Basics of plastic surgery

This publication covers the fundamental aspects of plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery. The team of authors is responding to the fact that new procedures and experiences are emerging in plastic surgery—just as in other medical fields—which significantly influence the quality of clinical work. The book is divided into a general and a special part. The general part describes the principles of physiological surgery, options for treating injured tissues, covering defects with transplants and flap plastics, and the use of microsurgery and endoscopy in plastic surgery. In the special part, the reader will become acquainted with current knowledge in the surgical treatment of various congenital and acquired defects, from facial clefts, congenital defects of the hands and genitals, to facial and limb injuries—including their resolution through reconstructive procedures using microsurgical techniques. A new chapter on breast tumours, breast reconstruction after mastectomy, and the treatment of burns has been added. The publication also includes aesthetic surgery and the resolution of cosmetic defects using modern methods to achieve the best possible results. The book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the field. It is an excellent source of information for a wide professional audience. It will offer medical students an expansion of their general knowledge of surgical disciplines, and it will provide doctors preparing for their plastic surgery board certification, as well as certified plastic surgeons, with a comprehensive overview of the subject. Given that plastic surgery is finding ever-increasing application in interdisciplinary collaboration (general surgery, orthopaedics, cardiac surgery, paediatric surgery, otorhinolaryngology, maxillofacial surgery, dermatology, and others), it will certainly also appeal to doctors from other fields. The logically and clearly structured text is appropriately complemented by extensive illustrative documentation.