Key Notes on Plastic Surgery

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 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; 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