Hand and Wrist Injuries in Baseball, 1st ed. 2022 A Clinical Guide

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateur : Lourie Gary M.

Couverture de l’ouvrage Hand and Wrist Injuries in Baseball

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This book comprehensively reviews soft tissue, bone, ligament, and nerve injury of the hand and wrist unique to baseball.

Organized into three sections, the book begins with a discussion on fractures of the hand and wrist, including the distal radius, scaphoid, and phalanges. Following this, section two examines ligament injuries from the wrist to the thumb. Section three then concludes the book with an analysis of tendon and nerve injuries. Chapters include high-quality images and tables to supplement expertly written text.

Unique and thorough, Hand and Wrist Injuries in Baseball is an invaluable resource for orthopedics surgeons and sports medicine specialists, as well as primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, pediatricians, athletic trainers, and therapists.

Section I: Fractures of the Hand and Wrist.- Distal Radius Fractures.- Scaphoid Fractures.- Carpal Fractures Excluding the Scaphoid.- Hook of the Hamate Fracture.- Carpometacarpal (CMC) Injuries Digits 2-5.- Phalangeal and Metacarpal Fractures of the Digits.- Thumb Basilar Fractures/Thumb CMC Dislocation.- Section II: Ligament Injuries of the Hand and Wrist.- Wrist Ligament Injury (Scapholunate).- Thumb Metacarpalphalangeal Collateral Ligament Injury.- Collateral Ligament Injury of the Digits 2-5.- Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injury.- Section III: Tendon and Nerve Injuries of the Hand and Wrist.- Flexor Tendon Injury Including Pulley.- Extensor Tendon Injury/Extensor Carpi Ulnaris.- Median Nerve/Ulnar Nerve/Thumb Perineural Fibrosis.- Section IV: Special Populations and Rehabilitation.- Injuries of the Hand and Wrist in the Youth.- Post-Treatment Care ofthe Athlete.

Gary M. Lourie, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, Emory University School of Medicine, The Hand and Upper Extremity Center of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, USA

Dr. Lourie is the Hand and Upper Extremity Surgeon for the Atlanta Braves MLB franchise.

Provides a review of soft tissue, bone, ligament, and nerve injury of the hand and wrist particular to baseball Features sections on fractures, ligament, tendon and nerve injuries, and youth injury and rehabilitation A great resource for orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists