Acknowledgements

The traumatology and orthopaedics section of this handbook has been prepared in collaboration with the International Society for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT), which reviewed and endorsed the draft manuscript and illustrations. The International Society for Burn Injuries reviewed and endorsed the draft manuscript and illustrations for the chapter on burns.

The editors would like to acknowledge the valuable suggestions received from: Professor J.A. Boswick, Professor of Surgery and Chief, Hand Surgery Service, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA; Dr J.C. Cobey, Chairman, Health Volunteers Overseas, Washington, DC, USA; Dr A. Trias, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Barcelona, Spain; and Mr J.N. Wilson, formerly President, World Orthopaedic Concern, and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London, England.

Acknowledgements are also due to Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, for permission to adapt drawings from Rintoul, R.F., ed. Farqubarson’s textbook of operative surgery (6th edition, 1978) for Figures 21.3H and 23.3K; from Powell, M. Orthopaedic nursing and rehabilitation (9th edition, 1986) for Figures 19.2C and 24.1E; and from Wilson, J.N., ed. Watson-Jones fractures and joint injuries (6th edition, 1982) for Figures 15.2D and 19.1A, B.