Replantation
Techniques to improve the chance of successful replantation of digits are well established. Indications and contraindications for replantation are generally agreed on, but they continue to evolve as excellent outcomes…
General Surgery
Microsurgical Soft Tissue and Bone Transfers in Complex Hand Trauma
Treatment of complex hand trauma includes adequate debridement of nonviable tissue, early reconstruction, and careful selection of various available surgical procedures tailored to patients’ needs and requests. Debridement of all…
Repair and Reconstruction of Thumb and Finger Tip Injuries
In this review, an international group of senior hand surgeons was asked to provide their currently used methods, views, and advice on thumb and fingertip repair. The basic requirements and…
New Tendon, Nerve, and Bone Surgical Methods Impacting the Practice of Hand Surgery
The field of hand repair and reconstruction continues to evolve; renovations and modifications arise and impact our practice. Here, we highlight the most important emerging methods that are changing daily…
Treatment in Hand Surgery: Practical Tips to Make Complex Cases Simple
The composition of this issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery coincided with the 2014 annual meeting of the American Association for Surgery of the Hand in Hawaii, which carried the…
Hand Repair and Reconstruction
Jin Bo Tang, MD, Editor Michael W. Neumeister, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Editor We are pleased to present to our readers a collection of wisdom from across the world on common,…
Prevention and Management of Complications in Body Contouring Surgery
This patient safety article discusses strategies to prevent, diagnose, and manage complications from body contouring surgery. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative approaches to avoiding, identifying, and treating complications are addressed. Individual…
Noninvasive and Minimally Invasive Techniques in Body Contouring
Major surgical body contouring procedures have several inherent drawbacks, including hospitalization, anesthetic use, pain, swelling, and prolonged recovery. It is for these reasons that body contouring through noninvasive and minimally…
Circumferential Body Contouring
A 2-position circumferential approach for body contouring of the lower trunk is presented. Mostly indicated in patients after massive weight loss, this approach allows the simultaneous skin resection and reshaping…
Circumferential Truncal Contouring
The primary goal of belt lipectomy surgery is to improve the contour of the inferior truncal circumferential unit and to place the resultant scar in natural junctions. Excessive intra-abdominal content…
