Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery book; Sixth Edition by Charles H.Thorne
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Following are selected chapters available online hosted by University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
- Techniques and principles in plastic surgery
- Wound healing
- Wound care
- The blood supply of skin
- Muscle flaps and their blood supply
- Transplant biology and its applications to plastic surgery
- craniofacial and maxillofacial prosthetics
- Reconstruction of scalp, calvarium, and forehead
- Abdominoplasty and lower truncal circumferential body contouring
- Reconstruction of lips
- Skull base surgery
- Liposuction
- Head and neck and salivary gland tumors
- Rhinoplasty
- Soft tissue and skeletal injuries of face
- Forehead lift
- Facelift
- Miscellaneous Craniofacial conditions
- Blepharoplasty
- Craniofacial clefts
- Orthognathic surgery
- Cutaneousand laser resurfacing
- craniofacial microsomia
- Craniosynostosis syndrome
- Reconstruction of oral cavity, pharynx, and esophagus
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Nonsyndromic Craniosynostosis and Deformational Plagiocephaly
- Cleft lip and palate
- Vascular anomalies
- Reconstruction of the defects of maxilla and skull base
- Congenital Anomalies and Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Lasers in Plastic Surgery
- Facial paralysis reconstruction
- Radiation and radiation injuries
- Principles of burn reconstruction
- Nasal reconstruction
- Thermal, Chemical, and Electrical Injuries
- Reconstruction of the cheeks
- Malignant Melanoma
- Congenital Melanocytic Nevi
- Reduction mammoplasty
- Mohs Micrographic Surgery
- Vertical Reduction Mammaplasty
- Dermatology for Plastic Surgeons
- Principles of Craniofacial Distraction
- Gynecomastia
- Breast Cancer for the Plastic Surgeon
- Local anesthetics
- Breast Reconstruction: Prosthetic Techniques
- Tissue expansion
- Latissimus Dorsi Flap Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reconstruction: Tram Flap Techniques
- Microsurgical Repair of Peripheral Nerves and Nerve Grafts
- Principles of Microsurgery
- Breast Reconstruction—Free Flap Techniques
- Nipple reconstruction
- Thoracic Reconstruction
- AbdominaL Wall Reconstruction
- Lower-Extremity Reconstruction
- Foot and Ankle Reconstruction
- Reconstruction of the Perineum
- Lymphedema
- Pressure Sores
- Reconstruction of the Penis
- Plastic Surgeons and the Development of Hand Surgery
- Principles of Upper Limb Surgery
- Radiologic Imaging of the Hand and Wrist
- Soft-Tissue Reconstruction of the Hand
- Fractures and Ligamentous Injuries of the Wrist
- Fractures, Dislocations, and Ligamentous Injuries of the Hand
- Tendon Healing and Flexor Tendon Surgery
- Repair of the Extensor Tendon System
- Infections of the Upper Limb
- Tendonitis
- Compression Neuropathies in the Upper Limb and Electrophysiologic Studies
- Thumb Reconstruction
- Tendon Transfers
- Congenital Hand Abnormalities
- Dupuytren’s Disease
- Replantation in the Upper Extremity
- Upper Limb Arthritis
- Upper Limb Amputations and Prostheses
Plastic Surgery Essentials for Students
A short handbook published online for medical students by Plastic Surgery Education Network. Book covers 10 chapters on wounds, grafts and flaps, skin and subcutaneous flaps, head and neck, breast trunk, and external genitalia, upper and lower extremity, thermal injuries, aesthetic surgery and body contouring. All chapters are in PDF format.
www.psenetwork.org/
Plastic surgery publications by Global HELP organization
Global Help organization’s objective is to have free or low cost health education resources for low income resource countries. Following are the plastic surgery publications
- Basics Of Wound Care ( A 16 pages PDF document on evaluation and treatment of wounds)
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Clinical Applications For Muscle & Musculocutaneous Flaps (739 pages PDF document)
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Clinical Atlas Of Muscle & Musculocutaneous Flaps (488 pages PDF atlas)
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McCraw & Arnold’s Atlas Of Muscle And Musculocutaneous Flaps ( 757 PDF document)
www.global-help.org/
Published by American Society of Plastic Surgeons on breast reconstruction, hand surgery, pediatric surgery and wound care.
www.plasticsurgery.org/
Physician’s Guide to Cosmetic Surgery
Published by American Society of Plastic Surgeons and covers the topics of skin rejuvenation, body contouring, preoperative assessment, breast procedures and informed consent procedures.
Nursing guide on types of burns, complications and its management by istudentnurse.com
www.ptolemy.ca/
Short notes on burns management and rehabilitation.
A lecture notes by forensicpathologyonlne.com
A plastic surgery handbook for revision by MCCQE. Useful for medical students preparing for USMLE and Canadian board exam.
www.angelfire.com
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Essentials for Students
Produced by the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF), Written primarily for medical students.
www.plasticsurgery.org
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Collected resources on plastic and reconstructive surgery by online British Medical Journal.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com
E-textbook by Emedicine
www.emedicine.com
OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY
E-textbook by Emedicine
www.emedicine.com
By Plastic Surgery Education Network.
Electronic textbook of handsurgery
Hosted on e-hand website.