Comprehensive and fully up to date, Dr. Peter Neligan’s six-volume masterwork, Plastic Surgery, 5th Edition, remains the gold standard text in this complex area of surgery. Completely revised to meet the demands of both the trainee and experienced surgeon, it features new, full-color clinical photos, procedural videos, and lectures across all six volumes. Bonus material online includes additional text, images, and over 200 procedural videos that help you improve your mastery of the latest techniques.

Key Features
Easily find the answers you need with an organization that features separate volumes covering Principles • Aesthetic • Craniofacial, Head and Neck Surgery and Pediatric Plastic Surgery • Lower Extremity, Trunk and Burns • Breast • and Hand and Upper Extremity. Each easily readable, individual volume is a standalone comprehensive text full of salient and applicable anatomy and techniques.

Key procedures include gender affirmation management and surgery, microsurgery and surgery for lymphedema, aesthetic facial surgery, aesthetic body surgery, and the education, training and practice of plastic surgery.

New digital video preface by Dr. Neligan addresses the changes across all six volumes.

New treatment and decision-making algorithms added to chapters where applicable.

New video lectures and editor-narrated slide presentations offer a step-by-step audiovisual walkthrough of techniques and procedures.

Four new international experts join the editorial team, and lead editor Peter C. Neligan creates a cohesive tone throughout the chapters and content across all six volumes.

Evidence-based advice from a diverse collection of experts allows you to apply the very latest advances in every area of plastic surgery and ensure optimal outcomes.

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By Peter C. Neligan, MB, FRCS(I), FRCSC, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

1 Plastic Surgery and Innovation in Medicine
2 History of Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
3 Applying Psychology to Routine Plastic Surgery Practice
4 The Role of Ethics in Plastic Surgery and Medico-legal Issues In Plastic Surgery
5 Business Principles for Plastic Surgeons
6 Value Based HealthCare
7 Digital Photography in Plastic Surgery
8 Pre- and Intra-operative Imaging for Plastic Surgery
9 Patient Safety in Plastic Surgery
10 Anesthesia and Pain Management in Plastic Surgery
11 Evidence-Based Medicine in Plastic Surgery
12 Patient-Reported Outcomes in Plastic Surgery
13 Health Services Research in Plastic Surgery
14 Principles of Cancer Management
15 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
15 Wound Healing
16 Scar Prevention, Treatment and Revision
17 Skin Grafting
18 Tissue Engineering
19 Repair, Grafting and Engineering of Cartilage
20 Repair and Grafting of Bone
21 Repair and Grafting of Peripheral Nerve
22 Repair and Grafting Fat and Adipose Tissue
23 Vascular Territories
24 Flap Physiology, Classification, and Applications
25 Principles and Techniques of Microvascular Surgery
26 Principles and Applications of Tissue Expansion
27 Principles of Radiation
28 Lymphedema: Pathophysiology and Basic Science
29 Benign and Malignant Non Melanocytic Tumors of the Skin and Soft Tissue
30 Melanoma
31 Implants and Biomaterials
32 Transplantation in Plastic Surgery
33 Technology Innovation in Plastic Surgery
34 Robotics in Plastic Surgery
35 Digital Health in Plastic Surgery
36 Simulation & Telemedicine in Plastic Surgery
36 Overview of Minimally Invasive Procedures
37 Education and Teaching in Plastic Surgery
38 Global Plastic Surgery
39 Gender Affirming Surgery

