Lower extremity soft tissue & cutaneous plastic surgery

Unlike any other podiatric text available, this new textbook focuses on the treatment of skin and soft tissue problems of the foot and ankle area using techniques borrowed from facial plastic surgery, hand reconstructive surgery and general soft tissue plastic surgery fields and modified to be used on the footand ankle areas. This textbook provides a detailed outline and description ofevaluating, examining and documenting lower extremity skin and soft tissue conditions. It addresses these problems with a variety of techniques including suturing, incisional and excisional techniques, along with the appropriate reconstructive and plastic surgical procedures for each condition. INDICE: ForewordPrefaceChapter 1 Preoperative Patient EvaluationChapter 2 Cutaneous Anatomy and Its Surgical ImplicationsChapter 3 Surgical PrinciplesChapter 4 Basic Instruments and Tissue HandlingChapter 5 AnesthesiaChapter 6 Hemostatic TechniquesChapter 7 Suture Materials and TechniquesChapter 8 Wound Healing PropertiesChapter 9 An Introduction to Digital Medical PhotographyChapter10 Excisional Techniques and ProceduresChapter 11 Biopsy TechniquesChapter 12Flap Classification and Survival FactorsChapter 13 V-Y and Y-V PlastyChapter 14 Z and W Skin PlastyChapter 15 Advancement and Rotational FlapsChapter 16 Transpositional FlapsChapter 17 Skin GraftsChapter 18 Autografts, Allografts andXenografts in Cutaneous SurgeryChapter 19 Soft Tissue Considerations in Partial Foot AmputationsChapter 20 The Role of Microsurgical Free Flaps in Foot andAnkle SurgeryChapter 21 The Use of Local Muscle Flaps in Foot and Ankle ReconstructionChapter 22 Nail and Periungual ReconstructionChapter 23 Digital ProceduresChapter 24 Foot and Ankle Benign Soft Tissue MassesChapter 25 Surgical DressingsChapter 26 ScarsChapter 27 Vacuum Assisted Closure® in Lower ExtremityReconstructionChapter 28 Surgical Complications and Their Treatments

• ISBN: 978-0-7020-4544-8
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés