Part 1 General principles and practice of microvascular surgery: history and development of microvascular surgery, David S. Soutar; training in microvascular surgery, Martyn H.C. Webster; general anaesthesia for microvascular surgery, John P. Vance; regional anaesthesia for microvascular surgery, Robert S. Neill; monitoring in microvascular surgery, Marjorie Girling; choice of donor site - functional and aesthetic considerations, Martyn H.C. Webster. Part 2 Microvascular surgery of the upper limb: current status of replantation surgery, E. Biemer; the role of microvascular surgery in acute hand injuries, Guy Foucher and Neil Citron; soft-tissue defects of the upper limb, Luis R. Scheker; bone defects in the upper limb, Allen T. Bishop and Michael B. Wood. Part 3 Microvascular surgery of the lower limb: soft-tissue defects of the lower limb, James Katsaros; bone defects in the lower limb, Jacques Baudet, et al; reconstruction of defects of the foot, D.A. McGrouther and D.S. Soutar; acute free flaps, Zoran M. Arnex. Part 4 Microvascular surgery of the head and neck: soft-tissue reconstruction in the head and neck, Kiyonori Harii; free flaps in intraoral reconstruction, David S. Soutar; reconstruction of the mandible, J. Brian Boyd; the role of microvascular muscle transfer in facial paralysis - unilateral facial plasy, Douglas H. Harrison; the role of microvascular muscle transfer in facial paralysis in childhood, Ronald M. Zuker. Part 5 Complication in microvascular surgery: microvascular anastomotic failure, C. Green; the management of peri-operative problems, D.A. McGrouther and D.S. Soutar; the management of post-operative problems, B. Bailey and J.O. Roberts.