VOLUME 2
1 Managing the Aesthetic Surgery Patient
2 Principles of Practice Management for Cosmetic Surgery
3 Managing Non-surgical Aesthetic Services and Medical Spa
4 Essential Elements of Patient Safety in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
5 Multimodal
6 Blocks
7 Local Anesthesia
8 Non-Surgical Skin Care and Rejuvenation
9.1 Editors' Perspective: Injectables and Resurfacing Techniques
9.2 Soft Tissue Fillers
9.3 Botulinum Toxin/Neurotoxins
9.4 Lasers in Aesthetic Surgery
9.5 Chemical Peels
9.6 Minimally Invasive Multimodal Facial Rejuvenation
10.1 Editors' Perspective: Surgical Facial Rejuvenation
10.2 Anatomy of the Aging Face
10.3 Principles and Surgical Approaches of Facelift
10.4 Facelift: Facial Rejuvenation With Loop Sutures; The MACS lift and its Derivatives
10.5 Facelift: Lateral Smasectomy and Platysma-SMAS Plication
10.6 Facelift:The Extended SMAS Technique in Facial Rejuvenation
10.7 High SMAS Facelift: Combined Single Flap Lifting of the Jawline, Cheek and Mid-face
10.8 Lift and Fill
10.9 Neck Rejuvenation
10.10 Facelift: The Male Patient
10.11 Secondary Deformities and the Secondary Facelift
10.12 Perioral Facial Rejuvention - including chin
10.13 Facial Feminization
11 Editors' Perspective: Forehead and Eyes
12 Forehead Rejuvenation
13 Endoscopic Brow Lifting
14 Blepharoplasty
15 Secondary Blepharoplasty: Techniques
16 Asian Facial Cosmetic Surgery
17 Structural Fat Grafting and other fat
18 Editors' Perspective: Rhinoplasty
19 Nasal Analysis and Anatomy
20 Open Technique Rhinoplasty
21 Closed Technique Rhinoplasty
22 Airway Issues and the Deviated Nose
23 Secondary Rhinoplasty
24 Otoplasty
25 Hair Restoration
26.1 Editors' Perspective: Liposuction
26.2 Liposuction: A Comprehensive Review of Techniques and Safety and non surgical fat removal
26.3 Correcting liposuction deformities with S.A.F.E liposuction technique
27 Editors' Perspective: Abdominal Contouring
28 Abdominoplasty
29 Lipoabdominoplasty
30 Editors' Perspective: Truncal Contouring
31 Bra-Line Back Lift
32 Belt Lipectomy
33 Circumferential Lower Bodylift
34 Purse-string Gluteoplasty
35 Lower Bodylift with Gluteal Flaps
36.1 Editors' Perspective: Buttock Augmentation
36.2 Implant Based Buttock augmentation
36.3 Buttock Fat Grafting and Liposuction
37 Upper Limb Contouring
38 Medial Thigh
39 Principles of Post Bariatric Surgery
40 Energy Devices in Aesthetic Surgery
41 Aesthetic Genital Surgery

VOLUME 3
1 Management of Facial Trauma
2 Scalp and Forehead Reconstruction
3 Aesthetic Reconstruction of the Nose
4 Auricular Construction
5 Secondary Treatment of Acquired Cranio-orbital Deformities
6.1 Introduction: Computerized Surgical Planning
6.2 Three-Dimensional Virtual Planning in Orthognathic Surgery
6.3 Computerized Surgical Planning in Head and Neck Reconstruction
7 Introduction: Post-Oncologic Reconstruction
8 Overview of Head and Neck: Bony and Soft Tissue Tumors
9 Mid-Face Reconstruction
10 Local Flaps for Facial Coverage
11 Lip Reconstruction
12 Oral Cavity, Tongue and Mandibular Reconstructions
13 Hypopharyngeal, Esophageal and Neck Reconstruction
14 Secondary Facial Reconstruction
15 Facial Paralysis
16 Surgical Management of Facial Pain, Including Migraines
17 Facial Feminization
18 Embryology of the Craniofacial Complex
19.1 Unilateral Cleft Lip Introduction
19.2 Rotation Advancement
19.3 Extended Mohler Repair
19.4 Anatomic Subunit Approximation Approach to Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair
20 Repair of Bilateral Cleft Lip
21.1 Cleft Palate Introduction
21.2 Straight Line Repair with Intravelar Veloplasty (IVVP)
21.3 Double Opposing Z-plasty
21.4 Buccal Myomucosal Flap Palate Repair
21.5 Buccal Fat Pad Flap
21.6 Oral Fistula Closure
21.7 Alveolar Clefts
21.8 Orthodontics in Cleft Lip and Palate Management
21.9 Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
21.10 Secondary Deformities of the Cleft Lip, Nose, and Palate
21.11 Cleft and Craniofacial Orthognathic Surgery
22 Pediatric facial fractures
23 Orbital Hypertelorism
24 Craniofacial Clefts
25.1 Craniosynostosis Introduction
25.2 Single Suture Craniosynostosis
25.3 Multisutural Sydromic Craniosynostosis
25.4 Neurosurgical and Developmental Issues in Craniosynostosis
26 Craniofacial Microsomia
27 Idiopathic Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy
28 Robin Sequence
29 Treacher Collins Syndrome
30 Congenital Melanocytic Nevi
31 Vascular Anomalies
32 Pediatric Chest and Trunk Defects
33 Pediatric Tumors
34 Conjoined Twins

