Wound bed preparation can be defined as the process of removing dead tissue, debris, and contaminants from an injured site to facilitate healing and provide a more expedient means to patient recovery. This reference explores the critical role of surgery in wound bed preparation and management and provides a sound knowledge of wound...

Femoral neck fractures occur primarily in the elderly population, and nowadays arthroplasty is chosen most frequently as a treatment solution. This illustrated atlas provides a comprehensive monograph of femoral neck fractures. It has more than 800 representative figures, x-rays and drawings, and describes in detail non-invasive internal...

The only book to deal specifically with constipation for specialists has been updated to include all the new advances since the first edition (1995). These advances include biofeedback, surgery for constipation, sacral nerve stimulation, the use of laparoscopy for rectal prolapse, treament and our understanding of some of the psychological...

Comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews by experts in the field provide current, practical information on the management of intensive care patients. Each issue of Critical Care Clinics focuses on a single topic relevant to your interest, including trauma, blood transfusions, pediatric critical care, geriatric critical care, acute cardiac...

Gift-wrap a couple of these issues for your Team Physicians - they will carry a copy in the first aid box! Jeff G. Konin, PhD, ATC, PT
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery/College of Medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa, dedicated his summer of 2006 to make sure this issue is stuffed with the best of...