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Video Contents
Chapter 11: Asian facial cosmetic surgery
1.1: Medial epicanthoplasty
11.2: Eyelidplasty: Non-incisional method
11.3: Rhinoplasty
11.4: Subclinical ptosis correction (total)
11.5: Secondary rhinoplasty: Septal extension graft and costal
cartilage strut fixed with K-wire
Kyung S. Koh, Jong Woo Choi, and Clyde H. Ishii
Chapter 12: Neck rejuvenation
12.1: Anterior lipectomy
James E. Zins, Colin M. Morrison, and C. J. Langevin
Chapter 13: Structural fat grafting
13.1: Structural fat grafting of the face
Sydney R. Coleman and Alesia P. Saboeiro
Chapter 14: Skeletal augmentation
14.1: Chin implant
Michael J. Yarumchuk
© Mesa J, Havlik R, Mackay D, Buchman S, Losee J, eds. Atlas of
Operative Craniofacial Surgery, CRC Press, 2019.
14.2: Mandibular angle implant
14.3: Midface skeletal augmentation and rejuvenation
Michael J. Yarumchuk
© Michael J. Yaremchuk
Chapter 16: Open technique rhinoplasty
16.1: Open technique rhinoplasty
Allen L. Van Beek
Chapter 20: Otoplasty and ear reduction
20.1: Setback otoplasty
Leila Kasrai
Chapter 23: Abdominoplasty procedures
23.1: Abdominoplasty
Dirk F. Richter and Alexander Stoff
Chapter 24: Lipoabdominoplasty
24.1: Lipoabdominoplasty (including secondary lipo)
Osvaldo Saldanha, Sérgio Fernando Dantas de Azevedo,
Osvaldo Ribeiro Saldanha Filho, Cristianna Bonnetto Saldanha, and
Luis Humberto Uribe Morelli
Chapter 26.2: Buttock augmentation: Buttock
augmentation with implants
26.2.1: Buttock augmentation
Terrence W. Bruner, Jose Abel De la Peña Salcedo,
Constantino G. Mendieta, and Thomas L. Roberts III
Chapter 27: Upper limb contouring
27.1: Brachioplasty
27.2: Upper limb contouring
Joseph F. Capella, Matthew J. Trovato, and Scott Woehrle
Volume One:
Chapter 15: Skin graft
15.1: Harvesting a split-thickness skin graft
Dennis P. Orgill
Chapter 34: Robotics in plastic surgery
34.1: Robotic microsurgery
34.2: Robotic rectus abdominis muscle flap harvest
34.3: Trans-oral robotic surgery
34.4: Robotic latissimus dorsi muscle harvest
34.5: Robotic lymphovenous bypass
Jesse C. Selber
Volume Two:
Chapter 6.2: Facelift: Principles of and surgical
approaches to facelift
6.2.1: Parotid masseteric fascia
6.2.2: Anterior incision
6.2.3: Posterior incision
6.2.4: Facelift skin flap
6.2.5: Facial fat injection
Richard J. Warren
6.2.6: Anthropometry, cephalometry, and orthognathic surgery
Jonathon S. Jacobs, Jordan M. S. Jacobs, and Daniel I. Taub
Chapter 6.3: Facelift: Platysma-SMAS plication
6.3.1: Platysma-SMAS plication
Dai M. Davies and Miles G. Berry
Chapter 6.4: Facelift: Facial rejuvenation with loop
sutures – the MACS lift and its derivatives
6.4.1: Loop sutures MACS facelift
Patrick L. Tonnard
From Aston SJ, Steinbrech DS, Walden JL, eds. Aesthetic Plastic
Surgery, Saunders Elsevier; 2009; with permission from Elsevier
Chapter 6.7: Facelift: SMAS with skin attached – the
“high SMAS” technique
6.7.1: The high SMAS technique with septal reset
Fritz E. Barton Jr.
© Fritz E. Barton Jr.
Chapter 6.8: Facelift: Subperiosteal midface lift
6.8.1: Subperiosteal midface lift: Endoscopic temporo-midface
Oscar M. Ramirez
Chapter 9: Blepharoplasty
9.1: Periorbital rejuvenation
Julius Few Jr. and Marco Ellis
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Chapter 26: Velopharyngeal dysfunction
26.1: Velopharyngeal incompetence – 1
26.2: Velopharyngeal incompetence – 2
26.3: Velopharyngeal incompetence – 3
Richard E. Kirschner and Adriane L. Baylis
Chapter 27: Secondary deformities of the cleft lip,
nose, and palate
27.1: Abbé flap
27.2: Alveolar bone grafting
27.3: Complete takedown
27.4: Definitive rhinoplasty
Evan M. Feldman, John C. Koshy, Larry H. Hollier Jr., and
Samuel Stal
27.5: Thick lip and buccal sulcus deformities
Evan M. Feldman and John C. Koshy
Chapter 36: Pierre Robin Sequence
36.1: Mandibular distraction
Arun K. Gosain and Chad A. Purnell
Chapter 39: Vascular anomalies
39.1: Lip hemangioma
Arin K. Greene
Chapter 43: Reconstruction of urogenital defects:
Congenital
43.1: First-stage hypospadias repair with free inner preputial
graft
43.2: Second-stage hypospadias repair with tunica vaginalis
flap
Mohan S. Gundeti and Michael C. Large
Volume Four:
Chapter 2: Management of lower extremity trauma
2.1: Anterolateral thigh flap harvest
Michel Saint-Cyr
Chapter 3: Lymphatic reconstruction of the
extremities
3.1: End-to-side lymphovenous bypass technique
© Cheng M-H, Chang D, Patel K. Principles and Practice of
Lymphedema Surgery, Elsevier; 2015.
3.2: Recipient site preparation for vascularized lymph node
transfer – axilla
© Cheng M-H, Chang D, Patel K. Principles and Practice of
Lymphedema Surgery, Elsevier; 2015.
