Main description:

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.

Contents:

1- History of Extremity Reconstruction2- Pre - operative considerations3- Insetting an extremity flap: Hints for a successful outcome4- Post - operative monitoring and recovery5- Primary Closure: Simple, intermediate and complex closure of wounds6- Split thickness skin grafting 7- Application of artificial soft tissue substitute8- The use of the ABRA device for primary closure9- Local soft tissue re - arrangement: The random V-Y flap, rhomboid flap, z plasty 10- Gastrocnemius rotational flap11- Soleus rotational flap12- Sartorius muscle rotational flap13- Rectus femoris muscle rotational flap14- Moberg flap15- First Dorsal Metacarpal Artery (FDMA) flap16- Litre Island flap 17- Posterior Interroseous Artery (PIA) flap 18- Dorsalis Pedis (DP) flap19- Propeller Perforator flap20- Anterolateral Thigh (ALT) free flap21- Modifications in the use of the ALT flap22- Anteromedial Thigh (AMT) free flap23- Superficial Circumflex Iliac artery Perforator (SCIP) free flap24- Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) free flap25- Radial Forearm Free Flap (RFFF) 26- Ulnar Artery Perforator (UAP) free flap27- Lateral Arm free flap28- Gracilis Muscle free flap29- Functional gracilis muscle flap for restoration of upper extremity function30- Vastus Lateralis free flap31- Tensor Fascia Lata flap32- Lattisimus Dorsi free flap33- Serratus Anterior free flap34- Parascapular free flap35- Scapular free flap36- The chimeric flap based on the subscapular artery system37- Medial Sural Artery Perforator (MSAP) free flap38- Toe to thumb transfer