10 Ethics in Facial Plastic Surgery
10.1055/b-0036-135556 10 Ethics in Facial Plastic Surgery Donn Chatham The First Ethics Tragedy The Greek poet Pindar (474 BC) writes about the mythical physician Asclepius, who had an illustrious career…
8 Computer Imaging for Facial Plastic Surgery
10.1055/b-0036-135554 8 Computer Imaging for Facial Plastic Surgery Chad A. Glazer and Ira D. Papel Introduction Computer imaging in clinical practice has changed enormously since its introduction in the 1980s….
2 Wound Healing
10.1055/b-0036-135548 2 Wound Healing John L. Frodel Jr. and Michael J. Brenner Introduction Cutaneous wound repair involves a complex yet coordinated series of biological events. The facial plastic surgeon must…
3 Scar Revision
10.1055/b-0036-135549 3 Scar Revision Mimi S. Kokoska and J. Regan Thomas Introduction The purpose of scar revision is to optimize scar camouflage. Although scar appearance can in many circumstances be…
5 Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering
10.1055/b-0036-135551 5 Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering Deborah Watson and Jeffrey B. Watson Introduction Craniofacial reconstruction represents an important sector of facial plastic surgery and accounts for a significant portion of…
1 Structure and Function of the Skin
10.1055/b-0036-135547 1 Structure and Function of the Skin Laurel A. Leithauser, Ryan M. Collar, and Adam Ingraffea Introduction The skin is a complex organ and serves many important functions. It…
11 Venous Salvage Procedures in the Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap for Breast Reconstruction
10.1055/b-0036-141883 11 Venous Salvage Procedures in the Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap for Breast Reconstruction Thomas Constantinescu and Ming-Huei Cheng The deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is presently the…
12 Imaging for Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction
10.1055/b-0036-141884 12 Imaging for Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction Julie V. Vasile Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is an extremely useful preoperative imaging test for evaluation of the vasculature of donor tissue…
1 The History of the Use of Perforator Flaps for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction
10.1055/b-0036-141873 1 The History of the Use of Perforator Flaps for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction Sarah E. Appleton and Steven F. Morris The quest to perfect postmastectomy breast reconstruction has been…
8 Free Lumbar Artery Perforator Flap for Autologous Breast Reconstruction
10.1055/b-0036-141880 8 Free Lumbar Artery Perforator Flap for Autologous Breast Reconstruction Koenraad Van Landuyt and Steven F. Morris The development of the deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap provided a…