3.3: Indocyanine green lymphography
David W. Chang
3.4: Charles procedure
Peter C. Neligan
Chapter 6: Diagnosis and treatment of painful
neuroma and nerve compression in the lower
extremity
6.1: Diagnosis and treatment of painful neuroma and of nerve
compression in the lower extremity 1
6.2: Diagnosis and treatment of painful neuroma and of nerve
compression in the lower extremity 2
Chapter 28: Post-bariatric reconstruction
28.1: Post-bariatric reconstruction – bodylift procedure
J. Peter Rubin and Jonathan W. Toy
© J. Peter Rubin
Volume Three:
Chapter 6: Aesthetic nasal reconstruction
6.1: The three-stage folded forehead flap for cover and lining
6.2: First-stage transfer and intermediate operation
Frederick J. Menick
Chapter 7: Auricular construction
7.1: Total auricular construction
Akira Yamada
Chapter 8: Acquired cranial and facial bone
deformities
8.1: Removal of venous malformation enveloping intraconal
optic nerve
Renee M. Burke, Robert J. Morin, and S. Anthony Wolfe
Chapter 13: Facial paralysis
13.1: Facial paralysis
Eyal Gur
13.2: Facial paralysis
13.3: Cross facial nerve graft
13.4: Gracilis harvest
Peter C. Neligan
Chapter 14: Pharyngeal and esophageal
reconstruction
14.1: Reconstruction of pharyngoesophageal defects with the
anterolateral thigh flap
Peirong Yu
Chapter 15: Tumors of the facial skeleton: Fibrous
dysplasia
15.1: Surgical approaches to the facial skeleton
Yu-Ray Chen, You-Wei Cheong, and Alberto Córdova-Aguilar
Chapter 17: Local flaps for facial coverage
17.1: Facial artery perforator flap
17.2: Local flaps for facial coverage
Peter C. Neligan
Chapter 21.2: Rotation advancement cheiloplasty
21.2.1: Repair of unilateral cleft lip
Philip Kuo-Ting Chen, M. Samuel Noordhoff, Frank Chun-Shin,
Chang, and Fuan Chiang Chan
21.2.2: Unilateral cleft lip repair – anatomic subunit
approximation technique
David M. Fisher
Chapter 24: Alveolar clefts
24.1: Unilateral cleft alveolar bone graft
24.2: Mobilized premaxilla after vomer osteotomy prior to
setback and splint application
Richard A. Hopper and Gerhard S. Mundinger

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6.3: Diagnosis and treatment of painful neuroma and of nerve
compression in the lower extremity 3
A. Lee Dellon
Chapter 7: Skeletal reconstruction
7.1: Medial femoral condyle/medial geniculate artery
osteocutaneous free flap dissection for scaphoid nonunion
Stephen J. Kovach III and L. Scott Levin
Chapter 10: Reconstruction of the chest
10.1: Sternal rigid fixation
David H. Song and Michelle C. Roughton
Chapter 12: Abdominal wall reconstruction
12.1: Component separation innovation
Peter C. Neligan
Chapter 13: Reconstruction of male genital defects
13.1: Complete and partial penile reconstruction
Stan Monstrey, Peter Ceulemans, Nathalie Roche,
Philippe Houtmeyers, Nicolas Lumen, and Piet Hoebeke
Volume Five:
Chapter 6: Mastopexy options and techniques
6.1: Circumareolar mastopexy
Kenneth C. Shestak
Chapter 7: One- and two-stage considerations for
augmentation mastopexy
7.1: Preoperative markings for a single-stage augmentation
mastopexy
W. Grant Stevens
Chapter 10: Reduction mammaplasty with short scar
techniques
10.1: SPAIR technique
Dennis C. Hammond
Chapter 11: Gynecomastia surgery
11.1: Ultrasound-assisted liposuction
Charles M. Malata
Chapter 15: One- and two-stage prosthetic
reconstruction in nipple-sparing mastectomy
15.1: Pectoralis muscle elevation
15.2: Acellular dermal matrix
15.3: Sizer
Amy S. Colwell
Chapter 16: Skin-sparing mastectomy: Planned
two-stage and direct-to-implant breast
reconstruction
16.1: Mastectomy and expander insertion: First stage
16.2: Mastectomy and expander insertion: Second stage
Maurizio B. Nava, Giuseppe Catanuto, Angela Pennati,
Valentina Visintini Cividin, and Andrea Spano
Chapter 19: Latissimus dorsi flap breast
reconstruction
19.1: Latissimus dorsi flap technique
Scott L. Spear†
19.2: Markings
19.3: Intraoperative skin paddles
19.4: Tendon division
19.5: Transposition and skin paddles
19.6: Inset and better skin paddle explanation
Neil A. Fine and Michael S. Gart
Chapter 20.2: The deep inferior epigastric artery
perforator (DIEAP) flap
20.2.1: The Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator (DIEAP)
flap breast reconstruction
Phillip N. Blondeel and Robert J. Allen, Sr
Chapter 21.2: Gluteal free flaps for breast
reconstruction
21.2.1: Superior Gluteal Artery Perforator (SGAP) flap
21.2.2: Inferior Gluteal Artery Perforator (IGAP) flap
Peter C. Neligan
Chapter 21.3: Medial thigh flaps for breast
reconstruction
21.3.1: Transverse Upper Gracilis (TUG) flap 1
Peter C. Neligan
21.3.2: Transverse Upper Gracilis (TUG) flap 2
Venkat V. Ramakrishnan
Chapter 23.2: Partial breast reconstruction using
reduction and mastopexy techniques
23.2.1: Partial breast reconstruction using reduction
mammoplasty
Maurice Y. Nahabedian
23.2.2: Partial breast reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi flap
Neil A. Fine
23.2.3: Partial breast reconstruction with a pedicle TRAM
Maurice Y. Nahabedian
Volume Six:
Chapter 1: Anatomy and biomechanics of the hand
1.1: The extensor tendon compartments
1.2: The contribution of the interosseous and lumbrical
muscles to the lateral bands
1.3: Extrinsic flexors and surrounding vasculonervous
elements, from superficial to deep
1.4: The lumbrical plus deformity
1.5: The sensory and motor branches of the median nerve in
the hand
James Chang, Vincent R. Hentz, Robert A. Chase, and
Anais Legrand
Chapter 2: Examination of the upper extremity
2.1: Flexor profundus test in a normal long finger
2.2: Flexor sublimis test in a normal long finger
2.3: Extensor pollicis longus test in a normal person
2.4: Test for the Extensor Digitorum Communis (EDC) muscle
in a normal hand
2.5: Test for assessing thenar muscle function
2.6: The “cross fingers” sign
2.7: Static Two-Point Discrimination Test (s-2PD Test)
2.8: Moving 2PD Test (m-2PD Test) performed on the radial or
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2.9: Semmes–Weinstein monofilament test: The patient should
sense the pressure produced by bending the filament
2.10: Allen’s test in a normal person
2.11: Digital Allen’s test
2.12: Scaphoid shift test
2.13: Dynamic tenodesis effect in a normal hand
2.14: The milking test of the fingers and thumb in a normal
hand
2.15: Eichhoff test
2.16: Adson test
2.17: Roos test
Ryosuke Kakinoki
Chapter 3: Diagnostic imaging of the hand and
wrist
3.1: Scaphoid lunate dislocation
Alphonsus K. Chong and David M. K. Tan
3.2: Right wrist positive midcarpal catch up clunk
Alphonsus K. Chong
Chapter 4: Anesthesia for upper extremity surgery
4.1: Supraclavicular block
Subhro K. Sen
Chapter 5: Principles of internal fixation as applied
to the hand and wrist
5.1: Dynamic compression plating and lag screw technique
Christopher Cox
5.2: Headless compression screw
5.3: Locking vs. non-locking plates
Jeffrey Yao and Jason R. Kang
Chapter 7: Hand fractures and joint injuries
7.1: Bennett reduction
7.2: Hemi-Hamate arthroplasty
Warren C. Hammert
Chapter 9: Flexor tendon injury and reconstruction
9.1: Zone II flexor tendon repair
9.2: Incision and feed tendon forward
9.3: Distal tendon exposure
9.4: Six-strand M-tang repair
9.5: Extension–flexion test – wide awake
Jin Bo Tang
Chapter 10: Extensor tendon injuries
10.1: Sagittal band reconstruction
