Beasley's Surgery of the Hand

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Summary: Worth the Wait, Worth the Price
Review: Whenever residents and fellows would ask me which single hand surgery book to buy, I always told them to get Beasley's Hand Injuries even though it was published in 1981. Now, after more than two decades, Beasley has not only updated Hand Injuries, but also has written the most comprehensive single author volume currently available. It was well worth the wait.
Besides trauma, Beasley has added useful knowledge on the diagnosis and treatment of other hand disorders. The book is a jewel box with many chapters being gems. The new chapter on tendon transfers clarifies, simplifies, and elegantly presents what is all too often a murky or boring subject for students of surgery. The chapter on surgical anatomy and color plates by Leon Dorn are worth the price of the book by themselves. Each chapter stands by itself so one can browse through the book picking and choosing that topic that the reader wishes to study.
In this era of homogenized multi-authored multi-volume surgical tomes it is refreshing to read this single authored text that gives the reader the benefit of Beasley's sound philosophy of treating hand patients as well as the wisdom that he has accumulated from his more than 40 years of teaching and clinical experience.