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CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 13e
Chapter 41. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Sections: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery: Introduction, Grafts & Flaps, Skin Grafts, Types of Skin Grafts, Flaps, Principles of Wound Care, Introduction, Specific Disorders Treated by Plastic Surgery, Disorders of Scarring, Contractures, Skin Tumors*, Benign Skin Tumors, Premalignant Skin Lesions, Malignant Lesions, Soft Tissue Injury, Facial Bone Fractures, Nasal Fractures, Mandibular Fractures, Zygomatic & Orbital Fracture, Maxillary Fractures, Congenital Head & Neck Anomalies, Cleft Lip & Cleft Palate, Craniofacial Anomalies, Microtia, Anomalies of the Hands & Extremities*, Postablative Reconstruction, Head & Neck Reconstruction, Breast Reconstruction, Lower Extremity Reconstruction, Pressure Sores, Aesthetic Surgery, Rhinoplasty, Rhytidectomy (Facelift), Blepharoplasty, Mammoplasty, Abdominoplasty & Body Contouring Procedures, Suction-Assisted Lipectomy, Telangiectasias (Spider Veins).
Topics Discussed: plastic surgery; reconstructive surgical procedures.
Excerpt:
"Plastic surgery, although considered a technique-oriented and
multiregional specialty, is in essence a problem-solving field.
The training of a plastic surgeon allows him or her to see surgical
problems in a different light and select from a variety of options
to solve these surgical problems. Plastic surgeons have received
broad training, and many have completed residencies in other fields
such as general surgery, otolaryngology, orthopedics, urology, or neurosurgery.
Other modalities of training have more recently integrated these and
other surgical subspecialties into a more comprehensive training
program...."
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