10.2: Setting the tension in extensor indicis transfer
Kai Megerle
Chapter 11: Replantation and revascularization
11.1: Hand replantation
James Chang
Chapter 12: Reconstructive surgery of the mutilated
hand
12.1: Debridement technique
James Chang
Chapter 13: Thumb reconstruction: Non-
microsurgical techniques
13.1: Osteoplastic thumb reconstruction
13.2: First Dorsal Metacarpal Artery (FDMA) flap
Jeffrey B. Friedrich
Chapter 14: Thumb reconstruction: Microsurgical
techniques
14.1: Trimmed great toe
14.2: Second toe for index finger
14.3: Combined second and third toe for metacarpal hand
Nidal F. Al Deek
Chapter 19: Rheumatologic conditions of the hand
and wrist
19.1: Extensor tendon rupture and end–side tendon transfer
James Chang
19.2: Silicone metacarpophalangeal arthroplasty
Kevin C. Chung and Evan Kowalski
Chapter 20: Osteoarthritis in the hand and wrist
20.1: Ligament reconstruction tendon interposition arthroplasty
of the thumb carpometacarpal joint
James W. Fletcher
Chapter 21: The stiff hand and the spastic hand
21.1: Flexor pronator slide
David T. Netscher
Chapter 22: Ischemia of the hand
22.1: Radial artery sympathectomy
Hee Chang Ahn and Neil F. Jones
22.2: Interposition arterial graft and sympathectomy
Hee Chang Ahn
Chapter 24: Nerve entrapment syndromes
24.1: The manual muscle testing algorithm
24.2: Scratch collapse test – carpal tunnel
Elisabet Hagert
24.3: Injection technique for carpal tunnel surgery
24.4: Wide awake carpal tunnel surgery
Donald Lalonde
24.5: Clinical exam and surgical technique – lacertus
syndrome
Elisabet Hagert
24.6: Injection technique for cubital tunnel surgery
24.7: Wide awake cubital tunnel surgery
Donald Lalonde
24.8: Clinical exam and surgical technique – radial tunnel
syndrome
24.9: Clinical exam and surgical technique – lateral
intermuscular syndrome
24.10: Clinical exam and surgical technique – axillary nerve
entrapment
Elisabet Hagert
24.11: Carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel releases in the same
patient in one procedure with field sterility: Part 1 – local
anesthetic injection for carpal tunnel
24.12: Carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel releases in the same
patient in one procedure with field sterility: Part 2 – local
anesthetic injection for cubital tunnel
Donald Lalonde and Michael Bezuhly
Chapter 25: Congenital hand I: Embryology,
classification, and principles
25.1: Pediatric trigger thumb release
James Chang

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Chapter 27: Congenital hand III: Thumb hypoplasia
27.1: Thumb hypoplasia
Joseph Upton III and Amir Taghinia
Chapter 30: Growth considerations in pediatric
upper extremity trauma and reconstruction
30.1: Epiphyseal transplant harvesting technique
Marco Innocenti and Carla Baldrighi
Chapter 31: Vascular anomalies of the upper
extremity
31.1: Excision of venous malformation
Joseph Upton III and Amir Taghinia
Chapter 32: Peripheral nerve injuries of the upper
extremity
32.1: Suture repair of the cut digital nerve
32.2: Suture repair of the median nerve
Simon Farnebo and Johan Thorfinn
Chapter 35: Free-functioning muscle transfer in the
upper extremity
35.1: Gracilis functional muscle harvest
Gregory H. Borschel
Chapter 36: Brachial plexus injuries: Adult and
pediatric
36.1: Pediatric: shoulder correct and biceps-to-triceps transfer
with preserving intact brachialis
36.2: Adult: results of one-stage surgery for C5 rupture, C6–T1
root avulsion 10 years after
36.3: Nerve transfer results 1
36.4: Nerve transfer results 2
36.5: Nerve transfer results 3
36.6: Nerve transfer results 4
36.7: Nerve transfer results 5
David Chwei-Chin Chuang
Chapter 37: Restoration of upper extremity function
in tetraplegia
37.1: The single-stage grip and release procedure
37.2: Postoperative results after single-stage grip release
procedure in OCu3–5 patients
Carina Reinholdt and Catherine Curtin
Chapter 38: Upper extremity vascularized composite
allotransplantation
38.1: Upper extremity composite tissue allotransplantation
W. P. Andrew Lee and Vijay S. Gorantla
Chapter 39: Hand therapy
39.1: Goniometric measurement
39.2: Threshold testing
Christine B. Novak and Rebecca L. Neiduski

Lecture Video Contents
Volume One:
Chapter 1: Plastic surgery and innovation in medicine
Plastic surgery and innovation in medicine
Peter C. Neligan
Chapter 7: Digital imaging in plastic surgery
Digital imaging in plastic surgery
Daniel Z. Liu
Chapter 15: Skin graft
Skin graft
Peter C. Neligan
Chapter 19: Repair and grafting of peripheral nerve
Nerve injury and repair
Kirsty Usher Boyd, Andrew Yee, and Susan E. Mackinnon
Chapter 20: Reconstructive fat grafting
Reconstructive fat grafting
J. Peter Rubin
Chapter 21: Vascular territories
Vascular territories
Steven F. Morris
Chapter 22: Flap classification and applications
Flap classification and applications
Joon Pio Hong
Chapter 23: Flap pathophysiology and pharmacology
Flap pathophysiology and pharmacology
Cho Y. Pang and Peter C. Neligan
Chapter 24: Principles and techniques of
microvascular surgery
Principles and techniques of microvascular surgery
Fu-Chan Wei, Nidal F. Al Deek, and
Sherilyn Keng Lin Tay
Chapter 25: Principles and applications of tissue
expansion
Principles and applications of tissue expansion
Ivo Alexander Pestana, Louis C. Argenta, and
Malcolm W. Marks
Chapter 26: Principles of radiation
Therapeutic radiation: principles, effects, and complications
Gabrielle M. Kane
Chapter 28: Benign and malignant nonmelanocytic
tumors of the skin and soft tissue
Benign and malignant nonmelanocytic tumors of the skin and soft
tissue
Rei Ogawa
Chapter 31: Facial prosthetics in plastic surgery
Facial prosthetics in plastic surgery
Gordon H. Wilkes
Volume Two:
Chapter 4: Skincare and nonsurgical skin
rejuvenation
Skincare and nonsurgical skin rejuvenation
Leslie Baumann and Edmund Weisberg
Chapter 5.2: Injectables and resurfacing techniques:
Soft-tissue fillers
Soft-tissue fillers
Trevor M. Born, Lisa E. Airan, and Daniel Suissa
Chapter 5.3: Injectables and resurfacing techniques:
Botulinum toxin (BoNT-A)
Botulinum toxin
Michael A. C. Kane
Chapter 5.4: Injectables and resurfacing techniques:
Laser resurfacing
Laser resurfacing
Steven R. Cohen, Ahmad N. Saad, Tracy Leong,
and E. Victor Ross
Chapter 5.5: Injectables and resurfacing techniques:
Chemical peels
Chemical peels
Suzan Obagi
Chapter 6.1: Facelift: Facial anatomy and aging
Anatomy of the aging face
Bryan Mendelson and Chin-Ho Wong
Chapter 6.2: Facelift: Principles of and surgical
approaches to facelift
Principles of and surgical approaches to facelift
Richard J. Warren
Chapter 6.3: Facelift: Platysma-SMAS plication
Platysma-SMAS plication
Miles G. Berry

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Chapter 6.4: Facelift: Facial rejuvenation with loop
sutures – the MACS lift and its derivatives
Facial rejuvenation with loop sutures – the MACS lift and its
derivatives
Mark Laurence Jewell
Chapter 6.5: Facelift: Lateral SMASectomy facelift
Lateral SMASectomy facelift
Daniel C. Baker and Steven M. Levine
Chapter 6.6: Facelift: The extended SMAS technique
in facial rejuvenation
The extended SMAS technique in facelift
James M. Stuzin
Chapter 6.7: Facelift: SMAS with skin attached – the
“high SMAS” technique
SMAS with skin attached – the high SMAS technique
Fritz E. Barton Jr.
