses in detail evidence of literature, new research data and new perspectives about the management and reconstruction of all types of injuries: ophthalmic, head and neck, upper and lower limb bone and soft tissue trauma, trunk, visceral and urogenital injuries as well as vascular and central and peripheral nerve injuries. It also highlights the social burden of these injuries as well as the importance of rehabilitation and psychological support for the war injured. The most recent findings of the change in the microbiology of these wounds and their treatment modifications are also discussed.
Reconstructing the War Injured Patient will serve as a valuable resource for surgeons, clinicians and researchers dealing with and interested in the multiple facets of current war casualty care all the way from the battlefields to the long-term chronic rehabilitation. It includes concise yet comprehensive overviews of the current status of the war casualty patient reconstruction domain. It will help guide patient management based on evidence from literature, clinical and surgical experience and ongoing research. It will also help stimulate investigative efforts in this dynamic and active field of war medicine.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Ballistics of Gunshot Wounds

Fadel M. Chahine

Chapter 2. Biodynamics of Blast Injuries

Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah and Odette M. Abou Ghanem

Chapter 3. Management of Craniomaxillofacial Injuries

Joe S. Baroud and Christopher Hakim

Chapter 4. The Management of Penetrating Neck Injuries

Mohammad Rachad Wehbe and Jamal J. Hoballah

Chapter 5. Reconstruction of Periocular War Injuries

Riad Maluf and Rouba Maluf

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Chapter 6. Management of the Upper Limb Soft Tissue Injuries

Joseph Bakhach and Hamed Janom

Chapter 7. Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries

Joseph Bakhach

Chapter 8. Management of Upper Limb Fractures

Said S. Saghieh and Naji S. Madi

Chapter 9. Lower Extremity Reconstruction

Amir Ibrahim and Ahmad Oneisi

Chapter 10. Management of Peripheral Nerve Injuries

Joseph Bakhach and Arij El Khatib

Chapter 11. Management of Lower Limb Fractures

Karim Z. Masrouha and Said S. Saghieh

Chapter 12. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Ghassan Soleiman Abu-Sittah and Firas Abiad

Chapter 13. Contemporary Management of Urogenital Injuries

Mohammed Shahait and Rami Wajih Nasr

Chapter 14. Management of Central Nervous System War Injuries

Ghassan S. Skaf and Elias Elias

Chapter 15. Vascular Trauma

Hasan Al Harakeh and Jamal J. Hoballah

Chapter 16. Early Microsurgical Management of Blast Injuries

Joseph Bakhach and Odette M. Abou Ghanem

Chapter 17. Amputations and Prostheses

Reem Karami and Jamal J. Hoballah

Chapter 18. Healing the Scars within: Psychological Support for the War-Injured

Brigitte Khoury and Sariah Daouk

Chapter 19. Infections in Combat-Related Wounds

Abdul Rahman Bizri and Zeyad Tamim Sahli