eBook Local Flap Reconstruction, 3rd Edition
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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part A Principles
Chapter 1 Design and techniques
Part B Clinical Case Studies
Chapter 2 Flaps in continuity
Chapter 3 Island flaps
Chapter 4 Perforator Island flaps
Chapter 5 Nose reconstruction
Chapter 6 Lip reconstruction
Chapter 7 Eyelid reconstruction
Chapter 8 Ear reconstruction
Part C Common Problems and Solutions
Chapter 9 Prevention and treatment
Suggested reading
Index
This third, revised edition of Local Flap Reconstruction is a vital practical resource for plastic surgeons, dermatologists, skin cancer specialists, general surgeons and surgical registrars/trainees. Comprehensively illustrated and presented in a logical, easy-to-read format, it describes recommended surgical techniques for the restoration of normal appearance and function.
The book is divided into three parts—Principles, Clinical Studies, and Common Problems and Solutions. Key features include:
- more than 450 specialist medical photographs and illustrations
- a new chapter on perforated island flaps.
Reconstructive surgery requires skill and judgement. This text imparts principles that will equip the surgeon with the knowledge and confidence to solve each reconstructive problem as it arises.
About the authors:
Anthony Penington is the Jigsaw Professor of Paediatric Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne and The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, and Consultant Plastic Surgeon at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.
Eldon Mah is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Department of Surgery at the University of Melbourne, and Consultant Plastic Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.