Dr. Peter Houpt PhD is a plastic surgeon in the Netherlands. His career in the last 35 years was mainly focussed on hand surgery. He was a long-time member of the board of the Dutch society for surgery of the hand. He was a member of the hand trauma committee of the FESSH. Most of his lectures and publications were devoted to hand surgery. Many residents were trained in the domain of hand surgery. Together with his colleagues the largest hand centre of the Netherlands in the Isala clinics, Zwolle was developed. It received formal recognition as a hand trauma centre from the FESSH council. During yearly visits to developing countries one of the goals was treating congenital malformations of the hand. He welcomes the day when hand surgery in itself will be an official speciality in the Netherlands.

Ch 1 Introduction

Ch 2 Anatomy

Ch 3 Patient history and physical examination

Ch 4 Imaging

Ch 5 Anaesthesia

Ch 6 Soft tissue injuries

Ch 7 Extensor tendon injuries

Ch 8 Flexor tendon and nerve injuries

Ch 9 Fingertip injury

Ch 10 Luxations of the fingers and midhand

Ch 11 Carpal luxations

Ch 12 Fractures of the hand

Ch 13 Amputations and ring avulsions

Ch 14 Hand infections

Ch 15 Combustion and high pressure spray injury

Ch 16 Complex regional pain syndrome type I