Operative Techniques

Operative Techniques: Hand and Wrist Surgery, now in its fourth edition and edited by Kevin C. Chung, is an atlas-style reference for surgeons. It has been thoroughly revised to reflect current methods and covers the procedures most likely to come up in everyday practice. It reviews the full scope of hand surgery, including every potential patient scenario, and its updated indications and techniques address the whole range of upper extremity disorders.

Each procedure is presented through brief bulleted descriptions, full-color intraoperative photographs and detailed surgical diagrams. Radiographs and MR images show the presenting problems and the outcomes after surgery. Most chapters include procedural videos produced and narrated by Dr. Chung, which are new to this edition and show the essence and key aspects of each operation. Tips, pearls and pitfalls from the authors help surgeons refine their technique and optimize results.

This edition adds extensive new content and images throughout. Topics include tissue transplantation, tendon and nerve transfer for spinal cord injury, the wide awake approach for tendon transfers, total wrist arthroplasty, and techniques for fixing Bennett and Rolando fractures. For each disorder, several surgical approaches are presented, from the least to the most invasive.

Purchase includes an enhanced eBook that gives access to the full text, figures and references on a variety of devices.