The international and intercontinental contributions to this book should make it a unique plastic surgery text for the reader, and an important and invaluable addition to every plastic surgeon’s library.
The diverse group of 85 authors from three continents and 13 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, and the US have presented, in this book, their most updated practical expertise and personal techniques, and this book will be more comprehensive than the plastic surgery texts currently available.
Most importantly, the idea when designing this book, was to allow the established authors of the chapters to present their own techniques and innovations; consequently, it is not simply an update of existing plastic surgery texts, In fact, it is quite unique, in the sense that many of the techniques and approaches presented, have been described for the first time.
The 52 chapters in this book are divided into eight subcategories of topics and are outlined in the following order:
- Part I – General Principles presents physiology and wound healing, immunology of tissue transplantation, anesthesia, and critical care.
- Part II – General Surgical Techniques presents principles of wound repair, grafts, local and regional flaps, microsurgical techniques, minimally invasive techniques of plastic surgery, liposuction techniques, biomaterials in craniofacial surgery, and tissue engineering.
- Part III – Skin and Adnexa presents skin anatomy and physiology, congenital malformations, burns and trauma, benign and malignant skin tumors, and aesthetic skin treatments.
- Part IV – Head and Neck presents head and neck embryology and anatomy, craniofacial clefts and syndromes, benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck, craniofacial trauma and reconstruction, eyelid and periorbital aesthetic surgery, nasal reconstruction and aesthetic rhinoplasty, lip and cheek reconstruction, auricular reconstruction for microtia, aesthetic surgery of the aging face and neck, treatment of headaches with plastic surgery, and facial reanimation.
- Part V – Breast presents congenital malformations of the breast, breast reduction and mastopexy, postmastectomy breast reconstruction, augmentation mammoplasty, and gynecomastia.
- Part VI – Hand and Upper Extremity presents hand anatomy and examination, congenital deformities and reconstruction, hand trauma, dislocations and fractures, infections, peripheral nerve injuries, tendon repair and reconstruction, benign and malignant hand tumors, ischemic and vasospastic conditions, acquired diseases of the hand, toe-to hand transfers, and brachial plexus injuries and repair.
- Part VII – Trunk and Lower Extremity presents trunk reconstruction, lower extremity reconstruction following trauma and tumors, abdominoplasty, lymphedema of the extremities, postbariatric reconstruction, and reconstructive and aesthetic surgery of the genitalia.
- Part VIII – Future Directions in Research presents anesthesia and pathophysiology of microcirculation, experimental composite tissue transplantation models, and clinical experience with hand transplantation.
About the Authors
- Maria Z. Siemionow, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor of Surgery, Director of Plastic Surgery Research, Head of Microsurgery Training, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
- Marita Eisenmann-Klein MD, Deputy General Secretary of the International Confederation of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Director, Department of Plastic and Aesthetic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef, Regensburg, Germany.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 778 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (March 19, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1848825129
- ISBN-13: 978-1848825123
- Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.8 x 1.5 inches
List Price: $199.00