Comprehensive Atlas of Upper and Lower Extremity Reconstruction

This book is a first-of-its-kind unique atlas that synthesizes a full review of both upper and lower extremity reconstructive options in one text. While there are books that concentrate on local soft tissue coverage and other books that discuss all types of free flaps, this book features a full scope and provides the full spectrum of reconstructive options. It features high-quality pictures and made-just-for-this-text illustrations created by reconstructive surgeons with intimate knowledge of the procedures. This atlas includes a detailed description of each flap and presents high-quality pictures and graphics explaining relevant anatomy. Each chapter offers case presentations accompanied by explanations that describe why doctors select specific reconstructive options; this guides the readers on how to discern which flap to choose in which situation. Comprehensive Atlas of Upper and Lower Extremity: From Primary Closure to Free Tissue Transfer offers a comprehensive tool for plastic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and some general surgeons who perform simple soft tissue coverage.

Combines together upper and lower extremity considerations Includes real patient cases and photographs Features original illustrations, made specifically for this atlas

Autorentext

Efstathios Karamanos, MD

UT Health San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

USA

Bao-Quyhn Julian, MD

UT Health San Antonio

San Antonio, TX USA

Douglas T. Cromack, MD

UT Health San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

USA

Inhalt

1. Evolution of Extremity Reconstruction.- 2. Insetting of an Extremity Flap: Hints for a Successful Outcome.- 3. Postoperative Monitoring and Recovery.- 4. Primary Closure: Simple, Intermediate and Complex Closure of Wounds.- 5. Skin Grafting.- 6. Pedicle Characteristics.- 7. Recipient Vessels Dissection for Vascular Access.- 8. Local Soft Tissue Rearrangement: The Random VY flap, Rhomboid Flap, Random Rotational Flap, and Z-plasty.- 9. Reconstructing the Fingertip: The Moberg, Atasoy and Kutler Flaps.- 10. The First Dorsal Metacarpal Artery Flap.- 11. Heterodigital Flaps: The Littler Flap.- 12. The Posterior Interosseous Artery Fasciocutaneous Flap.- 13. The Radial Forearm Flap .- 14. The Ulnar Forearm Fasciocutaneous Flap.- 15. The Lateral Arm Flap.- 16. The Pectoralis Major flap.- 17. The Lattisimus Dorsi Flap.- 18. The Scapular/Parascapular Flap: The Chimeric Flap Based on the Subscapular Arterial System.- 19. The Superficial Circumflex Iliac Artery Perforator Flap.- 20. The Rectus Abdominus Muscle Flap.- 21. The Anterolateral Thigh Flap.- 22. The Tensor Fascia Lata Muscle Flap.- 23. The Anteromedial Thigh Flap.- 24. The Rectus Femoris Muscle Flap.- 25. The Sartorius Muscle Flap.- 26. The Gracilis Muscle Flap .- 27. The Gastrocnemius Flap.- 28. The Soleus Flap.- 29. The Medial Sural Artery Perforator Flap.- 30. The Free Fibula Osseous/Osseocutaneous Flap.- 31. The Reversed Superficial Sural Artery Flap.- 32. The Dorsalis Pedis Fasciocutaneous Flap.- 33. Toe-to-Thumb Transfer.- 34. The Propeller Perforator Flap.<p