The Plastic Surgery Survival Guide to Trauma provides comprehensive, practical advice on how to manage plastic surgery emergencies for all non-specialists. Focusing on safe and immediate management, this book provides best practice advice on assessing patients quickly and covers all the commonly encountered injuries. This unique book features clear anatomical illustrations, colour photos of common injuries and practical management diagrams to provide quick and easy reference for confident on-call decision making across plastic surgery. Written by junior plastic surgeons with first hand experience of facing ward emergencies, this is an invaluable and dependable reference guide for all junior doctors, SHOs, orthopaedic and trauma doctors to have at their side.

Covers the immediate assessment and management of common plastic and reconstructive surgery emergencies and referrals. A companion for junior doctors starting within plastic surgery, the Plastic Surgery for \Trauma provides succinct and clear presentation together with up to date guidelines on the common plastic surgery emergencies. With clear descriptions of difficult trauma scenarios, illustrated with numerous figures, and updated guidelines for each step of practice, this book will ensure that the reader can access all the information required to help gain confidence and experience .Be the readers passing through a plastic surgery rotation on their way to some other career goal or beginning within plastic surgery and keen to make a strong start with a view to progressing in the speciality, this book provides the support to allow rational and confident clinical decision making from the start. Essential reading for all non-specialists and trainees.

Your Survival Guide to Cosmetic Surgery is a practical, honest and informative guide to the whole process of plastic surgery, written by experts in the field.

Plastic Surgery Emergencies presents a concise guide to the principles and procedures for rapidly evaluating and treating acute care problems in the emergency room setting or during on-call consultations. Using succinct descriptions and easily accessible bullet-points, the book instructs the reader in the protocols for a range of common and uncommon problems, from simple suture repair of lacerations to managing facial trauma to treating compartment syndrome of the upper extremity. Features: Easy-to-follow diagrams demonstrating key procedures Full-color photographs for rapid diagnosis Comprehensive discussion of common pharmacotherapy Concise review of specific anatomy to aid rapid identification of injuries Descriptions of the various types and uses of different sutures and the techniques for suturing complex wounds Instructions for performing regional blocks of the face and hand Guidelines for the assessment and treatment of simple burn wounds, severely burned patients, and patients with bites and stings Recommendations for managing postoperative and free flap complications Extensive discussion of how to address soft tissue and traumatic hand injuries, with detailed descriptions of upper extremity splinting techniques This handy, pocket manual is an indispensable resource for clinicians, residents, and trainees in plastic surgery. It is also ideal for all emergency room personnel, including ER physicians, physicians' assistants, and nurse practitioners, as well as family practice physicians.

An updated edition of a key clinical guide to handling emergency situations... The second edition of this detailed guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common plastic surgery emergencies includes updated clinical information on the most common emergency situations. This book gives plastic surgeons, as well as any physicians who may encounter emergency plastic surgery issues, the basic skills they need to effectively treat their patients and to ultimately be successful in their practice. Key Features of the Second Edition: New chapter covering sternal wounds Easy-to-follow color diagrams demonstrating key procedures and full-color photographs for rapid diagnosis Plastic Surgery Emergencies is an indispensable resource for clinicians, residents, and trainees in plastic surgery. It is also ideal for all emergency room personnel, including ER physicians, physicians' assistants, and nurse practitioners, as well as family practice physicians.

Plastic Surgery Trauma: A Handbook of Acute Management, was written to provide specialty trainees and residents in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with a preferred framework of management to deal with the a variety of injuries faced during a busy on-call shift. It provides guidance on dealing with trauma to the hand and lower limb, burns, as well as bites, extravasation injury, severe soft tissue infection, systemic disorders and facial trauma. The authors of each chapter comprise 2 Plastic Surgery speciality trainees and 2 or 3 Consultant Plastic Surgeons, to reflect the close working relationship while on-call. By following a standard format, each chapter reflects the thorough and systematic approach a trainee should have to each trauma patient they encounter - History, Examination, Investigations, Diagnosis and Plan. Relevant references for further reading and a Notes section at the end of each chapter are included to allow the reader to improve their knowledge.We have included sections on consent, pre-operative, operative and post-operative management, again to give an outline of how to treat these injuries, but relevant prior experience is recommended with close support from a supervising Consultant Plastic Surgeon before any procedures are attempted for the first time. We hope you will find it useful during your next on-call.