Plastic Surgery: Volume 4: Trunk and Lower Extremity 5th Edition Comprehensive and fully up to date, the six-volume Plastic Surgery remains the gold standard text in this complex area of surgery. Completely revised to meet the demands of both the trainee and experienced surgeon, Trunk and Lower Extremity, Volume 4 of Plastic Surgery, 5th Edition, features new, full-color clinical photos, procedural videos, lectures, and authoritative coverage of hot topics in the field. Editor-narrated video presentations offer a step-by-step audio-visual walkthrough of techniques and procedures.

• New chapters cover diabetes and foot reconstruction; expands and updates coverage of lymphedema and gender affirmation surgery; and coverage throughout includes new, pioneering translational work shaping the future of trunk and lower extremity  surgery.
• New digital video preface by Dr. Peter C. Neligan addresses the changes across all six volumes.
• New treatment and decision-making algorithms added to chapters where applicable.
• New video lectures and editor-narrated slide presentations offer a step-by-step audiovisual walkthrough of techniques and procedures.
• Evidence-based advice from an expanded roster of international experts allows you to apply the very latest advances in trunk and lower extremity surgery and ensure optimal outcomes.

Review

The ultimate knowledge source in this challenging surgical specialty

About the Author

Peter Neligan, MB, FRCS, FRCSC, FAC., is a board-certified plastic surgeon, Director of the Center for Reconstructive Surgery at UW Medical Center – Montlake, and a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at UW School of Medicine.

Contents

۱. Comprehensive lower extremity anatomy
۲. Management of lower extremity trauma
۳. ۱. Lymphedema: introduction and editors’ perspective
۳. ۲. Imaging modalities for diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema
۳. ۳. Lymphaticovenular bypass
۳. ۴. Vascularized lymph node transplant
۳. ۵. Debulking strategies and procedures: liposuction of leg lymphedema
۳. ۶. Debulking strategies and procedures: excision
۴. Lower extremity sarcoma reconstruction
۵. Reconstructive surgery: lower extremity coverage
۶. ۱. Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of lower extremity pain
۶. ۲. Targeted muscle reinnervation in the lower extremity
۶. ۳. Lower extremity pain: regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces
۷. Skeletal reconstruction
۸. Foot reconstruction
۹. ۱. Diabetic foot: introduction
۹. ۲. Diabetic foot: management of wounds and considerations in biomechanics and amputations
۹. ۳. Diabetic foot: management of vascularity and considerations in soft-tissue reconstruction
۱۰. Trunk anatomy
۱۱. Reconstruction of the chest
۱۲. Reconstruction of the posterior trunk
۱۳. Abdominal wall reconstruction
۱۴. ۱. Gender confirmation surgery: diagnosis and management
۱۴. ۲. Gender confirmation surgery, male to female: vaginoplasty
۱۴. ۳. Gender affirmation surgery, female to male: phalloplasty; and correction of male genital defects
۱۴. ۴. Breast, chest wall, and facial considerations in gender affirmation
۱۵. Reconstruction of acquired vaginal defects
۱۶. Pressure sores
۱۷. Perineal reconstruction
۱۸. Burn, chemical, and electrical injuries
۱۹. Extremity burn reconstruction
۲۰. Management of the burned face and neck
۲۱. Pediatric burns