Chapter 6.8: Facelift: Subperiosteal midface lift
Subperiosteal midface lift
Alan Yan and Michael J. Yaremchuk
Chapter 6.9: Facelift: Male facelift
Male facelift
Timothy J. Marten and Dino Elyassnia
Chapter 6.10: Facelift: Secondary deformities and
the secondary facelift
Secondary deformities and the secondary facelift
Timothy J. Marten and Dino Elyassnia
Chapter 7: Forehead rejuvenation
Forehead rejuvenation
Richard J. Warren
Chapter 8: Endoscopic brow lifting
Endoscopic brow lift
Renato Saltz and Alyssa Lolofie
Chapter 9: Blepharoplasty
Blepharoplasty
Julius Few Jr. and Marco Ellis
Chapter 11: Asian facial cosmetic surgery
Asian facial cosmetic surgery
Clyde H. Ishii
Chapter 12: Neck rejuvenation
Neck rejuvenation
James E. Zins, Joshua T. Waltzman, and Rafael A. Couto
Chapter 13: Structural fat grafting
Structural fat grafting
Sydney R. Coleman and Alesia P. Saboeiro
Chapter 15: Nasal analysis and anatomy
Nasal analysis and anatomy
Rod J. Rohrich
Chapter 19: Secondary rhinoplasty
Secondary rhinoplasty
Ronald P. Gruber, Simeon H. Wall Jr., David L. Kaufman,
and David M. Kahn
Chapter 21: Hair restoration
Hair restoration
Jack Fisher
Chapter 22.1: Liposuction: A comprehensive review
of techniques and safety
Liposuction
Phillip J. Stephan, Phillip Dauwe, and Jeffrey Kenkel
Chapter 22.2: Correction of liposuction deformities
with the SAFE liposuction technique
SAFE liposuction technique
Simeon H. Wall Jr. and Paul N. Afrooz
Chapter 23: Abdominoplasty procedures
Abdominoplasty
Dirk F. Richter and Nina Schwaiger
Chapter 25.2: Circumferential approaches to truncal
contouring: Belt lipectomy
Belt lipectomy
Al S. Aly, Khalid Al-Zahrani, and Albert Cram
Chapter 25.3: Circumferential approaches to truncal
contouring: The lower lipo-bodylift
Circumferential lower bodylift
Dirk F. Richter and Nina Schwaiger
Chapter 25.4: Circumferential approaches to truncal
contouring: Autologous buttocks augmentation with
purse string gluteoplasty
Purse string gluteoplasty
Joseph P. Hunstad and Nicholas A. Flugstad
Chapter 25.5: Circumferential approaches to truncal
contouring: Lower bodylift with autologous gluteal
flaps for augmentation and preservation of gluteal
contour
Lower bodylift with gluteal flaps
Robert F. Centeno and Jazmina M. Gonzalez
Chapter 26.3: Buttock augmentation: Buttock
shaping with fat grafting and liposuction
Buttock shaping with fat grafting and liposuction
Constantino G. Mendieta, Thomas L. Roberts III,
and Terrence W. Bruner
Chapter 27: Upper limb contouring
Upper limb contouring
Joseph F. Capella, Matthew J. Trovato, and Scott Woehrle
Chapter 30: Aesthetic genital surgery
Aesthetic genital surgery
Gary J. Alter

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Lecture Video Contents
Volume Three:
Chapter 10.3: Midface reconstruction: The M. D.
Anderson approach
Midfacial reconstruction: The M. D. Anderson approach
Matthew M. Hanasono and Roman Skoracki
Chapter 12: Lip reconstruction
Lip reconstruction
Peter C. Neligan and Lawrence J. Gottlieb
Chapter 14: Pharyngeal and esophageal
reconstruction
Pharyngoesophageal reconstruction
Peirong Yu
Chapter 15: Tumors of the facial skeleton: Fibrous
dysplasia
Fibrous dysplasia
Alberto Córdova-Aguilar and Yu-Ray Chen
Chapter 17: Local flaps for facial coverage
Local flaps for facial coverage
David W. Mathes
Chapter 19: Facial transplant
Facial transplant
Michael Sosin and Eduardo D. Rodriguez
Chapter 32: Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis
Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis
Patrick A. Gerety, Jesse A. Taylor, and Scott P. Bartlett
Chapter 36: Pierre Robin Sequence
Pierre Robin sequence
Chad A. Purnell and Arun K. Gosain
Chapter 39: Vascular anomalies
Vascular anomalies
Arin K. Greene and John B. Mulliken
Volume Four:
Chapter 2: Management of lower extremity trauma
Management of lower extremity trauma
Yoo Joon Sur, Shannon M. Colohan, and Michel Saint-Cyr
Chapter 15: Surgery for gender identity disorder
Surgery for gender identity disorder
Loren S. Schechter
Chapter 16: Pressure sores
Pressure sores
Robert Kwon, Juan L. Rendon, and Jeffrey E. Janis
Chapter 17: Perineal reconstruction
Perineal reconstruction
Hakim K. Said and Otway Louie
Volume Five:
Chapter 5: Breast augmentation with autologous fat
grafting
Breast augmentation with autologous fat grafting
E. Delay
Chapter 6: Mastopexy options and techniques
Mastopexy
Robert Cohen
Chapter 9: Reduction mammaplasty with inverted-T
techniques
Reduction mammaplasty with inverted-T techniques
Maurice Y. Nahabedian
Chapter 15: One- and two-stage prosthetic
reconstruction in nipple-sparing mastectomy
Prosthetic reconstruction in nipple-sparing mastectomy
Amy S. Colwell
Chapter 20.1: Abdominally based free flaps:
Introduction
Abdominally-based autologous breast reconstruction
Maurice Y. Nahabedian, Phillip N. Blondeel, and David H. Song
Chapter 20.2: The deep inferior epigastric artery
perforator (DIEAP) flap
Abdominally-based autologous breast reconstruction
Maurice Y. Nahabedian, Phillip N. Blondeel, and David H. Song
Chapter 20.3: The superficial inferior epigastric
artery (SIEA) flap
Abdominally-based autologous breast reconstruction
Maurice Y. Nahabedian, Phillip N. Blondeel, and David H. Song
Chapter 20.4: The free TRAM flap
Abdominally-based autologous breast reconstruction
Maurice Y. Nahabedian, Phillip N. Blondeel, and David H. Song
Chapter 25: Radiation therapy considerations in the
setting of breast reconstruction
Radiation therapy in breast reconstruction
Steven Kronowitz
Volume Six:
Chapter 7: Hand fractures and joint injuries
Hand fractures and joint injuries
Joseph S. Khouri and Warren C. Hammert
Chapter 13: Thumb reconstruction: Non-
microsurgical techniques
Thumb reconstruction
Nicholas B. Vedder and Jeffrey B. Friedrich
Chapter 21: The stiff hand and the spastic hand
The stiff hand
David T. Netscher, Kenneth W. Donohue, and Dang T. Pham

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Lecture Video Contents
Chapter 24: Nerve entrapment syndromes
Tips and pearls on common nerve compressions
Elisabet Hagert and Donald Lalonde
Chapter 30: Growth considerations in pediatric
upper extremity trauma and reconstruction
Growth considerations in pediatric upper extremity trauma and
reconstruction
Marco Innocenti and Carla Baldrighi
Chapter 33: Nerve transfers
Nerve injury and repair
Kirsty Usher Boyd, Andrew Yee, and Susan E. Mackinnon
Chapter 37: Restoration of upper extremity function
in tetraplegia
Restoration of upper extremity function in tetraplegia
Carina Reinholdt and Catherine Curtin

Preface to the Fourth Edition
When I wrote the preface to the 3rd edition of this book, I
remarked how honored and unexpectedly surprised I was to
be the Editor of this great series. This time ‘round, I’m equally
grateful to carry this series forward. When Elsevier called me
and suggested it was time to prepare the 4th edition, my
initial reaction was that this was way too soon. What could
possibly have changed in Plastic Surgery since the 3rd edition
was launched in 2012? As it transpires, there have been many
developments and I hope we have captured them in this
edition.
