Blueprints Plastic Surgery

Contents Contributors Reviewers Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1: Basic Techniques Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD - Suture - Instruments - Techniques - Basic Laceration Management - Excising Skin Lesions - Closing Simple Skin Defects Chapter 2: Wound Healing Jesse A. Taylor, MD - Molecular and Cellular Mediators of Healing - Time Sequence of Wound Healing - Factors Influencing Wound Healing - Abnormalities of Excessive Wound Healing - Inherited Abnormalities of Deficient Wound Healing - Wound Management Chapter 3: Grafts and Flaps Gedge D. Rosson, MD THE RECONSTRUCTIVE LADDER GRAFTS - Skin Grafts - Nerve Grafts - Cartilage Grafts - Bone Grafts - Tendon Grafts - Fat Grafts - Composite Grafts FLAPS - Angiosomes - Flap Classification - The Delay Phenomenon - Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer TISSUE EXPANSION Chapter 4: Skin and Soft Tissue Michele Ann Manahan, MD SKIN CANCER - Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) - Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) - Melanoma HEMANGIOMAS AND VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS - Hemangiomas - Vascular Malformations INFECTIONS - Hidradenitis Suppurativa - Cutaneous Cysts - Folliculitis - Other Cutaneous Conditions LYMPHEDEMA Chapter 5: Thermal and Chemical Injuries Jesse A. Taylor, MD THERMAL INJURIES - Initial Management of Victims of Thermal Injury - Burn Wound Care ELECTRICAL INJURIES CHEMICAL INJURIES REHABILITATION RECONSTRUCTION Chapter 6: Craniofacial Surgery Thomas X. Hahm, MD and Jesse A. Taylor, MD - Embryology and Anatomy - Craniosynostosis - Craniosynostosis Syndromes - Cleft Lip and Palate - Craniofacial Clefts - Hemifacial Microsomia - Goldenhars Syndrome - Encephaloceles - Rombergs Disease - Fibrous Dysplasia - Facial Trauma Chapter 7: Breast and Trunk Reconstruction Nia D. Banks, MD, PhD - Breast Anatomy - Breast Cancer - Breast Reconstruction - Reduction Mammaplasty - Mastopexy - Augmentation Mammaplasty - Gynecomastia - Trunk Reconstruction Chapter 8: Hand and Upper Extremity Subhro Sen, MD and Jesse A. Taylor, MD - Anatomy - Hand Injuries NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Cubital Tunnel Syndrome HAND INFECTIONS - Infected Paronychia - Felon - Flexor Tenosynovitis - Bites HAND TUMORS CONGENITAL ANOMALIES Chapter 9: Lower Extremity and Genitalia Marwan Khalifeh, MD LOWER EXTREMITY RECONSTRUCTION - Anatomy - Early Management - Diagnosis - Treatment - Soft Tissue Management GENITALIA RECONSTRUCTION - Penile Reconstruction - Vaginal Reconstruction Chapter 10: Aesthetic Surgery Jesse A. Taylor, MD - Aging - Facial Proportions - Rhytidectomy (Facelift) - Browlift - Blepharoplasty - Rhinoplasty - Otoplasty - Body Contouring and Liposuction Appendix A: Opportunities in Plastic Surgery Jesse A. Taylor, MD Appendix B: Review Q A Appendix C: Commonly Prescribed Medications Ryan Katz, MD