Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery Sourcebook
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: October 1, 2000
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich.
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780780802148
Subjects: Beauty & Grooming - General; Health Care Issues; Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic; Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery; Medical; Diet / Health / Fitness; Fashion & Grooming; Consumer education; Surgery, Plastic
Table of contents: title: Understanding plastic surgery. Plastic surgery and total patient care -- Plastic surgery statistics -- If you are considering plastic surgery. How to choose a plastic surgeon -- Psychological aspects of plastic surgery -- Aesthetic plastic surgery for teenagers -- Realistic motivations, expectations crucial to surgical success -- Complications of laser resurfacing -- Surgical risks of breast implants -- Plastic surgery techniques and tools. What is laser? -- Combining high-tech surgical techniques for effective restorative facial surgery -- New simulation software called immersive workbench -- Endoscopic plastic surgery -- Ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty -- New breast reduction technique may offer longer-lasting results, less scarring -- New grafting material improves defects over time -- Technique enhances hand surgery results -- Cosmetic plastic surgery -- Injectable fillers: improving skin texture -- Face-lift : the traditional operation -- Forehead lift (including endoscopy) -- Laser resurfacing -- Chemical peeling -- Dermabrasion and dermaplaning : refinishing the skin -- Understanding blepharoplasty: surgery of the eyelids -- Facial implants -- Hair replacement surgery -- Understanding rhinoplasty : surgery of the nose	-- Ear shaping (otoplasty) -- Breast enlargement (augmentation mammoplasty) -- Breast lift (mastopexy) -- Breast reduction often good medicine -- Gynecomastia : correction of enlarged male breasts -- Tumescent liposuction -- Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) -- Treatments for spider and varicose veins -- Reconstructive plastic surgery. Cleft lip and palate surgery -- Septoplasty -- Surgical treatments for craniofacial syndromes	-- Congenital anomalies of the hand -- Skin grafts of burns -- Second skins -- Scar revision -- When does your child need a plastic surgeon? -- Prevention and correction of functional tongue defects -- Reconstruction of ear anomalies -- Breast cancer network update : breast reconstruction -- The surgery : deciding about breast implant reconstruction -- The psychological outcome of breast reconstruction -- Taking five : braving high risk surgery, Matthew Scott receives a transplanted hand -- The story of replantation and microsurgery -- Gender reassignment surgical procedures -- Additional help and information. Glossary of terms used in plastic surgery	-- Organizational resources -- Insurance information.