Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Abbreviations.

Section 1: General principles.

Skin structrue and function; Blood supply of the skin; Classification of flaps; Geometry of local flaps; Wound; healing and skin grafts; Bone healing and bone grafts Nerve healing and nerve grafts; Tendon healing; Tissue tranplantation; Alloplastic implantation; Dressings; Sutures and suturing; Tissue expansion.

Section 2: Skin and soft tissue lesions.

Benign non-pigmented skin lesions; Benign pigmented skin lesions; Malignant non-pigmented skin lesions; Malignant melanoma; Sarcoma.

Section 3: The head and neck.

The embryology of the head and neck; Craniofacial surgery; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Head and neck cancer; Facial fractures and soft tissue injuries; Oculoplastic surgery; Facial palsy; Abnormalities of the ear; Vascular abnormalities.

Section 4: Plastic surgery of the breast and chest wall.

The anatomy of the breast; Breast reduction; Mastopexy; The tuberous breast; Gynaecomastia; Breast augmentation; Breast cancer; Breast reconstruction; Reconstruction of the chest wall.

Section 5: The upper limb.

The embryology of the upper limb; Congenital deformities of the upper limb; Nerve compression in the upper limb; Tendon transfers in the upper limb; Dupuytren's disease; Tumours of the upper limb; Arthritis of the upper limb; Hand infections.

Section 6: The lower limb.

Leg ulcers; Lower limb trauma; Lymphoedema; Pressure sores.

Section 7: Plastic surgery of the urogenital system.

Hypospadias; Epispadias and exstrophy of the bladder; Ambiguous genitalia; Vaginal reconstruction.

Section 8: Burns.

Thermal burns and inhalational injury; Chemical burns; Electrical burns.

Section 9: Microsurgery.

The history of microsurgery; Vessel healing and thrombosis; Reperfusion injury; Microvascular equipment and technique; The post-operative management of free tissue transfers; The post-operative monitoring of free tissue transfers; The management of the non-flowing anastomosis.

Section 10: Aesthetic surgery.

Blepharoplasty; Face-lifting; Rhinoplasty; Liposuction.

Index