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- Practice-oriented textbook offering comprehensive, clear up-to-date information on the basics of plastic surgery
- Didactic elements to help memorizing, a wealth of illustrations, drawings and videos show basic surgical procedures
- Gathers contributions by international experts with proven teaching experience
Filling a gap in the present inventory of Plastic Surgery Textbooks, this compact, practice-oriented study guide delivers comprehensive, clear and up-to-date information on all the basics of plastic surgery in clinical practice. Methodological rigor, together with a lean style and layout were chosen; boxes and teaching objectives are included to help memorize fundamentals. Starting from basics such as the physiology and pathology of skin and wound healing, suture techniques, dressings and dermal substitutes, grafts, flaps and microsurgical techniques, the textbook then tackles topics including malformations, skin cancer, and traumas like burns and wounds. The respective contributions were written by American, British, Italian, German, Korean and Taiwanese teaching experts in the field. Over 250 full color illustrations, line drawings, and videos support the main text: accordingly, this textbook will appeal to advanced, upper-undergraduate students and residents preparing for plastic and reconstructive surgery in-training. Table of Contents- Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin
- Wound Healing: Physiology and Pathology
- Complicated Wounds
- Suture Techniques
- Dressings and Dermal Substitutes
- Grafts in Plastic Surgery
- History of Reconstructive Microsurgery: From Myth to Reality
- Evolution of Soft Tissue Flaps Over Time
- Flaps in Plastic Surgery
- Microsurgical Procedures in Plastic Surgery
- An Algorithm for Approaching Soft Tissue Coverage in the Twenty-First Century
- Craniofacial Malformations
- Malformations of the Hand
- Malformations of the External Genitalia
- Wounds
- Upper Limb Trauma
- Lower Limb TraumaBurns: Classification and Treatment
- Extravasation
- Radiodermatitis: Prevention and Treatment
- Maxillofacial Surgery
- Plastic Surgery for Skin Cancer
- Plastic Surgery in Melanoma Patients
- Sarcoma
- Breast Reconstructive Surgery
- Abdominal Wall Surgery
- Lymphedema: Diagnosis and Treatment
- Nerve Surgery
- Gender-Affirming Surgery
- Regenerative Surgery
- Advanced Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
- Transplant and Plastic Surgery
- Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery in the COVID-19 Era
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