Fundamental topics in plastic surgery

Fundamental Topics in Plastic Surgery
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Dedication
Section I: Principles
	1 Patient Safety in Plastic Surgery
		1.1 Introduction
		1.2 Practice-Based Safety
		1.3 Patient Risk Stratification
		1.4 Intraoperative Risk
		1.5 Conclusions
		1.6 Key Points
	2 Wound Healing
		2.1 Introduction
		2.2 Basic Science
		2.3 Factors Affecting Wound Healing
		2.4 Wound Care Management
		2.5 Scar Management
		2.6 Conclusions
		2.7 Key Points
	3 Wound Management and Pressure Sores
		3.1 Introduction
		3.2 Basic Science
		3.3 Wound Assessment
		3.4 Wound Debridement
		3.5 Skin Substitutes
		3.6 Clinical Applications
		3.7 Pressure Sores
		3.8 Basic Science
		3.9 Classification
		3.10 Treatment
		3.11 Conclusions
		3.12 Key Points
	4 Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
		4.1 Introduction
		4.2 Basic Science
		4.3 Dressings and Parameters
		4.4 Parameters
		4.5 Indications and Contraindications
		4.6 Tips and Tricks
		4.7 Clinical Applications
		4.8 Conclusions
		4.9 Key Points
	5 Local Anesthetics and Common Nerve Blocks
		5.1 Introduction
		5.2 Basic Science
		5.3 Classification of Local Anesthetics
		5.4 Pharmacology
		5.5 Toxicity and Complications of Local Anesthetics
		5.6 Allergic Reactions
		5.7 Adjuvants
		5.8 Essential Regional Blocks for Plastic Surgery
		5.9 Median Nerve Block
		5.10 Conclusions
		5.11 Key Points
	6 Soft Tissue Infections and Antibiotics in Plastic Surgery
		6.1 Introduction
		6.2 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
		6.3 Alloplastic Infections
		6.4 Antimicrobials for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
		6.5 Conclusions
		6.6 Key Points
	7 Implants and Biomaterials
		7.1 Introduction
		7.2 Materials
		7.3 Implantation Tips and Pitfalls
		7.4 Clinical Applications
		7.5 Conclusions
		7.6 Key Points
	8 Principles of Osteosynthesis
		8.1 Basic Science
		8.2 Fracture Repair
		8.3 Complications
		8.4 Distraction Osteogenesis
		8.5 Conclusions
		8.6 Key Points
	9 Essentials of Dermatology for Plastic Surgeons
		9.1 Structure and Function of the Skin
		9.2 Basic Lesions of the Skin
		9.3 Skin Biopsies
		9.4 Nonsurgical Treatment Modalities
		9.5 Benign Skin Tumors
		9.6 Fibrous Tumors
		9.7 Miscellaneous
		9.8 Premalignant Lesions
		9.9 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers
		9.10 Conclusions
		9.11 Key Points
	10 Laser Therapy: Principles and Applications in Skin Diseases
		10.1 Introduction
		10.2 Basic Science
		10.3 Therapeutic Parameters
		10.4 Types of Laser
		10.5 Clinical Applications
		10.6 Pigmentation Disorders
		10.7 Laser Hair Removal
		10.8 Skin Resurfacing
		10.9 Conclusions
		10.10 Key Points
	11 How to Set Up a Research Protocol in Plastic Surgery
		11.1 Introduction
		11.2 Clinical Question and Types of Study
		11.3 Basic Components of a Research Protocol
		11.4 Measuring the Accuracy of a Diagnostic Test
		11.5 Determining the Prognosis of a Disease
		11.6 Analyzing the Effectiveness of a Treatment
		11.7 In Search of the Cause of Your Patient's Disease
		11.8 What about the Analysis?
		11.9 Key Points
Section II: Techniques
	12 Basic Surgical Techniques, Sutures, and Wound Closure
		12.1 Introduction
		12.2 Sutures
		12.3 Wound Closure
		12.4 Suturing Techniques
		12.5 The Unfavorable Scar: Prevention and Treatment
		12.6 Common Surgical Procedures
		12.7 Conclusions
		12.8 Key Points
	13 Grafts: Skin, Fascia, Nerve, Tendon, Cartilage, and Bone
		13.1 Introduction
		13.2 Skin Grafts
		13.3 Fascia Grafts
		13.4 Tendon Grafts
		13.5 Nerve Repair and Grafting
		13.6 Cartilage Grafts
		13.7 Bone Grafts
		13.8 Conclusions
		13.9 Key Points
	14 Fat Grafting
		14.1 Introduction
		14.2 Basic Science
		14.3 Surgical Technique
		14.4 Clinical Applications
		14.5 Conclusions
		14.6 Key Points
	15 Vascular Anatomy of the Skin and Muscles
		15.1 Introduction
		15.2 Basic Science
		15.3 Blood Supply to the Muscles
		15.4 Regional Blood Supply
		15.5 Conclusions
		15.6 Key Points
	16 Flaps
		16.1 Introduction
		16.2 Basic Science
		16.3 Principles of Flap Surgery
		16.4 Flap Classification
		16.5 Putting It All Together: Examples of Commonly Used Local Flaps
		16.6 Fasciocutaneous Flaps
		16.7 Flap Modifications
		16.8 Perforator Flaps
		16.9 Propeller Flaps
		16.10 Conclusions
		16.11 Key Points
	17 Tissue Expansion
		17.1 Introduction
		17.2 Basic Science
		17.3 Types of Expanders
		17.4 Preoperative Planning and Surgical Technique
		17.5 Complications
		17.6 Clinical Applications
		17.7 Reexpansion
		17.8 Preexpanded Free Flaps
		17.9 Conclusions
		17.10 Key Points
	18 Burns
		18.1 Introduction
		18.2 Epidemiology
		18.3 Thermal Injury
		18.4 Electrical Injuries
		18.5 Chemical Injuries
		18.6 Cold Injuries
		18.7 Key Points
	19 Microsurgery
		19.1 Introduction
		19.2 Training in Microsurgery
		19.3 Basic Science of Free Flap Failure
		19.4 Factors Influencing Flap Failure
		19.5 Free Flap Monitoring and Salvage
		19.6 Postoperative Pharmacological Therapy in Microsurgery
		19.7 Clinical Applications
		19.8 Conclusions
		19.9 Key Points
	20 Facial Trauma
		20.1 Introduction
		20.2 Relevant Anatomy
		20.3 Soft Tissue Trauma
		20.4 Maxillofacial Trauma
		20.5 Clinical Cases
		20.6 Conclusions
		20.7 Key Points
	21 Hand Trauma
		21.1 Introduction
		21.2 Relevant Anatomy
		21.3 Assessment of an Injured Hand
		21.4 Identification of the Injured Structures
		21.5 Management of Hand Injuries
		21.6 Clinical Cases
		21.7 Conclusions
		21.8 Key Points
Index