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About the Book This book takes a unique approach to the subject of trauma and war surgery. This ground-breaking work sets a standard reference for care under difficult conditions, with the lack of medical facilities and proper staff. It promotes a concept of forward life support and surgery, which draws on the resources and knowledge of the local community, which improvises with local equipment and materials, and also includes a complete guide to post-operative, high-energy nutrition based on local foodstuffs and food-processing traditions. The second revised edition contains updates on the injuries caused by modern weaponry, on post-injury physiology, and on damage control surgery. Hans Husum has, once again, produced a book of outstanding value for those surgeons who venture “in harm’s way”. This is a book which not only describes the special requirements for war surgery in all specialties but it also describes in detail the scientific basis for this clinical practice. Future war surgeons can be grateful that this excellent work exists and the gratitude will, I am sure, be shared by their patients. - John P Beavis, MB FRCS DMCC, Consultant Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon, Past Hunterian Professor Royal College of England The new additions to the second edition of “War Surgery” are truly significant and keep pace with the vast development of destructive weapons used in recent wars. The action and effects of modern weapons are explained in a clear and scientific way. I highly recommend the book not only for surgeons and care providers in war, but for all graduates in training in Third World countries. - Naser R. Abu Shabaan, Consultant General Surgery, Director of Higher Surgical Training, Gaza, Palestine As someone who has practiced trauma surgery in low-resource settings in the South, I greatly appreciate the approach taken by "War Surgery, Field Manual". It is scientifically rigorous, yet practical and readable. It gives advice and guidance on how to care for individual patients under difficult circumstances and with limited resources. At the same time, it gives overarching information on how to better organize, plan for, monitor, and evaluate the entire system available for providing care for the injured. If widely utilized, this book will save the lives of many victims of violence and war globally. - Charles Mock, MD PhD FACS, Professor of Surgery, Professor of Epidemiology, Adjunct Professor of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Contents How to use the book Foreword to the First Edition Foreword to the Second Edition Authors and contributors Section 1: Trauma systems in war 1. The chain of survival 2. Trauma care training 3. Material input 4. Trauma severity scoring and quality control Section 2: Trauma care in war 5. The weapon 6. The injury 7. Trauma life support in war 8. Life-saving surgery 9. Triage – sorting casualties Section 3: Basics of war surgery 10. Surgical technique 11. Fasciotomy, debridement and drainage 12. Injuries to arteries and veins 13. Fractures and mangled limbs 14. Joint injuries 15. Tendon injuries 16. Nerve injuries 17. Amputations 18. Wound closure 19. Injuries to children and old people 20. Emergency blood transfusion 21. Hypothermia and hyperthermia 22. Diseases interfering with surgery Section 4: War surgery – specific injuries 23. Injury to the head and neck 24. Injury to the spine 25. Injury to the face 26. Injury to the eye 27. Injury to the chest 28. Abdominal injuries in general 29. Injury to the intestine 30. Injury to the stomach and duodenum 31. Injury to the liver and biliary tract 32. Injury to the spleen 33. Injury to the pancreas 34. Injury to the kidneys 35. Injury to the urinary bladder and urethra 36. Injury to the male organs 37. Injury to the female organs 38. Complications of abdominal surgery 39. Pelvic injury 40. Upper limb injury 41. Lower limb injury 42. Burns Section 5: Treatment after surgery 43. Post-operative care and complications 44. Microbiology and infections 45. Nutrition after injury and surgery Section 6: Anesthesia 46. Wartime anesthesia 47. Ketamine anesthesia 48. Local anesthesia 49. Spinal anesthesia Appendices Acknowledgements Glossary Index Pocket folder
PRICE POSTAGE Malaysia RM120.00 RM10.00 Third World countries US$40.00 (Variable, depending on destination. Other foreign countries US$140.00 Please write in for details). (For orders of more than 3 copies, please write in for reduced postal rate) How to Order the Book Visit our TWN Online Bookshop or contact Third World Network at 131 Jalan Macalister, 10400 Penang, Malaysia. Tel: 604-2266159 Fax: 604-2264505 Email for further information. |
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