Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery) - Softcover

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has been designed to provide succinct information to plastic surgeons of all levels of experience and trainees in partner specialties. The layout is contemporary with the concise information laid out in a readable style. There are descriptions of important operations and techniques with space to add the reader's own notes. It provides an up-to-date record of current practice for each reader in a compact and easily transportable format. Uniquely for this class of book there are over one hundred and fifty illustrations conveying key anatomical points and operative detail. This is ideal either as a refresher or to revise essential facts.

For medical students with a short attachment to, and junior doctors in, plastic surgery, this book will provide all the information they will need to know, including all relevant aspects related to the surgical syllabus on which they may be examined. In addition there is practical information on the emergency care of plastic surgery and burns patients. There is comprehensive advice for the ward management of patients both pre- and post- surgery.

For a specialist trainee, the book acts as the ideal revision text, covering the whole field of plastic surgery. It has been designed to act as a summary of the important points examined in the plastic surgery FRCS exam.

For a consultant there are easily accessible facts, particularly on staging and survival data, which allows them to keep abreast of the current level of knowledge of their juniors. There are enlarged sections on hand surgery and lower limb trauma, relevant to all orthopaedic trainees. The flap section is also expanded and relevant to a variety of specialties.

Henk Giele is a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon at the Oxford Hospitals NHS Trust. He is also a consultant in hand surgery, and cosmetic surgery. Originally from Australia, Mr. Giele took a post at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford in 1997. Mr. Giele came to the UK having had posts in various regions of Australia and also France. Mr. Giele is a member of many medical associations, including the British Association of Plastic Surgeons, and is widely published in books and journals. Oliver Cassell is a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon at the Oxford Hospitals NHS Trust and an honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford. He worked in plastic surgery in Bristol, Wales and Ireland before starting his specialist training on the Oxford and Wessex scheme. He completed a microsurgery fellowship in Melbourne and undertook research in tisue engineering, being awarded a Master of Surgery from the University of Melbourne. His reconstructive interests are in skin cancer, head and neck, and breast reconstruction. His aesthetic practice concentrates in breast reshaping and body contour surgery.