The Wound Management Manual - Softcover

Lee, Bok

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071432035 ISBN 13: 9780071432030

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004

Synopsis

Lee (surgery, New York Medical College and attending physician at Westchester Medical Center) covers treatment and follow-up of acute and chronic wounds and ulcerations and provides step-by-step guidance to special procedures such as skin grafting, and information about healing methods such as hyperbaric oxygen treatment and molecular techniques. Among the topics of the 21 chapters: etiology and management of foot ulcerations; negative-pressure wound therapy (vacuum-assisted closure); historical aspects of wound healing; noninvasive evaluation of the cutaneous circulation; pathophysiology of diabetic foot lesions and their treatment with the circulator boot; intermittent pneumatic compression devices in critical limb ischemia; living, bioengineered, human dermis for healing chronic wounds; management of complex and pathologic wounds with integra; biomaterial wound matrix from small intestine submucosa; skin substitutes in acute and chronic wounds; wound closure by external tissue expansion; and foot compartment syndrome--modified plantar medial approach fasciotomy. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. has published over 150 articles in peer review journals on issues related to wound care. He is also on the board of wound management intervention for the New York and American Surgical Societies.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0071432035
• ISBN 13: 9780071432030
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512