VOLUME 4
1 Comprehensive Lower Extremity Anatomy
2 Management of Lower Extremity Trauma
3.1 Lymphedema: Introduction and Editors' Perspective
3.2 Imaging Modalities for Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphedema
3.3 Lymphovenous Bypass
3.4 Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer
3.5 Debulking Strategies and Procedures: Liposuction of Leg Lymphedema
3.6 Debulking Strategies and Procedures: Excision
4 Lymphatic Reconstruction of the Extremities
4 Lower Extremity Sarcoma Reconstruction
5 Reconstructive Surgery: Lower Extremity Coverage
6.1 Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Lower Extremity Pain
6.2 Lower Extremity Pain: TMR
6.3 Lower Extremity Pain: Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces
7 Skeletal Reconstruction
8 Foot Reconstruction
9.1 Diabetic Foot: Introduction
9.2 Diabetic Foot: Management of Wounds and Considerations in Biomechanics and Amputations
9.3 Diabetic Foot: Management of Vascularity and Considerations in Soft Tissue Reconstruction
10 Comprehensive Trunk Anatomy
11 Reconstruction of the Chest
12 Reconstruction of the Soft Tissues of the Back
13 Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
14.1 Gender Affirmation Surgery: Diagnosis and Management
14.2 Gender Affirmation Surgery, Male to Female: Vaginoplasty
14.3 Gender Affirmation Surgery, Female to Male: Phalloplasty; and Correction of Male Genital Defects
14.4 Breast, Chest Wall, and Facial Considerations in Gender Affirmation
14.4 Correction of Congenital and Acquired Male Genital Defects
15 Reconstruction of Acquired Vaginal Defects
16 Pressure Sores
17 Perineal Reconstruction
18 Acute Management of Burn/Electrical Injuries, including Cold, Chemical, and Exfoliative Injuries
19 Extremity Burn Reconstruction
20 Management of the Burned Face and Neck
21 Pediatric Burns
26 Reconstruction of Male Genital Defects
33 Reconstructive Burn Surgery
34 Cold and Chemical Injury to the Upper Extremity & Management of Patients with Exfoliative Disorders, Epidermolysis Bullosa & TEN

VOLUME 5
1 Preoperative assessment and planning of the aesthetic breast patient
2 Current status of breast implants
3 Primary breast augmentation with implants
4 Autologous Fat Transfer: Fundamental Principles & Application for Breast Augmentation
5 Composite breast augmentation (fat and implants)
6 Augmentation mastopexy
7 Mastopexy with suture threads
8 Mastopexy After Massive Weight Loss
9 Prevention and management of complications following breast augmentation and mastopexy
10 Short Scar Breast Reduction
11 Reduction mammaplasty with inverted T techniques
12 Breast implant illness: Diagnosis and management
13 Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL): Diagnosis and Management
14 A Critical Analysis of Irrigation Solutions in Breast Surgery
15 Imaging and surveillance in patients with breast implants
16 Breast Implant Explantation: Indications and Strategies to Optimize Aesthetic Outcomes
17 Management Strategies for Gynecomastia
18 Management Options for Gender Affirmation Surgery of the Breast
19 Preoperative Evaluation and Planning for Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy
20 Current strategies for partial and total mastectomy
21 Perfusion assessment techniques following mastectomy and reconstruction
22 Introduction to Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction
23 One- and two-stage prepectoral reconstruction with prosthetic devices
24 One-stage Dual Plane Reconstruction with Prosthetic Devices
25 Two-stage Dual Plane Reconstruction with Prosthetic Devices
26 One- and two-stage prosthetic reconstruction with total muscle coverage
27 Skin Reduction Using “Smile Mastopexy” Technique in Breast Reconstruction
28 Management of Complications of Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction
29 Secondary refinement procedures following prosthetic breast reconstruction
30 Introduction to autologous reconstruction with abdominal free flaps
31 Breast reconstruction with the pedicle TRAM flap
32 Breast reconstruction with the latissimus dorsi flap
33 Autologous breast reconstruction with the DIEP flap
34 Autologous breast reconstruction with the Free TRAM flap
35 Autologous reconstruction with the SIEA flap
36 Introduction to autologous reconstruction with alternative free flaps
37 Autologous breast reconstruction with gluteal flaps
38 Autologous breast reconstruction with medial thigh flaps
39 Autologous breast reconstruction with posterior thigh flaps
40 Autologous reconstruction with the lumbar free flap
41 Hybrid breast reconstruction: Flaps and Implants
42 Innervation of autologous flaps
43 Autologous breast reconstruction with stacked flaps
44 Management of complications following autologous reconstruction
45 ERAS protocols in breast surgery: Techniques and outcomes
46 Secondary procedures following autologous reconstruction
47 Introduction to oncoplastic breast surgery
48 Oncoplastic breast reconstruction: Reduction and mastopexy techniques
49 Oncoplastic breast reconstruction: Local flap Techniques
50 Surgical and non-surgical Management of lymphedema
51 Breast reconstruction and radiation therapy: indications, techniques and outcomes
52 Robotic assisted autologous breast reconstruction
53 Total Breast Reconstruction by External Vacuum Expansion (EVE) & Autologous Fat Transfer (AFT)
54 Current options for nipple reconstruction

