An informative, go-to guide on common plastic surgery principles and practices

Plastic Surgery: A Practical Guide to Operative Care by Bruce Mast fills the gap between existing pocket handbooks and encyclopedic library shelf editions. The book is geared towards plastic surgeons early in their careers. The focus is on commonly encountered conditions and is not intended to be an all-inclusive resource. All the surgical chapters are uniformly organized, with discussion of goals and objectives, patient presentation, surgery preparation, treatment, postoperative care, outcomes, and questions.

The book is divided into eight sections, starting with science and principles which discusses impacted anatomy and different techniques such as grafts, flaps, microsurgery, lasers, and radiant energy. Subsequent sections cover skin and tissue conditions; pediatric plastic surgery; reconstructive and aesthetic craniofacial techniques; hand and upper extremity reconstruction; breast surgery inclusive of augmentation, mastopexy, reduction, reconstruction, and oncoplastic approaches; chest, trunk, and lower extremity reconstruction; and body contouring techniques including liposuction, abdominoplasty, and lower body lift.

Key Features

• Five post-reading questions at the end of every chapter provide readers the opportunity to think about what they read, thereby improving retention of newly acquired knowledge
• CME-type presentation formatting provides a robust learning and teaching tool
• Online videos elucidate procedures and convey additional didactic information
• More than 700 high quality illustrations enhance understanding of impacted anatomy and techniques

Highly practical, this is an essential surgical companion for medical students to consult during plastic surgery rotations and plastic surgery residents throughout residency. Plastic surgeons in the first five years of practice will also benefit from this user-friendly refresher.

Contents

۱ Wound Healing: Science and Clinical Relevance
۲ Hand and Upper Extremity Anatomy
۳ Anatomy of the Lower Extremity
۴ Anatomy of the Trunk
۵ Surgical Principles: Grafts, Flaps, Microsurgery
۶ Principles of Facial Aesthetics
۷ Lasers and Radiant Energy in Plastic Surgery
۸ Burn and Thermal Injury
۹ Skin Cancer
۱۰ Hidradenitis Suppurativa, Necrotizing Fasciitis, and Soft Tissue Infections
۱۱ Pressure Ulcers
۱۲ Cleft Lip Deformity
۱۳ Cleft Palate Repair by Double Opposing Z-Plasty
۱۴ Craniosynostosis
۱۵ Ear Reconstruction and Otoplasty
۱۶ Nevi and Vascular Malformations
۱۷ Reconstruction of the Scalp and Forehead
۱۸ Nasal Reconstruction
۱۹ Facial Fractures
۲۰ Rhinoplasty
۲۱ Browlift and Blepharoplasty
۲۲ Face and Neck Rejuvenation
۲۳ Facial Rejuvenation with Injectables
۲۴ Hand Fractures
۲۵ Soft-Tissue Reconstruction of the Hand and Upper Extremity
۲۶ Tendon Repair
۲۷ Nerve Compression Syndromes of the Upper Extremity
۲۸ Replantation and Amputation of Fingers
۲۹ Dupuytren’s and Trigger Finger
۳۰ Breast Reduction
۳۱ Mastopexy
۳۲ Breast Augmentation
۳۳ Breast Reconstruction with Devices
۳۴ Breast Reconstruction with Free Flaps
۳۵ Breast Reconstruction Using the Latissimus Dorsi Myocutaneous Flap
۳۶ Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
۳۷ Tuberous Deformity of the Breast (Breast Implantation Base Constriction)
۳۸ Poland Syndrome
۳۹ Gynecomastia
۴۰ Sternal Reconstruction
۴۱ Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
۴۲ Lower Extremity Reconstruction
۴۳ Liposuction
۴۴ Abdominoplasty
۴۵ Lower Body Lift
۴۶ Brachioplasty
۴۷ Thigh Lift and Reduction