1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784370803321

Autore

Tuan Yi-fu <1930-2022.>

Titolo

Cosmos & hearth [[electronic resource] ] : a cosmopolite's viewpoint / / Yi-fu Tuan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1996

ISBN

0-8166-8707-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

305.8951073

973.04951

973/.04951

Soggetti

Chinese Americans

Comparative civilization

Internationalism

China Civilization

United States Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 TWO SCALES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY; 2 CHINA; 3 THE UNITED STATES; 4 A COSMOPOLITE'S VIEWPOINT; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In a volume that represents the culmination of his life's work in considering the relationship between culture and landscape, eminent scholar Yi-Fu Tuan argues that "cosmos" and "hearth" are two scales that anchor what it means to be fully and happily human.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300232203321

Autore

Rubayi Salah

Titolo

Reconstructive Plastic Surgery of Pressure Ulcers / / by Salah Rubayi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-662-45358-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

610

612.67

616.7

617

617.03

617.48

617952

618.97

Soggetti

Surgery, Plastic

Surgery

Orthopedics

Nervous system - Surgery

Geriatrics

Medical rehabilitation

Plastic Surgery

General Surgery

Neurosurgery

Geriatrics/Gerontology

Rehabilitation Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

History of Pressure Ulcer Management -- Pathology of Pressure Ulcer -- Clinical Wound Evaluation -- General and Special Investigation -- Patient’s Psycho-Social Evaluation -- Pre-Operative Preparation --



Operative Management -- Ischial Ulcer -- Complex Ischial Ulcer -- Sacral Ulcer -- Trochanter Ulcer -- Multiple Flap Procedure as a Single Stage Surgery -- Complex Pressure Ulcer -- The Heel Ulcer -- The Olecranon (elbow) Ulcer Flap -- Hip Joint Involvement with Pressure Ulcer -- Disarticulation and Total Thigh Flap -- Residual Stump Ulceration -- Knee Joint Ulceration -- Post Operative Flap Management -- Flap Complication -- Rehabilitation Post Flap Surgery.

Sommario/riassunto

This abundantly illustrated guide, based on work at the renowned Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, describes and depicts operative techniques for the treatment of the devastating wounds caused by pressure ulcers. Comprehensive information is provided on the surgical anatomy and the variety of wounds that may be encountered. In addition, interventions in patients with complicated ulcers are discussed. Pressure ulcer is a topic of growing importance in the fields of plastic surgery, surgical education, and physical therapy – and also has important psychosocial, medicolegal, and cost management implications. Readers will find Reconstructive Plastic Surgery of Pressure Ulcer to be an ideal aid to appropriate selection of flap surgery in the individual patient. It will help in the achievement of satisfactory outcomes and will especially assist surgeons who lack the requisite specialized training and experience.