Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery: The Essentials: The Essentials (with DVD-ROM)

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This is a concise but comprehensive textbook for plastic surgery residents reviewing for in-service and certifying examinations as well as practicing plastic surgeons preparing for Maintenance of Certification. The book is divided into chapters based on the 24 so-called common plastic surgical procedures. This will allow a discussion of the procedure prior to embarking on surgery and serve as a basis for the development of a basic fund of knowledge in the specialty of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. Contributors have been selected based on their clinical expertise and academic excellence.Contents: "Core Knowledge and General Principles: "Wound Repair ""Grafts and Flaps ""Anesthetic Implications in Cosmetic Surgery ""Lasers and Aesthetic Devices """Plastic Surgery Involving the Integument: "Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions ""Infantile Hemangioma ""Burn Injury and Treatment ""Cleft Lip and Palate: Anatomy, Embryology, and Repair ""Essentials in Plastic Surgery Microtia Chapter ""Head and Neck Malignancy ""Principles in Facial Injury Management ""Aesthetic Surgery of the Face: Face Lift ""Eyelid, Cheek, Lip, Nasal, Scalp, Ear Reconstruction """Plastic Surgery of the Upper Extremity: "Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders of the Upper Extremity ""Compression Neuropathies in the Upper Extremity ""Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Upper Extremity ""Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand ""Congenital Hand Anomalies ""Upper Extremity Trauma ""Dupuytren's Disease ""Microsurgery: General Principles """Plastic Surgery of the Lower Extremity: "Lower Extremity Reconstruction ""Reduction Mammaplasty, Augmentation Mammaplasty, and Mastopexy ""Breast Reconstruction ""Aesthetic Body Contouring: Abdominoplasty ""Aesthetic Body Contouring: Abdominoplasty Body Contouring after Bariatric Surgery ""Body Contouring via Suction Lipectomy ""Abdominal and Thoracic Reconstruction ""Pressure Ulcers ""Vascular Anomalies ""
Readership: Practicing plastic surgeons preparing for Maintenance of Certification examinations, plastic surgery residents, general surgery and other specialty residents rotating through plastic surgery rotations; medical school students rotating through a plastic surgery rotation.