Open injuries to the hand. Part 1, Basic problems.

This film deals essentially with the basic principles involved if these extremely important injuries are to be treated properly. It outlines the type of organisation required; how to examine these injuries; the preliminary toilet (cleansing); it shows the few special instruments that are necessary and the standard techniques for local analgesia; then the general principles of the secondary toilet (cleansing) are demonstrated - excision, haemostasis and closure - and finally the various grafts which are of most general use are demonstrated.