We have an extraordinary specialty. A recent article by
Chadra, Agarwal and Agarwal entitled “Redefining Plastic
Surgery” appeared in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global
Open. In it they gave the following definition: “Plastic surgery
is a specialized branch of surgery, which deals with deformi-
ties, defects and abnormalities of the organs of perception,
organs of action and the organs guarding the external pas-
sages, besides innovation, implantation, replantation and
transplantation of tissues, and aims at restoring and improv-
ing their form, function and the esthetic appearances.” This is
an all-encompassing but very apt definition and captures the
enormous scope of the specialty.1
In the 3rd edition, I introduced volume editors for each of
the areas of the specialty because the truth is that one person
can no longer be an expert in all areas of this diverse specialty,
and I’m certainly not. I think this worked well because the
volume editors not only had the expertise to present their area
of subspecialty in the best light, but they were tuned in to
what was new and who was doing it. We have continued this
model in this new edition. Four of the seven volume editors
from the previous edition have again helped to bring the latest
and the best to this edition: Drs Gurtner, Song, Rodriguez,
Losee, and Chang have revised and updated their respective
volumes with some chapters remaining, some extensively
revised, some added, and some deleted. Dr. Peter Rubin has
replaced Dr. Rick Warren to compile the Aesthetic volume
(Vol. 2). Dr. Warren did a wonderful job in corralling this
somewhat disparate, yet vitally important, part of our spe-
cialty into the Aesthetic volume in the 3rd edition but felt that
the task of doing it again, though a labor of love, was more
than he wanted to take on. Similarly, Dr. Jim Grotting who did
a masterful job in the last edition on the Breast volume,
decided that doing a major revision should be undertaken by
someone with a fresh perspective and Dr. Maurice Nahabe-
dian stepped into that breach. I hope you will like the changes
you see in both of these volumes.
Dr. Allen Van Beek was the video editor for the last edition
and he compiled an impressive array of movies to comple-
ment the text. This time around, we wanted to go a step
further and though we’ve considerably expanded the list of
videos accompanying the text (there are over 170), we also
added the idea of lectures accompanying selected chapters.
What we’ve done here is to take selected key chapters and
include the images from that chapter, photos and artwork,
and create a narrated presentation that is available online;
there are annotations in the text to alert the reader that this is
available. Dr. Daniel Liu, who has taken over from Dr. Van
Beek as multimedia editor (rather than video editor) has done
an amazing job in making all of this happen. There are over
70 presentations of various key chapters online, making it as
easy as possible for you, the reader, to get as much knowledge
as you can, in the easiest way possible from this edition. Many
of these presentations have been done by the authors of the
chapters; the rest have been compiled by Dr. Liu and myself
from the content of the individual chapters. I hope you find
them useful.
The reader may wonder how this all works. To plan this
edition, the Elsevier team, headed by Belinda Kuhn, and I,
convened a face-to-face meeting in San Francisco. The volume
editors, as well as the London based editorial team, were
present. We went through the 3rd edition, volume by volume,
chapter by chapter, over an entire weekend. We decided what
needed to stay, what needed to be added, what needed to be
revised, and what needed to be changed. We also decided
who should write the various chapters, keeping many exist-
ing authors, replacing others, and adding some new ones; we
did this so as to really reflect the changes occurring within the
specialty. We also decided on practical changes that needed to
be made. As an example, you will notice that we have omitted
the complete index for the 6 Volume set from Volumes 2-6
and highlighted only the table of contents for that particular
volume. The complete index is of course available in Volume
1 and fully searchable online. This allowed us to save several
hundred pages per volume, reducing production costs and
diverting those dollars to the production of the enhanced online
content.
In my travels around the world since the 3rd edition was
published, I’ve been struck by what an impact this publication
has had on the specialty and, more particularly, on training.
Everywhere I go, I’m told how the text is an important part
of didactic teaching and a font of knowledge. It is gratifying
to see that the 3rd edition has been translated into Portuguese,
Spanish, and Chinese. This is enormously encouraging. I
hope this 4th edition continues to contribute to the specialty,
remains a resource for practicing surgeons, and continues to
prepare our trainees for their future careers in Plastic Surgery.
Peter C. Neligan
Seattle, WA
September, 2017
1 Chandra R, Agarwal R, Agarwal D. Redefining Plastic Surgery. Plast
Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2016;4(5):e706.

List of Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Peter C. Neligan, MB, FRCS(I), FRCSC, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Volume 1: Principles
Geoffrey C. Gurtner, MD, FACS
Johnson and Johnson Distinguished Professor of
Surgery and Vice Chairman,
Department of Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
Volume 2: Aesthetic
J. Peter Rubin, MD, FACS
UPMC Professor of Plastic Surgery
Chair, Department of Plastic Surgery
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Volume 3: Craniofacial, Head and Neck Surgery
Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS
Helen L. Kimmel Professor of Reconstructive
Plastic Surgery
Chair, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic
Surgery
NYU School of Medicine
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
Volume 3: Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Joseph E. Losee, MD
Ross H. Musgrave Professor of Pediatric Plastic
Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center;
Chief Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Volume 4: Lower Extremity, Trunk, and Burns
David H. Song, MD, MBA, FACS
Regional Chief, MedStar Health
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professor and Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, DC, USA
Volume 5: Breast
Maurice Y. Nahabedian, MD, FACS
Professor and Chief
Section of Plastic Surgery
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC, USA;
Vice Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Volume 6: Hand and Upper Extremity
James Chang, MD
Johnson & Johnson Distinguished
Professor and Chief
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA, USA
Multimedia editor
Daniel Z. Liu, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwest-
ern Regional Medical Center
Zion, IL, USA

List of Contributors
VOLUME ONE
Hatem Abou-Sayed, MD, MBA
Vice President
Physician Engagement
Interpreta, Inc.
