Access video content for this chapter online at Elsevier eBooks+ Introduction Burn care is a complex endeavor that requires the coordination of a multidisciplinary team to successfully manage a patient through the phases of resuscitation, critical illness, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and…
Synopsis ■ The goals of secondary facial reconstruction span from simply closing a wound to restoring facial function while achieving as close to a normal appearance as possible both in repose and during animation. ■ To reconstruct a missing part,…
Introduction Achieving success in microvascular free tissue transfers requires more than the technical ability to proficiently perform microvascular anastomoses. Preoperative planning, choice of recipient vessels, intraoperative execution of dissection, elevation and insetting, along with postoperative monitoring are all equally important…