Main description:

A unique resource for passing the rigorous American Board of Plastic Surgery oral board exam

Passing the plastic surgery board examinations necessitates meeting extremely demanding criteria. Certification from the ABPS is the gold standard - a significant milestone requiring intensive study, passing the written exam, and the highly challenging two-day oral board component. Acing the plastic surgery boards means a plastic surgeon has already demonstrated a high level of training and education, essential elements for achieving optimal results and patient satisfaction.

Plastic Surgery Oral Board Exam: Management Q&A by Devra Becker restructures core plastic surgery knowledge into the conceptual framework needed for mastery of the plastic surgery oral board exam. It fills a gap in the literature, exploring levels of knowledge such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, as well as practical applications including fluid management, intraoperative and postoperative challenges, and ethical considerations. Questions and answers on key reconstructive, aesthetic, and elective procedures are encompassed throughout 22 chapters, enabling readers to synthesize knowledge and articulate it efficiently and effectively.

Key Highlights

Nearly 400 Q&A mirror the type and sequencing of questions on the oral board exam
Reconstruction topics include skin cancer, facial defects and trauma, back and trunk, traumatic hand injuries, lower extremity wounds, cleft lip and palate, and craniosynostosis syndromes
Aesthetic and elective surgery chapters cover the aging face, breast, body and trunk, and hand
Current recommendations for management of coexisting medical conditions such as thromboembolism prophylaxis and perioperative management of cardiac disease

This is an invaluable board study resource for plastic surgery residents and surgeons preparing for the oral board exam. Its comprehensive

Contents:

1 General Approach to the Oral Board Examination

2 Preoperative Assessment and Perioperative Management

3 Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis

4 Postoperative Events: Fat Embolism and Compartment Syndrome

5 Free Flap Failure

6 Fluid Management

7 Ethical Considerations

8 Skin Cancer

9 Reconstruction of the Facial Defect

10 Aesthetic Surgery for the Aging Face

11 Facial Trauma

12 Breast Reconstruction

13 Elective Breast Surgery

14 Back and Trunk Reconstruction

15 Aesthetic Body and Trunk

16 Pressure Ulcers

17 Traumatic Hand Injury

18 Elective Hand Surgery

19 Lower Extremity Reconstruction

20 Lower Extremity Wounds

21 Cleft Lip and Palate

22 Craniosynostosis Syndromes

Appendix A: Practice Photos

Appendix B: Suggested Reconstructions