Genital Reconstruction and Gender Identity Disorders Walter O. Bockting PhD Leo C. T. Fung MD This chapter introduces plastic surgeons and other health professionals to the psychological aspects of reconstructive…
Breast Reduction Leroy V. Young MD Marla E. Watson MA The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) defines reconstructive surgery as being “performed on abnormal structures of the body, caused…
Breast Reconstruction Georita M. Frierson PhD Barbara L. Andersen PhD The successful use of cancer screening has resulted in earlier diagnoses, less radical surgeries, and more treatment options for women…
Orthognathic Surgery Asuman H. Kiyak MA, PhD Orthognathic surgery, also known as surgical orthodontic treatment, is designed to correct skeletal discrepancies in the orofacial region that orthodontics alone cannot modify….
Hand Trauma Brad K. Grunert PhD In the United States, there are approximately 16 million hand injuries every year (1, 2). Of these injuries, 16,000 result in amputations of digits,…
Facial Trauma and Facial Cancer Thomas Pruzinsky PhD Elie Levine MD John A. Persing MD Jeffrey T. Barth PhD Robert Obrecht PhD, LCDR/MSC/USN Learning to live with a change in…
Pediatric Burn Injury Mary Rose PsyD Patricia Blakeney PhD Acknowledgments: We would like to thank the National Institutes of Disability and Rehabilitation Research Grant #H133A70019 and the Shriner Multicenter Outcomes…
Adult Burn Injury James A. Fauerbach PhD Robert J. Spence MD David R. Patterson PhD Preparation of this chapter was supported by funds from the National Institute on Disability and…
Craniofacial Conditions Kathleen A. Kapp-Simon PhD The treatment of individuals with craniofacial conditions of necessity focuses on two aspects of habilitation: (i) functional skills such as speech, mastication, vision, and…
Body Image and Plastic Surgery Thomas F. Cash PhD The psychology of physical appearance may be approached from two different perspectives—the “outside, body-in-society view” and the “inside, body-in-self view” (1)….