San Diego, CA, USA
Paul N. Afrooz, MD
Resident
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Claudia R. Albornoz, MD, MSc
Research Fellow
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
Nidal F. Al Deek, MD
Doctor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
Amy K. Alderman, MD, MPH
Private Practice
Atlanta, GA, USA
Louis C. Argenta, MD
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
Wake Forest Medical Center
Winston Salem, NC, USA
Stephan Ariyan, MD, MBA
Emeritus Frank F. Kanthak Professor of Surgery,
Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology,
Otolaryngology
Yale University School of Medicine;
Associate Chief
Department of Surgery;
Founding Director, Melanoma Program
Smilow Cancer Hospital, Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, CT, USA
Tomer Avraham, MD
Attending Plastic Surgeon
Mount Sinai Health System
Tufts University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
Aaron Berger, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery
Florida International University School of
Medicine
Miami, FL, USA
Kirsty Usher Boyd, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor Surgery (Plastics)
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Charles E. Butler, MD, FACS
Professor and Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
Charles B. Barker Endowed Chair in Surgery
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center
Houston, TX, USA
Peter E. M. Butler, MD, FRCSI, FRCS,
FRCS(Plast)
Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University College and Royal Free London
London, UK
Yilin Cao, MD, PhD
Professor
Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of
Medicine
Shanghai, China
Franklyn P. Cladis, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Mark B. Constantian, MD
Private Practice
Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
St. Joseph Hospital
Nashua, NH, USA
Daniel A. Cuzzone, MD
Plastic Surgery Fellow
Hanjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
Gurleen Dhami, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Gayle Gordillo, MD
Associate Professor
Plastic Surgery
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA
Geoffrey C. Gurtner, MD, FACS
Johnson and Johnson Distinguished Professor
of Surgery and Vice Chairman,
Department of Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
Phillip C. Haeck, MD
Surgeon
Plastic Surgery
The Polyclinic
Seattle, WA, USA
The late Bruce Halperin†, MD
Formerly Adjunct Associate Professor of
Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesia
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
Daniel E. Heath
Lecturer
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Joon Pio Hong, MD, PhD, MMM
Professor
Plastic Surgery
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan
Seoul, South Korea
Michael S. Hu, MD, MPH, MS
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
C. Scott Hultman, MD, MBA
Professor and Chief
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Amir E. Ibrahim
Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Leila Jazayeri, MD
Microsurgery Fellow
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
The editors would like to acknowledge and offer grateful thanks for the input of all previous editions’ contributors, without whom this new edition would
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List of Contributors
Brian Jeffers
Student
Bioengineering
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA USA
Lynn Jeffers, MD, FACS
Private Practice
Oxnard, CA, USA
Mohammed M. Al Kahtani, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Fellow
Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gabrielle M. Kane, MB, BCh, EdD, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Radiation Oncology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Raghu P. Kataru, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
Carolyn L. Kerrigan, MD, MSc, MHCDS
Professor of Surgery
Surgery
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH, USA
Timothy W. King, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACS
Associate Professor with Tenure
Departments of Surgery and Biomedical
Engineering;
Director of Research, Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Children’s of Alabama – Plastic Surgery;
Chief, Plastic Surgery Section
Birmingham VA Hospital
Birmingham, AL, USA
Brian M. Kinney, MD, FACS, MSME
Clinical Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
University of Southern California
School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA, USA
W. P. Andrew Lee, MD
The Milton T. Edgerton MD, Professor and
Chairman
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Sherilyn Keng Lin Tay, MBChB, MSc,
FRCS(Plast)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow, UK
Daniel Z. Liu, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Cancer Treatment Centers of America at
Midwestern Regional Medical Center
Zion, IL, USA
Wei Liu, MD, PhD
Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of
Medicine
Shanghai, China
Michael T. Longaker, MD, MBA, FACS
Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor and Vice
Chair
Department of Surgery
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
H. Peter Lorenz, MD
Service Chief and Professor, Plastic Surgery
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
Sydney M. Shoenberg Jr. and Robert H.
Shoenberg Professor
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Malcolm W. Marks, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Diego Marre, MD
Fellow
O’Brien Institute
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
David W. Mathes, MD
Professor and Chief of the Division of Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO, USA
Evan Matros MD, MMSc
Plastic Surgeon
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
Isabella C. Mazzola, MD
Attending Plastic Surgeon
Klinik für Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie
Klinikum Landkreis Erding
Erding, Germany
Riccardo F. Mazzola, MD
Plastic Surgeon
Department of Specialistic Surgical Sciences
Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Ca’
Granda IRCCS
Milano, Italy
Lindsay D. McHutchion, MS, BSc
Anaplastologist
Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Babak J. Mehrara, MD, FACS
Associate Member, Associate Professor of
Surgery (Plastic)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Weil Cornell University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
Steven F. Morris, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Wayne A. Morrison, MBBS, MD, FRACS
Professorial Fellow
O’Brien Institute
Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
Peter C. Neligan, MB, FRCS(I), FRCSC,
FACS
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic
Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Andrea J. O’Connor, BE(Hons), PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Rei Ogawa, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor and Chief
Department of Plastic
Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Nippon Medical School
Tokyo, Japan
Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Wound Care Center;
Vice Chairman for Quality Improvement
Department of Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA

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Cho Y. Pang, PhD
Senior Scientist
Research Institute
The Hospital for Sick Children;
Professor
Departments of Surgery/Physiology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ivo Alexander Pestana, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC, USA
Giorgio Pietramaggior, MD, PhD
Swiss Nerve Institute
Clinique de La Source
Lausanne, Switzerland
Andrea L. Pusic, MD, MHS, FACS
Associate Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
Russell R. Reid, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Surgery/Section of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Neal R. Reisman, MD, JD
Chief
Plastic Surgery
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, TX, USA
Joseph M. Rosen, MD
Professor of Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH, USA
Sashwati Roy, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
Surgery, Center for Regenerative Medicine and
Cell based Therapies
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA
J. Peter Rubin, MD, FACS
UPMC Professor of Plastic Surgery
Chair, Department of Plastic Surgery
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Karim A. Sarhane, MD
Department of Surgery
University of Toledo Medical Center
Toledo, OH, USA
David B. Sarwer, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Departments of Psychiatry and Surgery
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Saja S. Scherer-Pietramaggiori, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Plastic Surgery
University Hospital Lausanne
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Iris A. Seitz, MD, PhD
Director of Research and International
Collaboration
University Plastic Surgery
Rosalind Franklin University;
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Chicago Medical School
Chicago, IL, USA
Jesse C. Selber, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor, Director of Clinical
Research
Department of Plastic Surgery
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA
Chandan K. Sen, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cell-
Based Therapies
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical
Center
Columbus, OH, USA
Wesley N. Sivak, MD, PhD
Resident in Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
M. Lucy Sudekum
Research Assistant
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
College
Hanover, NH, USA
G. Ian Taylor, AO, MBBS, MD, MD(Hon
Bordeaux), FRACS, FRCS(Eng), FRCS(Hon
Edinburgh), FRCSI(Hon), FRSC(Hon
Canada), FACS(Hon)
Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
Royal Melbourne Hospital;
Professor
Department of Anatomy
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Chad M. Teven, MD
Resident
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Ruth Tevlin, MB BAO BCh, MRCSI, MD
Resident in Surgery
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
E. Dale Collins Vidal, MD, MS
Chief
Section of Plastic Surgery
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH, USA
Derrick C. Wan, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Director of Maxillofacial Surgery
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
Renata V. Weber, MD
Assistant Professor Surgery (Plastics)
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY, USA
