Plastic Surgery: Volume 1: Principles 5th Edition Comprehensive and fully up to date, the six-volume Plastic Surgery remains the gold standard text in this complex area of surgery. Completely revised to meet the demands of both the trainee and experienced surgeon, Principles, Volume 1 of Plastic Surgery, 5th Edition, features new, full-color clinical photos, procedural videos, lectures, and authoritative coverage of hot topics in the field. Editor-narrated video presentations offer a step-by-step audio-visual walkthrough of techniques and procedures.

• New chapters cover value-based healthcare, health services research in plastic surgery, education and teaching in plastic surgery, and gender-affirming surgery; coverage throughout includes new, pioneering translational work shaping the future of plastic surgery.
• New digital video preface by Dr. Peter C. Neligan addresses the changes across all six volumes.
• New treatment and decision-making algorithms added to chapters where applicable.
• New video lectures and editor-narrated slide presentations offer a step-by-step audiovisual walkthrough of techniques and procedures.
• Evidence-based advice from an expanded roster of international experts allows you to apply the very latest advances in plastic surgery and ensure optimal outcomes.

Review

The ultimate knowledge source in this challenging surgical specialty

About the Author

Peter Neligan, MB, FRCS, FRCSC, FAC., is a board-certified plastic surgeon, Director of the Center for Reconstructive Surgery at UW Medical Center – Montlake, and a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at UW School of Medicine.

Contents

۱. Plastic surgery and innovation in medicine
۲. History of reconstructive and aesthetic surgery
۳. Applying psychology to routine plastic surgery practice
۴. The role of ethics in plastic surgery and medico-legal issues in plastic surgery
۵. Business principles for plastic surgeons
۶. Value-based healthcare
۷. Digital photography in plastic surgery
۸. Pre- and intra-operative imaging for plastic surgery
۹. Patient safety in plastic surgery
۱۰. Anesthesia and pain management in plastic surgery
۱۱. Evidence-based medicine and health services research in plastic surgery
۱۲. Patient-reported outcomes in plastic surgery
۱۳. Health services research in plastic surgery
۱۴. Principles of cancer management
۱۵. Wound healing
۱۶. Scar prevention, treatment, and revision
۱۷. Skin grafting
۱۸. Tissue engineering
۱۹. Repair, grafting, and engineering of cartilage
۲۰. Repair and grafting of bone
۲۱. Repair and grafting of peripheral nerve
۲۲. Repair and grafting fat and adipose tissue
۲۳. Vascular territories
۲۴. Flap physiology, classification, and applications
۲۵. Principles and techniques of microvascular surgery
۲۶. Tissue expansion and implants
۲۷. Principles of radiation therapy
۲۸. Lymphedema: pathophysiology and basic science
۲۹. Benign and malignant nonmelanocytic tumors of the skin and soft tissue
۳۰. Melanoma
۳۱. Implants and biomaterials
۳۲. Transplantation in plastic surgery
۳۳. Technology innovation in plastic surgery: a practical guide for the surgeon innovator
۳۴. Robotics in plastic surgery
۳۵. Digital technology in plastic surgery
۳۶. Aesthetic improvement through noninvasive technologies
۳۷. Education and teaching in plastic surgery
۳۸. Global plastic surgery
۳۹. Gender-affirming surgery