Using high-quality intra-operative photos of fresh, ventilated and perfused human cadavers, this atlas of surgical techniques creates a unique new resource for trauma surgeons. The critical aspects of each surgical exposure and procedure are clearly demonstrated step-by-step in these realistic models, allowing the reader rapidly to understand technical key points which can be complex to describe. With more than 600 illustrations, it provides a highly visual summary of the critical anatomy, procedural sequencing, and pitfalls associated with trauma procedures. Informed by the editors' decades of collective experience in the field of trauma, in some of the busiest trauma centers in the world, the book is an invaluable quick reference for both common and uncommonly performed procedures. As such, it is ideal for trainee trauma surgeons, as well as those in civilian or military practice. Also of interest to trauma fellows and emergency medicine physicians.
The first atlas of surgical trauma techniques to be published, filling a need identified by the editors in their experience teaching trainees
Hundreds of photos of fresh, perfused and ventilated human cadavers provide the operating surgeon with a highly realistic visual guide to procedures
Rapid overviews of anatomy, procedure and pitfalls for each procedure will aid both trainees and practising surgeons when preparing for the operating room
Contents
Dedications
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction Kenneth L. Mattox

Part I. Operating Room General Conduct:
1. Trauma operating room Kenji Inaba and Lisa L. Schlitzkus
Part II. Resuscitative Procedures in the Emergency Room:
2. Cricothyrotomy Peep Talving and Rondi Gelbard
3. Thoracostomy tube insertion Demetrios Demetriades and Lisa L. Schlitzkus
4. Emergency room resuscitative thoracotomy Demetrios Demetriades and Scott Zakaluzny
Part III. Head:
5. Insertion of intracranial pressure monitoring catheter Howard Belzberg and Matthew D. Tadlock
6. Evacuation of acute epidural and subdural hematomas Gabriel Zada and Kazuhide Matsushima
Part IV. Neck:
7. Neck operations for trauma: general principles Emilie Joos and Kenji Inaba
8. Carotid artery and internal jugular vein injuries Edward Kwon, Daniel J. Grabo and George Velmahos
9. Subclavian vessels Demetrios Demetriades and Jennifer Smith
10. Axillary vessels Demetrios Demetriades and Emilie Joos
11. Vertebral artery injuries Demetrios Demetriades and Nicholas Nash
12. Trachea and larynx Elizabeth R. Benjamin and Kenji Inaba
13. Cervical esophagus Elizabeth R. Benjamin and Kenji Inaba
Part V. Chest:
14. General principles of chest trauma operations Demetrios Demetriades and Rondi Gelbard
15. Cardiac injuries Demetrios Demetriades and Scott Zakaluzny
16. Thoracic vessels Demetrios Demetriades and Stephen Varga
17. Lung injuries Demetrios Demetriades and Jennifer Smith
18. Thoracic esophagus Daniel Oh and Jennifer Smith
19. Diaphragm injury Lydia Lam and Nicholas Nash
Part VI. Abdomen:
20. General principles of abdominal operations for trauma Heidi L. Frankel and Lisa L. Schlitzkus
21. Damage control surgery Mark Kaplan and Demetrios Demetriades
22. Gastrointestinal tract Kenji Inaba and Lisa L. Schlitzkus
23. Duodenum Edward Kwon and Demetrios Demetriades
24. Liver injuries Kenji Inaba and Kelly Vogt
25. Splenic injuries Demetrios Demetriades and Matthew D. Tadlock
26. Pancreas Demetrios Demetriades, Emilie Joos and George Velmahos
27. Urological trauma Charles Best and Stephen Varga
28. Abdominal aorta and visceral branches Pedro G. Teixeira and Vincent L. Rowe
29. Iliac injuries Demetrios Demetriades and Kelly Vogt
30. Inferior vena cava Lydia Lam and Matthew D. Tadlock
Part VII. Pelvis:
31. Surgical control of pelvic fracture hemorrhage Peep Talving and Matthew D. Tadlock
Part VIII. Upper Extremities:
32. Brachial artery injury Peep Talving and Elizabeth R. Benjamin
33. Upper extremity fasciotomies Jennifer Smith and Mark W. Bowyer
34. Upper extremity amputations Peep Talving and Scott Zakaluzny
Part IX. Lower Extremities:
35. Femoral artery injuries George Velmahos and Rondi Gelbard
36. Popliteal artery Peep Talving and Nicholas Nash
37. Lower extremity amputations Peep Talving, Stephen Varga and Jackson Lee
38. Lower extremity fasciotomies Peep Talving, Elizabeth R. Benjamin and Daniel J. Grabo
Part X. Orthopedic Damage Control:
39. Orthopedic damage control Eric Pagenkopf, Daniel J. Grabo and Peter Hammer
Index.