Meet the editor

Dr. Selim Sözen is an expert in general surgery who received his medical degree from Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey, in 1998. From 1999 to 2004, he was an assistant doctor at Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Turkey. From 2004 to 2013, he worked as a specialist at different government hospitals in Turkey. He joined the Department of General Surgery, Medicine Faculty, Namık Kemal University, Turkey, as an

associate professor in 2013. He completed liver transplantation surgery at İnönü University, Turkey, in 2014–2015. Since 2016, Dr. Sözen has run his own surgery clinic in İstanbul, Turkey. He is a member of the Turkish Surgical Association and a review board member for several journals. He has published 105 articles in scientific journals and presented 64 poster papers at scientific congresses. His research interests include general, gastrointestinal, emergency, and trauma surgery, bacterial translocation, liver disease, and hernia surgery.

## Contents



Preface

This book is a collection of chapters on trauma surgery. It is divided into two sections

In Section 1, Chapter 1, "Abdominal Trauma," Sözen et al. discuss abdominal trauma.

Chapter 2, "Appropriate Protective Measures for the Prevention of Animal-related Goring Injuries" by Ashok Kumar Puranik and Althea Vency Cardoz discusses the types and treatment of animal attack injuries. Animal attack injuries are seen all over the world. Other than a few case reports and case series, this mode of injury is highly underreported. Hence, the global burden of animal attack injuries is unknown.

Chapter 3, "Management of Duodenal Injuries" by José Miguel Aceves-Ayala et al.,

emphasizes the importance of using ultrasonography in trauma patients.

of the subchondral bone and the development of early osteoarthritis.

techniques for treating femoral fractures in elderly and younger patients.

In Section 2, Chapter 7, "Perspective Chapter: The Complex Architecture of a Traumatic Brain Injury", Leighton J. Reynolds draws attention to traumatic brain

Chapter 4, "Ultrasound-Empowered Trauma Management" by Mohammad Meshkini,

Chapter 5, "OCD of the Knee in Adolescents" by Andrey Semenov et al., focuses on osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the knee. The last stage of OCD is the separation of the osteochondral fragment, leaving a full-thickness osteochondral defect that is usually filled with low-quality fibrocartilaginous tissue. This tissue provides weak resistance to peak loading forces, which puts the patient at risk of further destruction

Chapter 6, "Distal Femoral Fractures" by Alberto Jorge-Mora et al., discusses new

I thank the authors for their professional dedication and outstanding work in sum-

**Selim Sözen**

Sözen Surgery Clinic, Tekirdağ, Turkey

Associate Professor of General Surgery,

with chapters focusing on different clinical specialties.

examines duodenal injuries and their importance.

injuries from different points of view.

marizing their clinical and research practices.
