The four authors are frontrunners in hand surgery and in rehabilitation of the hand. They have produced a pocket-sized, handy, flexible volume, easily carried. The 634 pages demonstrate excellent teamwork for optimal results. This teamwork tradition began with the incorporation of hand rehabilitation and the referring surgeons: Guy Pulvertraft, Paul Brand, Kit Wynn-Parry are responsible for many excellent groups today. Thus, this flexible manual will be welcomed especially by surgeons in this field and by physiotherapists alike—as an aide memoire to beginners as well as to the experienced, and also an excellent teaching tool.

The contents of this book are divided into 18 chapters: Assessment, Rehabilitation, Anesthesia, Bone and Joint Injuries—Wrist and Forearm, Bone and Joint Injuries of the Hand, Reconstruction, Skin Conditions, Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Infection, Nerves, Rheumatology, Tendons, Ulnar Corner, Wrist, Children, Tumors, and Vascular.

Looking for a detail, you may find it in the 11 pages of the index.

This reviewer considers this almost indispensible guide a fascinating help for hand surgeons, plastic surgeons, hand therapists and for GPs, as it is concise, comprehensive, and provides the best therapy in this challenging field of therapy.