This book is being written in an effort to provide a comprehensive guide for plastic surgery residents as to how to prepare seminars on commonly asked topics in theory & practical exams. Readers (students) should refer to standard textbooks for acquiring in depth knowledge.
We hope that the readers will find this book useful.
Preface v
About the Book vii
Acknowledgement ix
Section 1: Basics 1
Chapter 1: History of Plastic Surgery 3
Chapter 2: Ethics in Plastic Surgery 8
Chapter 3: Photography in Plastic Surgery 10
Chapter 4: Wound Healing 17
Chapter 5: Angiosome Concept and Flap Delay 31
Chapter 6: Flap Delay 34
Chapter 7: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy 40
Chapter 8: Bone Graft 49
Chapter 9: Distraction Osteogenesis 59
Chapter 10: Tissue Expansion 75
Chapter 11: Evidence Based Medicine 83
Chapter 12: Malignant Melanoma 87
Chapter 13: Non Melanoma Skin Cancer 95
Chapter 14: Tourniquet 107
Section 2: Burns 110
Chapter 15: Post Burns Pruritis 111
Chapter 16: Chemical and Radiation Burns 114
Chapter 17: Radiation Burns 120
Chapter 18: Electrical burns 123
Chapter 19: Thermal Burns 138
Chapter 20: Hand Burns 146
Section 3: Head and Neck 148
Chapter 21: Parry Romberg Syndrome 149
Chapter 22: Cleft Lip 154
Chapter 23: Cleft Palate 167
Chapter 24: Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI) 177
Chapter 25: Alveolar Bone Grafting 186
Chapter 26: Palatal Fistula 193
Chapter 27: Eyelid Reconstruction 198
Chapter 28: Lip Reconstruction 222
Chapter 29: Craniosynostosis 231
Chapter 30: Nasal Reconstruction 246
Chapter 31: Ear Reconstruction 260
Chapter 32: Mandibular Reconstruction 267
Section 4: Upper Limb 284
Chapter 33: Biomechanics of Hand 285
Chapter 34: Volkmann Ischemic Contracture 338