This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery CLinics, guest edited by Dr. James B. Lucas, is devoted to Facial Reconstruction Post-Mohs Surgery. Articles in this issue include Anatomy of the Skin and the Pathogenesis of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer; Mohs Micrographic Surgery: the Essentials; Physiology and Biomechanics of Skin Flaps; Flap Basics I: Rotation and Transposition Flaps; Flap Basics II: Advancement Flaps; Flap Basics III: Interpolated Flaps; Skin and Composite Grafting Techniques; Scalp and Forehead Defects; Defects of the Eyelids; Auricular Defects; Cutaneous Nasal Defects; Defects of the Lips and Chin; Cheek Defects; and Scar Revision and Recontouring Post-Mohs Surgery.

One of the common traits that inspire young surgeons to pursue a calling in the reconstructive arts is a passion for restoration. The ability to restore balance and harmony to the human form, to re-create function and beauty in an area where it has been lost or compromised, is one of the requisite fundamental skills that all plastic surgeons seek to acquire and perfect throughout their career. It is the sine qua non in the art of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.

Facial defects created by Mohs micrographic surgery provide reconstructive surgeons with outstanding opportunities to enhance the lives of their patients by returning what has been taken from them.a sense of normalcy. While providing the most conservative yet definitive form of surgical extirpation for most types of skin cancer, Mohs surgery can nonetheless create tremendously disfiguring cutaneous defects. These wounds often result in significant emotional distress for patients who wonder if they will ever look like themselves again. The ability to restore form and function during this vulnerable time in their lives, even if only approximate, is one of the great rewards of the profession. Their expressions of gratitude provide ample professional satisfaction and motivation to further refine one’s surgical skills in the pursuit of excellence.

Contents

۱. Anatomy of the Skin and the Pathogenesis of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
۲. Mohs Micrographic Surgery for the Management of Cutaneous Malignancies
۳. The Physiology and Biomechanics of Skin Flaps
۴. Flap Basics I- Rotation and transopsition flaps
۵. Flap Basics II – Advancement flaps
۶. Flap Basics III- Interpolated Flaps
۷. Skin and Composite Grafting Techniques in Facial Reconstruction for Skin Cancer
۸. Scalp and Forehead Defects in the Post-Mohs Surgery Patient
۹. Defect of the Eyelids
۱۰. Repair of Auricular Defects
۱۱. Reconstruction of Cutaneous Nasal Defects
۱۲. Reconstruction of Mohs Defects of the Lips and Chin
۱۳. Reconstruction of Cheek Defects Secondary to Mohs Microsurgery or Wide Local Excision
۱۴. Scar Revision and Recontouring Post-Mohs Surgery