VOLUME 6
Plastic surgery contributions to hand surgery
1 Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Hand
1 Examination of the Upper Extremity
1 Treatment of the Upper Extremity Amputee
1 The Fingertip, Nail Plate and Nail Bed: Anatomy, Repair and Reconstruction
1 Infections of the Hand
1 Intro
1 Introduction: Plastic Surgery Contributions to Hand Surgery
1 Peripheral Nerve Repair and Reconstruction
1 Embryology, Classification, and Principles of the Management of Congenital Hand Disorders
1 Anatomy and biomechanics of the hand
1 The Ischemic Hand
2 Anesthesia for Upper Extremity Surgery
2 Hand Fractures and Joint Injuries
2 The Spastic Hand
2 Diagnostic Imaging of the Hand and Wrist
2 Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Hand
2 Brachial Plexus Injuries: Adult and Pediatric
2 Examination of the upper extremity
2 Whole Limb Upper Extremity Malformations
2 Upper Extremity Composite Allotransplantation
3 Principles of Internal Fixation as Applied to the Hand and Wrist
3 Fractures and Dislocations of the Wrist and Distal Radius
3 The Stiff Hand
3 Aesthetic Surgery of the Hand
3 Malformations with Abnormal Axis Differentiation Affecting the Hand Plate
3 Diagnostic imaging of the hand and wrist
3 Management of Dupuytren’s Disease
3 Restoration of Upper Extremity Function in Tetraplegia
4 Extensor Tendon Injuries
4 Tendon Transfer for Reconstruction of the Wrist and Hand
4 Malformations with Abnormal Axis Differentiation Affecting the Hand Plate: Unspecified Axis
4 The Painful Hand
4 Anesthesia for upper extremity surgery
4 Osteoarthritis in the Hand and Wrist
4 Hand Therapy
5 Hand Deformations and Dysplasias
5 Replantation and Revascularization
5 Rheumatologic Conditions of the Hand and Wrist
5 Nerve Transfers
5 Principles of internal fixation
6 Reconstructive Surgery of the Mutilated Hand
6 Occupational Hand Disorders
6 Free-functioning Muscle Transfer in the Upper Extremity
6 Nail and fingertip reconstruction
6 Congenital Hand Dysplasias: Tumorous Conditions
7 Congenital Hand Dyplasias: Congenital Contractures
7 Thumb Reconstruction: Non-microsurgical Techniques
7 Hand fractures and joint injuries
7 Nerve Entrapment Syndromes
8 Thumb Reconstruction: Microsurgical Techniques
8 Fractures and dislocations of the wrist and distal radius
8 Growth Considerations in the Pediatric Upper Extremity
9 Flexor tendon injuries and reconstruction
10 Extensor tendon injuries
11 Replantation
12 Reconstructive surgery of the mutilated hand
13 Thumb reconstruction: non microsurgical techniques
14 Thumb reconstruction: microsurgical techniques
15 Infections of the hand
16 Tumors of the hand
17 Dupuytren's disease
18 Osteoarthritis in the hand and wrist
19 Rheumatologic conditions in the hand and wrist
20 Occupational hand disorders
21 Nerve entrapment syndromes
22 Peripheral nerve repair and reconstruction
23 Brachial plexus injuries: Adult and pediatric
24 Tetraplegia
25 Tendon transfers
26 Nerve transfers
27 Free functioning muscle transfer
28 The ischemic hand
29 The spastic hand
30 The Stiff Hand: Prevention and Treatment
31 The Painful hand
32 Congenital hand 1: Embryology, classification and principles
33 Congenital hand 2: Malformations - Whole Limb
34 Congenital hand 3: Malformations – Abnormal Axis differentiation – Hand plate
35 Congenital hand 4: Malformations – Abnormal Axis differentiation – Hand plate - unspecified axis
36 Congenital hand 5: Deformations & Dysplasias
37 Congenital Hand 6: Dysplasias – Tumorous conditions
38 Congenital hand 7: Dysplasias – Congenital contractures
39 Growth considerations in the pediatric upper extremity
40 Treatment of the upper extremity amputee
41 Upper extremity composite allotransplantation
42 Aesthetic surgery for the hand
43 Hand therapy