Principles of Hand Surgery and Therapy, 1e [Hardcover]

Thomas E. Trumble (Author), Shelly M. Sailer (Contributor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 072162653X | ISBN-13: 978-0721626536 | Publication Date: October 15, 2000

This single-volume, highly illustrated working manual encompasses all of today's most essential knowledge on hand surgery and therapy. Combining state-of-the-art coverage of basic science with step-by-step directions for managing specific injuries and disorders, this resource offers ideal guidance for surgeons and therapists who treat hand problems regularly.

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About the Author

Thomas E. Trumble, MD Professor and Chief, Hand and Microvascular Surgery Service Department of Orthaopaedics University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA

Product Details

• Hardcover: 644 pages
• Publisher: Saunders (October 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 072162653X
• ISBN-13: 978-0721626536
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,777,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too many typos to be useful, January 14, 2005

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James A. Dombrowski (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Hand Surgery and Therapy, 1e (Hardcover)

I am an orthopedic surgery resident. I have used this book during our academic conferences for 2 years and have become extremely frustrated with it.

It is filled with errors--and not just negligible spelling or punctuation errors! Too often there is a typo (I presume) with the wrong bone/wrong tendon/wrong direction. Furthermore, the technical descriptions of operative procedures is absent or lacking.

While it is a decent book for review of general concepts if you know enough to recognize the errors, I do not feel that it is dependable enough or deep enough to use once I enter private practice.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars nice pictures but many errors, April 5, 2006

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Spot (PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Principles of Hand Surgery and Therapy, 1e (Hardcover)

This is the required reading for the hand lectures for our plastic surgery teaching conferences. This book has two very strong points: (1) the chapters are organized in a logical fashion and written in the same style making for an easy read(this book was written by a single author) and (2) all of the chapters have plenty of excellent figures to illustrate the concepts.

That said, this book is chock-full of errors including formatting errors, grammatical errors, spelling errors, and factual errors. The formatting, grammatical, and spelling errors make it rather difficult to understand and annoying to read. The factual errors are very misleading and sometimes difficult for someone early in their training to weed out.

All in all, this book has the potential to be a great hand text in its future editions, but I would not recommend the current edition.