Plastic and reconstructive surgery represents one of the broadest and most extensive medical specialties, where the pathologies studied can range from head to toe. The abundance of information generated from established or new concepts, knowledge, and techniques are difficult to assimilate and apply in daily medical practice, so the reader may get lost on the journey from time to time.
This up-to-date book provides key elements of plastic and reconstructive surgery in a practical and useful approach. It enhances understanding through questions and answers, clinical cases, algorithms, and tips and tricks. The questions and answers reflect what is frequently asked in written or clinical examinations of all stripes, making this title a complement tool which allows the readers to check whether the content is being retaining.
Divided in sixteen sections, this work encompasses fundamentals concepts, sutures and needles, flaps, grafts, tissue expansion, anesthesia and burns, among other various relevant topics. It also features illustrative pictures, clinical maneuvers, pathognomonic signs and trans operative and postoperative key events.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fundamentals - A Case-Based and Comprehensive Review
is developed for plastic and reconstructive surgery residents and graduates, general surgeons, dermatologists and medical students interested in the area. It will also serve as a support guide for the initial and subsequent certification of any council of plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.
