Description


Since publication of the first edition Lower Extremity Soft Tissue & Cutaneous Plastic Surgery has attracted wide acclaim for its superb illustrations clear step-by-step approach thoroughness and practicality. Progressing from basic information on instruments and principles of tissue handling through to complex techniques no surgeon of the foot and ankle will want to be without this authoritative text which will aid in their recognition of conditions and provide a suitable method of treatment with the latest surgical techniques.

This second edition provides additional information regarding the current techniques of suturing aseptic and sterile techniques vascular anatomy incisional and excisional procedures cutaneous flaps and grafts as well as reconstructive and plastic surgical techniques. Four new chapters have been added along with numerous new photographs and illustrations. Emphasis is placed on plastic surgery techniques that are applicable on the foot ankle and lower leg whenever possible.


Table Content


Chapter 1. Preoperative patient evaluation

Chapter 2. Cutaneous anatomy and its surgical implications 

Chapter 3. Vascular anatomy and its surgical implications

Chapter 4. Surgical principles 

Chapter 5. Basic instruments and tissue handling 

Chapter 6. Anesthesia 

Chapter 7. Aseptic techniques 

Chapter 8. Hemostatic techniques 

Chapter 9. Suture materials and techniques 

Chapter 10. Wound-healing properties 

Chapter 11. Digital medical photography 

Chapter 12. Excisional techniques and procedures 

Chapter 13. Biopsy techniques 

Chapter 14. Flap classification and survival factors 

Chapter 15. V–Y and Y–V plasty 

Chapter 16. Z and W skin plasty 

Chapter 17. Advancement and rotational flaps 

Chapter 18. Transpositional flaps 

Chapter 19. Skin grafts

Chapter 20. Autografts, allografts and xenografts in cutaneous surgery 

Chapter 21. Soft tissue considerations in partial-foot amputations 

Chapter 22. The role of microsurgical-free flaps in foot and ankle surgery 

Chapter 23. The use of local muscle flaps in foot and ankle reconstruction 

Chapter 24. Nail and periungual reconstruction 

Chapter 25. Digital procedures 

Chapter 26. Foot and ankle benign soft tissue masses 

Chapter 27. Surgical dressings 

Chapter 28. Scars

Chapter 29. Negative pressure wound threapy in lower extremity reconstruction 

Chapter 30. Surgical complications and their treatments 

Chapter 31. Leg ulcer management 

Chapter 32. Dressings and postoperative care 

Index