Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

PART I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES.- Physiology and Wound Healing.- Immunology of Tissue Transplantation.- Anesthesia and Critical Care.- Medical Liability in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.- Socio-psychological Issues and Research on Attractiveness.- PART II. GENERAL SURGICAL TECHNIQUES.- Principles of Wound Repair.- Grafts, Local and Regional Flaps.- Microsurgical Techniques.- Minimally Invasive Techniques in Plastic Surgery.- Liposuction Techniques.- Biomaterials in Craniofacial Surgery.- Tissue Engineering.- PART III. SKIN AND ADNEXA.- Skin Anatomy and Physiology.- Congenital Malformations.- Burn Trauma.- Benign and Malignant Skin Tumors.- Aesthetic Skin Treatment.- PART IV. HEAD AND NECK.- Head and Neck Embryology and Anatomy.- Craniofacial Clefts and Craniofacial Syndromes.- Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Head and Neck.- Craniofacial Trauma and Reconstruction.- Eyelid and Periorbital Aesthetic Surgery.- Nasal Reconstruction and Aesthetic Rhinoplasty.- Lip and Cheek Reconstruction.- Auricular Reconstruction for Microtia.- Aesthetic Surgery of the Aging Face and Neck.- Treatment of Headaches with Plastic Surgery.- Facial Reanimation.- PART V. BREAST.- Congenital Breast Malformations.- Breast Reduction and Mastopexy.- Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction.- Augmentation Mammoplasty.- Gynecomastia.- PART VI. HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY.- Hand Anatomy and Examination.- Congenital Deformities and Reconstruction.- Hand Trauma, Dislocations and Fractures, Infections.- Peripheral Nerve Injuries.- Tendon Repair and Reconstruction.- Benign and Malignant Hand Tumors.- Chronic Arterial Ischemia of the Upper Extremity: Diagnosis, Evaluation and Surgical Management.- Acquired Diseases of the Hand (Rheumatoid Arthritis and Dupuytren’s Contracture).- Toe to Hand Transfers.- Brachial Plexus Injuries and Repair.- PART VII. TRUNK AND LOWER EXTREMITY.- Trunk Reconstruction.- Lower Extremity Reconstruction Following Trauma and Tumors.- Abdominoplasty.- Lymphedema of theExtremities.- Postbariatric Reconstruction.- Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of the Genitalia.- PART VIII. FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN RESEARCH.- Chapter 50. Anaesthesia and Pathophysiology of Microcirculation.- Chapter 51. Experimental Composite Tissue Transplantation Models.- Clinical Experience with Hand Transplantation