Key Notes on Plastic Surgery.

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Richards, Adrian M.
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dafydd, Hywel
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed.
• Θέματα: Surgery, Plastic > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Cosmetic techniques > Handbooks.; Surgery, Plastic.; Electronic books.; Handbooks and manuals.

This is the new edition of the concise but comprehensive handbook that should be owned by all surgical trainees specialising in plastic surgery. Taking a pithy systematic approach, Key Notes on Plastic Surgery offers the latest developments within the field in bullet point form and includes key pape...

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• Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Dedications; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 General Principles; Embryology, structure and function of the skin; The epidermis; The dermis; Skin appendages; Histological terms; Blood supply to the skin; Anatomy of the circulation; Angiosomes; Arterial characteristics; Venous characteristics; The microcirculation; Control of blood flow; The delay phenomenon; Classification of flaps; Circulation; Composition; Contiguity; Contour; Conditioning; Geometry of local flaps; Orientation of elective incisions; Plasty techniques.
• Local flaps; Wound healing and skin grafts; Phases of wound healing; Abnormal scars; Epithelial repair; Collagen; The macrophage; The myofibroblast; TGF-[beta]; Factors affecting healing; Fetal wound healing; Skin grafts; Bone healing and bone grafts; Bone structure; Blood supply to bone; Bone healing; Bone graft healing; Survival of bone grafts; Cartilage healing and cartilage grafts; Cartilage structure; Cartilage nutrition; Cartilage healing; Cartilage grafts; Nerve healing and nerve grafts; Nerve anatomy and function; Medical Research Council grading of nerve function; Injury; Nerve repair.
• Nerve grafts; Tendon healing; Anatomy; Mechanisms of tendon healing; Phases of tendon healing; Transplantation; Transplant immunology; Immunosuppression; Vascularised composite allotransplantation (VCA); Tissue engineering; Alloplastic implantation; Indications; Relative contraindications; Classification; Liquids; Solids; Wound dressings; Classification; Sutures and suturing; Suturing; Suture materials; Tissue expansion; Mechanisms; Changes; Microscopic appearance of the expander capsule; Advantages; Insertion and placement of expanders; Design of expanders; Timing and length of expansion.
• Lasers; Laser physics; Structure of a basic laser; Properties of laser light; Laser interaction with tissue; Laser variables; Laser safety; Local anaesthesia; Classification; Pharmacokinetics; Common local anaesthetics; Dose calculation; Toxicity; Microsurgery; History; Pathophysiology of vessel healing; Drugs that limit thrombus formation; Reperfusion injury; The no-reflow phenomenon; Equipment; Post-operative management; Post-operative monitoring; Management of a non-flowing anastomosis; Leech therapy; Haemostasis and thrombosis; The coagulation cascade; Anticoagulants; Platelets.
• Antiplatelet drugs; Further reading; Flaps; Wound healing; Nerve; Tendon; Transplantation; Alloplastic implantation; Dressings; Tissue expansion; Microsurgery; Chapter 2 Skin and Soft Tissue Lesions; Benign nonpigmented skin lesions; Skin lesions of epidermal origin; Skin lesions of dermal origin; Miscellaneous; Benign pigmented skin lesions; Structure and function of melanocytes; Melanocytic lesions; Classification; Congenital naevus cell naevi; Acquired naevus cell naevi; Special naevus cell naevi; Epidermal melanocytic naevi; Dermal melanocytic naevi; Malignant nonpigmented skin lesions.
• Aetiology.