Fu-Chan Wei, MD
Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Gordon H. Wilkes, BScMed, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery University of Alberta
Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine
Misericordia Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Johan F. Wolfaardt, BDS,
MDent(Prosthodontics), PhD
Professor
Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck
Surgery
Department of Surgery
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry;
Director of Clinics and International Relations
Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine
University of Alberta
Covenant Health Group
Alberta Health Services
Alberta, Canada
Kiryu K. Yap, MBBS, BMedSc
Junior Surgical Trainee & PhD Candidate
O’Brien Institute
Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery, St. Vincent’s Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
Andrew Yee
Research Assistant
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Elizabeth R. Zielins, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA

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VOLUME TWO
Paul N. Afrooz, MD
Resident
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jamil Ahmad, MD, FRCSC
Director of Research and Education
The Plastic Surgery Clinic
Mississauga;
Assistant Professor
Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lisa E. Airan, MD
Aesthetic Dermatologist NYC
Private Practice;
Associate Clinical Professor Department of
Dermatology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
Gary J. Alter, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery
University of California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Al S. Aly, MD
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery Institute University
of California Irvine
Orange, CA, USA
Khalid Al-Zahrani, MD, SSC-PLAST
Assistant Professor
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
King Khalid University Hospital
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Bryan Armijo, MD
Plastic Surgery Chief Resident
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Case Western Reserve/University Hospitals
Cleveland, OH, USA
Daniel C. Baker, MD
Professor of Surgery
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
New York University Medical Center
Department of Plastic Surgery
New York, NY, USA
Fritz E. Barton Jr., MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
Leslie Baumann, MD
CEO
Baumann Cosmetic and Research Institute
Miami, FL, USA
Miles G. Berry, MS, FRCS(Plast)
Consultant Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeon
Institute of Cosmetic and Reconstructive
Surgery
London, UK
Trevor M. Born, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Lenox Hill/Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat
Hospital North Shore-LIJ Hospital
New York, NY, USA;
Clinical Lecturer
Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Toronto Western Division
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Terrence W. Bruner, MD, MBA
Private Practice
Greenville, SC, USA
Andrés F. Cánchica, MD
Chief Resident of Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery Service Dr. Osvaldo Saldanha
São Paulo, Brazil
Joseph F. Capella, MD
Chief Post-bariatric Body Contouring
Division of Plastic Surgery
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ, USA
Robert F. Centeno, MD, MBA
Medical Director
St. Croix Plastic Surgery and MediSpa;
Chief Medical Quality Officer
Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical
Center
Christiansted, Saint Croix, United States Virgin
Islands
Ernest S. Chiu, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
New York University
New York, NY, USA
Jong Woo Choi, MD, PhD, MMM
Associate Professor
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Seoul Asan Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
Steven R. Cohen, MD
Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Clinical
Professor
Plastic Surgery
University of California
San Diego, CA;
Director
Craniofacial Surgery
Rady Children’s Hospital, Private Practice,
FACES+ Plastic Surgery, Skin and Laser Center
La Jolla, CA, USA
Sydney R. Coleman, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Plastic Surgery
New York University Medical Center
New York;
Assistant Clinical Professor
Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Mark B. Constantian, MD
Private Practice
Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
St. Joseph Hospital
Nashua, NH, USA;
Adjunct Clinical Professor
Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Madison, WI, USA;
Visiting Professor
Plastic Surgery
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Rafael A. Couto, MD
Plastic Surgery Resident
Department of Plastic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
Albert Cram, MD
Professor Emeritus
University of Iowa
Iowa City Plastic Surgery
Coralville, IO, USA
Phillip Dauwe, MD
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical
School
Dallas, TX, USA
Dai M. Davies, FRCS
Consultant and Institute Director
Institute of Cosmetic and Reconstructive
Surgery
London, UK
Jose Abel De la Peña Salcedo, MD, FACS
Plastic Surgeon
Director
Instituto de Cirugia Plastica S.C.
Huixquilucan
Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Barry DiBernardo, MD, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor, Plastic Surgery
Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
Director New Jersey Plastic Surgery
Montclair, NJ, USA
Felmont F. Eaves III, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Emory University
Medical Director, Emory Aesthetic Center
Medical Director, EAC Ambulatory Surgery
Center
Atlanta, GA, USA

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List of Contributors
Marco Ellis, MD
Director of Craniofacial Surgery
Northwestern Specialists in Plastic Surgery;
Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Illinois Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL, USA
Dino Elyassnia, MD
Associate Plastic Surgeon
Marten Clinic of Plastic Surgery
San Francisco, CA, USA
Julius Few Jr., MD
Director
The Few Institute for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery;
Clinical Professor
Plastic Surgery
University of Chicago Pritzker School of
Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Osvaldo Ribeiro Saldanha Filho, MD
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery Service Dr. Osvaldo Saldanha
São Paulo, Brazil
Jack Fisher, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Plastic Surgery
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, USA
Nicholas A. Flugstad, MD
Flugstad Plastic Surgery
Bellevue, WA, USA
James D. Frame, MBBS, FRCS, FRCSEd,
FRCS(Plast)
Professor of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Anglia Ruskin University
Chelmsford, UK
Jazmina M. Gonzalez, MD
Bitar Cosmetic Surgery Institute
Fairfax, VA, USA
Richard J. Greco, MD
CEO
The Georgia Institute For Plastic Surgery
Savannah, GA, USA
Ronald P. Gruber, MD
Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Clinical Association Professor
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Bahman Guyuron, MD, FCVS
Editor in Chief, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal
Emeritus Professor of Plastic Surgery
Case School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH, USA
Joseph P. Hunstad, MD, FACS
Associate Consulting Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
Private Practice
Huntersville/Charlotte, NC, USA
Clyde H. Ishii, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
John A. Burns School of Medicine;
Chief, Department of Plastic Surgery
Shriners Hospital
Honolulu Unit
Honolulu, HI, USA
Nicole J. Jarrett, MD
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Elizabeth B. Jelks, MD
Private Practice
Jelks Medical
New York, NY, USA
Glenn W. Jelks, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Plastic Surgery
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
Mark Laurence Jewell, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor Plastic Surgery
Oregon Health Science University
Portland, OR, USA
David M. Kahn, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
Michael A. C. Kane, BS, MD
Attending Surgeon
Plastic Surgery
Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital
New York, NY, USA
David L. Kaufman, MD, FACS
Private Practice Plastic Surgery
Aesthetic Artistry Surgical and Medical Center
Folsom, CA, USA
Jeffrey Kenkel, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
Kyung S. Koh, MD, PhD
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan School
of Medicine
Seoul, South Korea
Tracy Leong, MD
Dermatology
Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego;
Sharp Memorial Hospital;
University California San Diego Medical Center
San Diego;
Private Practice, FACES+ Plastic Surgery, Skin
and Laser Center
La Jolla, CA, USA
Steven M. Levine, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic)
Hofstra Medical School, Northwell Health,
New York, NY, USA
Michelle B. Locke, MBChB, MD
Senior Lecturer in Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and
Health Sciences;
South Auckland Clinical Campus
Middlemore Hospital
Auckland, New Zealand
Alyssa Lolofie
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Timothy J. Marten, MD, FACS
Founder and Director
Marten Clinic of Plastic Surgery
San Francisco, CA, USA
Bryan Mendelson, FRCSE, FRACS, FACS
The Centre for Facial Plastic Surgery
Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Constantino G. Mendieta, MD, FACS
Private Practice
Miami, FL, USA
Drew B. Metcalfe, MD
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, USA
Gabriele C. Miotto, MD
Emory School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
Foad Nahai, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Emory Aesthetic Center at Paces
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Suzan Obagi, MD
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Dermatology
University of Pittsburgh;
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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List of Contributors
Sabina Aparecida Alvarez de Paiva, MD
Resident of Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery Service Dr. Ewaldo Bolivar de
Souza Pinto
São Paulo, Brazil
Galen Perdikis, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
Jason Posner, MD, FACS
Private Practice
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Dirk F. Richter, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery
University of Bonn
Director and Chief
Dreifaltigkeits-Hospital
