Reoperative Hand Surgery
Reoperative Hand Surgery is a major contribution to the literature, offering a wide range of reoperative options for challenging problems that face the reconstructive hand surgeon after failed primary surgery. Concise and discussing all of the more
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Scott F.M. Duncan Editor
Reoperative Hand Surgery
Editor Scott F.M. Duncan, MD, MPH Department of Orthopedic Surgery Ochsner Health System New Orleans, LA, USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-2372-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-2373-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-2373-7 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012933438 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The purpose of this book is to present some reoperative options for challenging problems that face the reconstructive hand surgeon after failed primary surgery. We have tried to do this as a one-volume book that is very concise and discusses some of the more common issues that hand surgeons may face in performing revision surgery. Even though there are several books dealing with hand surgery and other problems of the upper extremity, this book is unique in that it looks specifically at the problem of what to do when the original index procedure did not go as planned. We have included topics that involve the hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow. We have also included some sections in the book to look at some of the psycological and social factors that also go into the decision process whether to reoperate or not. My hope with this book is that it will give the busy hand and upper extremity surgeon easily accessible information relating to the evaluation, diagnosis, and possible surgical interventions for the diagnoses discussed. Hand and upper extremity surgery has a diversity of different procedures to accomplish common goals. There are usually pros and cons to each type of procedure. Complications are a known risk of surgery and do occur despite the best efforts of the surgeon. The purpose of this book is to help hand surgeons manage some of these issues when they do arise in the patients that we all care for. The chapters are tightly focused so that the important aspects to consid
