Principles and Techniques of Peripheral Nerve Repair, Grafts, and Transfers Susan E. Mackinnon Stephen H. Colbert Injuries to peripheral nerves may be devastating due to the incomplete nature of nerve…
Principles of Microsurgery Charles E. Butler David M. Adelman INTRODUCTION Microsurgery refers to a set of surgical techniques performed beyond the limits of human eyesight. These procedures require magnification by…
Implant Materials Timothy W. King INTRODUCTION While autogenous tissues are often the first choice, implant materials have wide application in plastic surgery including reconstruction or augmentation of soft-tissue defects, bony…
Muscle Flaps and Their Blood Supply Jamie P. Levine FLAPS A flap is a unit of tissue that is transferred from a donor to a recipient site with its blood…
Transplantation Biology and Applications to Plastic Surgery Damon S. Cooney Justin M. Sacks Gerald Brandacher W. P. Andrew Lee The transplantation of tissue from one location to another is a…
The Blood Supply of the Skin and Skin Flaps Geoffrey Ian Taylor Russell J. Corlett Mark W. Ashton Knowledge of the anatomy of the cutaneous arteries and veins is fundamental…
Techniques and Principles in Plastic Surgery Charles H. Thorne Plastic surgery is the single most diverse specialty in the medical field, dealing with problems from the top of the head…
Wound Care Donald W. Buck Robert D. Galiano INTRODUCTION The wound is a microcosm of the patient. While most wounds heal without intervention in healthy individuals, patients with systemic diseases…
Wound Healing: Normal and Abnormal Geoffrey C. Gurtner Victor W. Wong THE RESPONSE TO INJURY What is wound healing? Definitions might include the repair or reconstitution of a defect in…
