Full Description
Key Notes in Plastic Surgery aims to cover the plastic surgery syllabus in a short notes format. The book purposely contains only the significant facts, clearly laid out so that the information is easy to digest.
Contents
Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Section 1principles. Skin structrue and function; Blood supply of the skin; Classification of flaps; Geometry of local flaps; Wound; healing and skin grafts; Bone healing and bone grafts Nerve healing and nerve grafts; Tendon healing; Tissue tranplantation; Alloplastic implantation; Dressings; Sutures and suturing; Tissue expansion. Section 2: Skin and soft tissue lesions. Benign non--pigmented skin lesions; Benign pigmented skin lesions; Malignant non--pigmented skin lesions; Malignant melanoma; Sarcoma. Section 3: The head and neck. The embryology of the head and neck; Craniofacial surgery; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Head and neck cancer; Facial fractures and soft tissue injuries; Oculoplastic surgery; Facial palsy; Abnormalities of the ear; Vascular abnormalities. Section 4: Plastic surgery of the breast and chest wall. The anatomy of the breast; Breast reduction; Mastopexy; The tuberous breast; Gynaecomastia; Breast augmentation; Breast cancer; Breast reconstruction; Reconstruction of the chest wall. Section 5: The upper limb. The embryology of the upper limb; Congenital deformities of the upper limb; Nerve compression in the upper limb; Tendon transfers in the upper limb; Dupuytrena s disease; Tumours of the upper limb; Arthritis of the upper limb; Hand infections. Section 6: The lower limb. Leg ulcers; Lower limb trauma; Lymphoedema; Pressure sores. Section 7: Plastic surgery of the urogenital system. Hypospadias; Epispadias and exstrophy of the bladder; Ambiguous genitalia; Vaginal reconstruction. Section 8: Burns. Thermal burns and inhalational injury; Chemical burns; Electrical burns. Section 9: Microsurgery. The history of microsurgery; Vessel healing and thrombosis; Reperfusion injury; Microvascular equipment and technique; The post--operative management of free tissue transfers; The post--operative monitoring of free tissue transfers; The management of the non--flowing anastomosis. Section 10: Aesthetic surgery. Blepharoplasty; Face--lifting; Rhinoplasty; Liposuction. Index
