Key Topics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Key Topics)

✍ Scribed by Tor Wo Chiu

• Publisher: Informa Healthcare
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 207
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Each book in the Key Topics series contains the information needed for clinical guidance, with rapid access to concise details and facts, as well as for postgraduate exams, as an essential revision guide. This volume provides up-to-date information on the principles and practice of both aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Abdominoplasty......Page 14
Acute burns......Page 16
Basal cell carcinoma......Page 22
Botulinum toxin......Page 25
Breast augmentation......Page 28
Breast reconstruction......Page 32
Breast reduction......Page 36
Burn dressings......Page 39
Burn surgery......Page 43
Chemical burns......Page 46
Cleft lip......Page 49
Cleft palate......Page 52
Complications......Page 56
Craniosynostosis......Page 62
Dupuytren's disease......Page 65
Ear reconstruction......Page 68
Electrical burns......Page 71
Extensor tendon injuries......Page 74
Facial anatomy......Page 78
Facial lacerations......Page 82
Facial reanimation......Page 85
Flexor tendon injuries......Page 88
Fractures of the mandible......Page 95
Gynaecomastia......Page 99
Hair removal......Page 102
Hypoplastic facial conditions......Page 105
Hypospadias......Page 108
Informed consent......Page 111
Keloids and hypertrophic scarring......Page 113
Lasers: principles......Page 116
Leg ulcers......Page 120
Liposuction......Page 123
Local anaesthetics......Page 126
Lymphoedema......Page 130
Melanoma......Page 134
Microsurgery and tissue transfer......Page 139
Neck dissection......Page 142
Necrotizing fasciitis......Page 147
Neurofibromatosis......Page 149
Oral cancer......Page 151
Paediatric burns......Page 155
Parotid gland tumours......Page 159
Premalignant lesions......Page 163
Pressure sores......Page 165
Prominent ears......Page 168
Rhinoplasty......Page 171
Skin grafts......Page 174
Squamous cell carcinomas......Page 177
Stevens-Johnson syndrome......Page 179
Suturing......Page 182
Tattoo removal......Page 185
Tissue expansion......Page 188
Ultraviolet light......Page 190
Vacuum wound closure......Page 192
Vascular anomalies......Page 194
Zygomatic fractures......Page 198
Index......Page 201