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This is the definitive full-color illustrated atlas of breast and body contouring surgical procedures. It includes DVD with video clips Part of the "McGraw-Hill Plastic Surgery Atlas" series, "Body Contouring" is a full-color, step-by-step guide to learning how to perform both traditional and contemporary plastic surgery procedures relative to breast and body contouring. Two hundred medical illustrations and more than two hundred photographs - all in full color - offer unmatched coverage of the required surgical steps and actual results. A companion DVD features skill-building surgical video clips. For each procedure, you'll find a complete review of key topics, including: introduction to the surgical approach; relevant anatomy; indications; markings; details of the procedure (incision and exposure); postoperative care; pitfalls; and, tips. Part I of "Body Contouring" addresses important clinical concerns such as the safety of surgical techniques, intraoperative positioning, psychological issues, and issues pertaining to massive weight loss and surgical wound care. Part II then reviews specific body contouring surgical procedures by body region, beginning with the upper extremity, and proceeding to the female breast, male chest (gynecomastia), abdomen, back, and lower extremity. Learn all aspects of body contouring surgery, step by step: Breast surgery: reduction; mastopexy; augmentation; lifting; gynecomastia; arm and thigh contouring with liposuction and excisional techniques; abdominoplasty, upper and lower, with hernia repair techniques; and, back contouring.

This title helps you to learn how to manage commonly encountered problems in plastic and reconstructive surgery with this unique case-based approach. "The editors have produced a powerful source of knowledge that is easy to use and quite satisfying. Their book ushers readers through 52 plastic surgery cases and details the logical manner in which to objectively evaluate, ponder, and solve problems that each presents...The recognized experts who contribute to this book have translated complex subjects into an erudite syllabus that can be read and understood by a multitude of readers in plastic surgery, including students, residents, and recently trained and veteran plastic surgeons...Reading this book is an enjoyable experience. How much better can learning be than to have fun, test one's clinical acumen, and take away a fund of knowledge? 3 Stars". ("Doody's Review Service"). Covering head, neck, trunk, extremities, and cosmetic concerns, this sourcebook uses numerous visual clinical scenarios to illustrate essential plastic and reconstructive surgical principles. Each chapter is organized by a well-illustrated case, followed by algorithms that take you through effective management strategies and clinically relevant information. The result is an ideal resource for oral board preparation and a valuable primer for students, residents, and attending physicians from diverse specialties. This title is the first resource of its kind, based on visual clinical scenarios designed to sharpen clinical-decision making. Each case includes an algorithm to guide management strategies. It includes extensive, high-yield collection of information and insights for each case. Practical pearls from leading authorities close each case and provide concept-clarifying take-away points. Full-color clinical photos add emphasis to must-know points throughout each case. It includes suggested references that provide further information on each subject.

Drs. Hall-Findlay and Evans' new "Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast" is a unique work providing a purely surgical focus, covering the full scope of breast surgery. Coverage of hot topics includes new implant types, gel implants, fat injections to the breast for aesthetic enhancement, and fat injections for reconstruction. The book is organized into seven sections including reduction, mastopexy, augmentation, and more. Expert, international contributors deliver practical advice on the latest techniques, with a special emphasis on what can go wrong and how to avoid it. This full-color, templated reference comes with case studies and 16 video clips (both on web and on DVD) with approximately three hours of footage demonstrating key procedures. Video coverage includes form-stable high cohesive silicone gel implants, short scar with inferior pedicle, and sub-fascial breast augmentation. Expert Consult access enables you to search full text online and download images.

Body contouring after massive weight loss has become a subspecialty of plastic surgery. This issue provides information on a few surgical techniques for each body area that might be of concern to a patient who has undergone massive weight loss. Also included are articles on psychiatric problems of obese and massive weight loss patients and safety concerns.

This text has been designed specifically to help senior plastic surgery trainees to prepare for and pass their postgraduate examinations in plastic surgery. It will also appeal to trainees with less experience who may use it as a core text during their training. The first edition of this text was written by the author in preparation for the FRCS(Plast) examination. It is a collection of notes that addresses the whole curriculum of plastic surgery providing information on clinical anatomy, points of technique and the fundamental principles relevant to each subject area. There are self assessment sections and hundreds of reviews of published articles. This text has become essential reading for all trainees and the second edition has sought to update the text mainly with regard to material published over the past 5 years. There is no other textbook of plastic surgery of this kind available to trainees in plastic surgery.