Skin Flaps in Facial Surgery

About the Book

Sharpen your facial surgery skills--by mastering the design and execution of flaps

This practical, all-encompassing sourcebook demystifies the planning and execution of flaps for anyone performing facial surgery. Written by leading facial surgery experts, the book starts with an introductory chapter that highlights the basic principles common to all flaps. Next, you'll get an in-depth look at flap physiology and random flap patterns, such as advancement and rotation flaps; split- and full-thickness grafts; the repair of eyelids, ears, and lips; the replacement of nasal lining and support; and free flaps.

The high-yield coverage features multiple options for any procedure, and is supported by a quick-access format that features lines and arrows superimposed on full-color patient photos--a convenient tool that helps you visualize the design and movement of flaps.

Features

• A step-by-step, technique-driven presentation that deepens your understanding of facial surgery involving flaps
• A skill-building presentation of multiple close options--including the pros and cons of each
• A graphic outline of each flap, accompanied by patient photos that include superimposed lines and arrows showing how the flap is designed
• Highly instructive, up-to-date chapters on random pattern flaps: advancement, rotation, transposition, and interpolation flaps
• Important coverage of split- and full-thickness grafts
• Unique single-chapter coverage of retracted eyelid repair and ectropion
• Approximately 500 full-color photographs throughout
• And much more!

Table of Contents
Skin Flaps in Facial Surgery
1 Flap Principles
2 Advancement Flaps
3 Rotation Flaps
4 Transposition Flaps
5 Interpolation
6 Full-Thickness Skin Grafts
7 Eyelid Reconstruction
8 Cicatricial Ectropion and Retraction after Eyelid Reconstruction: Prevention and Management
9 Auricular Reconstruction
10 Lip Reconstruction
11 Split-Thickness Skin Grafts
12 Free Tissue Transfer in the Reconstruction of Composite Facial Defects
13 Nasal Lining and Support
14 Flap Physiology