Key Notes on Plastic Surgery, EPZ Edition
1st Edition
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-4051-0790-7 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a plastic surgery book with a difference. This contains only the meat without all the unnecessary trimming". -Ian T Jackson, M D, Director of Craniofacial & Reconstructive Surgery, Institute for Craniofacial & Reconstructive Surgery."...an excellent compendium of keynotes on plastic surgery and Adrian Richards is to b congratulated".
Nicholas Parkhouse, DM, MCh, FRCS, Editor, British Journal of Plastic Surgery
"It is a well thought out, succinct distillation of notes and observations relevant to the Syllabus in Plastic Surgery. I have no hesitation in recommending its use as a quick reference and revision aid".
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 23 mm
Width: 15 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-0790-7 (9781405107907)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Adrian Richards, Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust, Aylesbury
Content
Section 1: General principles. 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; Dupuytren'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
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; Dupuytren'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