Wesseling, Germany
Thomas L. Roberts III, FACS
Plastic Surgery Center of the Carolinas
Spartanburg, SC, USA
Jocelyn Celeste Ledezma Rodriguez, MD
Private Practice
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Rod J. Rohrich, MD
Clinical Professor and Founding Chair
Department of Plastic Surgery
Distinguished Teaching Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Founding Partner
Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute
Dallas, TX, USA
E. Victor Ross, MD
Director of Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology
Scripps Clinic
San Diego, CA, USA
J. Peter Rubin, MD, FACS
Chief
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center;
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ahmad N. Saad, MD
Private Practice
FACES+ Plastic Surgery
Skin and Laser Center
La Jolla, CA, USA
Alesia P. Saboeiro, MD
Attending Physician
Private Practice
New York, NY, USA
Cristianna Bonnetto Saldanha, MD
Plastic Surgery Service Dr. Osvaldo Saldanha
São Paulo, Brazil
Osvaldo Saldanha, MD, PhD
Director of Plastic Surgery Service Dr. Osvaldo
Saldanha;
Professor of Plastic Surgery Department
Universidade Metropolitana de Santos
- UNIMES
São Paulo, Brazil
Renato Saltz, MD, FACS
Saltz Plastic Surgery
President
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Adjunct Professor of Surgery
University of Utah
Past-President, American Society for Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery
Salt Lake City and Park City, UT, USA
Paulo Rodamilans Sanjuan MD
Chief Resident of Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery Service Dr. Ewaldo Boliar de
Souza Pinto
São Paulo, Brazil
Nina Schwaiger, MD
Senior Specialist in Plastic and Aesthetic
Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
Dreifaltigkeits-Hospital Wesseling
Wesseling, Germany
Douglas S. Steinbrech, MD, FACS
Gotham Plastic Surgery
New York, NY, USA
Phillip J. Stephan, MD
Clinical Faculty
Plastic Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical School;
Plastic Surgeon
Texoma Plastic Surgery
Wichita Falls, TX, USA
David Gonzalez Sosa, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja
Alicante, Spain
James M. Stuzin, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
(Plastic) Voluntary
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of
Medicine
Miami, FL, USA
Daniel Suissa, MD, MSc
Clinical Instructor
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA
Charles H. Thorne, MD
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
Ali Totonchi, MD
Assistant Professor
Plastic Surgery
Case Western Reserve University;
Medical Director Craniofacial Deformity Clinic
Plastic Surgery
MetroHealth Medical center
Cleveland, OH, USA
Jonathan W. Toy, MD, FRCSC
Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
Program Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Matthew J. Trovato, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute
Dallas, TX, USA
Simeon H. Wall Jr., MD, FACS
Director
The Wall Center for Plastic Surgery;
Assistant Clinical Professor
Plastic Surgery
LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport
Shreveport, LA, USA
Joshua T. Waltzman, MD, MBA
Private Practice
Waltzman Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Long Beach, CA, USA
Richard J. Warren, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Edmund Weisberg, MS, MBE
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Scott Woehrle, MS BS
Physician Assistant
Department of Plastic Surgery
Jospeh Capella Plastic Surgery
Ramsey, NJ, USA
Chin-Ho Wong, MBBS, MRCS, MMed(Surg),
FAMS(Plast Surg)
W Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Mt Elizabeth Novena Specialist Center
Singapore
Alan Yan, MD
Former Fellow
Adult Reconstructive and Aesthetic
Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA

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List of Contributors
Michael J. Yaremchuk, MD
Chief of Craniofacial Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School;
Program Director
Harvard Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Boston, MA, USA
James E. Zins, MD
Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
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Neta Adler, MD
Senior Surgeon
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Hadassah University Hospital
Jerusalem, Israel
Ahmed M. Afifi, MD
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, USA;
Associate Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Marta Alvarado, DDS, MS
Department of Orthodontics
Facultad de Odontología
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Guatemala
Eric Arnaud, MD
Pediatric Neurosurgeon and Co-Director
Unité de Chirurgie Craniofaciale
Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades
Paris, France
Stephen B. Baker, MD, DDS
Associate Professor and Program Director
Co-Director Inova Hospital for Children
Craniofacial Clinic
Department of Plastic Surgery
Georgetown University Hospital
Georgetown, WA, USA
Scott P. Bartlett, MD
Professor of Surgery
Surgery
University of Pennsylvania;
Chief Division of Plastic Surgery
Surgery
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Bruce S. Bauer, MD
Chief
Division of Plastic Surgery
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Highland Park;
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Chicago Pritzker School of
Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Adriane L. Baylis, PhD
Speech Scientist
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH, USA
Mike Bentz, MD, FAAP, FACS
Interim Chairman
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin;
Chairman Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, USA
Craig Birgfeld, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Pediatric Plastic and
Craniofacial Surgery
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA, USA
William R. Boysen, MD
Resident Physician, Urology
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
James P. Bradley, MD
Professor and Chief
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Edward P. Buchanan, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Michael R. Bykowski, MD, MS
Plastic Surgery Resident
Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Edward J. Caterson, MD, PhD
Director of Craniofacial Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Rodney K. Chan, MD
Chief Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Clinical Division and Burn Center
United States Army Institute of Surgical
Research
Joint Base San Antonio, TX, USA
Edward I. Chang, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center
Houston, TX, USA
Constance M. Chen, MD, MPH
Director of Microsurgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mt Sinai;
Clinical Assistant Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Weil Medical College of Cornell University;
Clinical Assistant Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Tulane University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
Yu-Ray Chen, MD
Professor of Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Philip Kuo-Ting Chen, MD
Professor
Craniofacial Center
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Ming-Huei Cheng, MD, MBA
Professor
Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Gerson R. Chinchilla, DDS MS
Director
Department of Orthodontics
Facultad de Odontología
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Guatemala
Peter G. Cordeiro, MD
Chief
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center;
Professor of Surgery
Surgery
Weil Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY, USA
Alberto Córdova-Aguilar, MD, MPH
Attending Plastic Surgeon
Surgery
Faculty of Medicine Ricardo Palma University
Lima, Peru
Edward H. Davidson, MA(Cantab), MBBS
Resident Plastic Surgeon
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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List of Contributors
Sara R. Dickie, MD
Clinician Educator
Surgery
University of Chicago Hospital Pritzker School of
Medicine;
Attending Surgeon
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Northbrook, IL, USA
Risal S. Djohan, MD
Microsurgery Fellowship Program Director
Plastic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic;
Surgery ASC Quality Improvement Officer
Plastic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
Amir H. Dorafshar, MBChB, FACS, FAAP
Associate Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute;
Assistant Professor
Plastic Surgery
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Baltimore, MD, USA
Jeffrey A. Fearon, MD
Director
The Craniofacial Center
Dallas, TX, USA
Alexander L. Figueroa, DMD
Craniofacial Orthodontist
Rush Craniofacial Center
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL, USA
Alvaro A. Figueroa, DDS, MS
Co-Director
Rush Craniofacial Center
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL, USA
David M. Fisher, MB, BCh, FRCSC, FACS
Medical Director Cleft Lip and Palate Program
Plastic Surgery
Hospital for Sick Children;
Associate Professor
Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Roberto L. Flores, MD
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
Director of Cleft Lip and Palate
Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
Andrew Foreman, B. Physio, BMBS(Hons),
PhD, FRACS
Consultant Surgeon, Department of
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University of Adelaide,
Royal Adelaide Hospital,
Adelaide, SA, Australia
Patrick A. Gerety, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Indiana University and Riley Hospital for
Children
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Jesse A. Goldstein, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Plastic Surgery
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Arun K. Gosain, MD
Chief
Division of Plastic Surgery
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of
Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Lawrence J. Gottlieb, MD
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Arin K. Greene, MD, MMSc
Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery
Boston Children’s Hospital;
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Patrick J. Gullane, MD, FRCS
Wharton Chair in Head and Neck Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Department of
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mohan S. Gundeti, MB, MCh, FEBU,
FRCS(Urol), FEAPU
Associate Professor of Urology in Surgery and
Pediatrics, Director Pediatric Urology, Director
Centre for Pediatric Robotics and Minimal
Invasive Surgery
University of Chicago and Pritzker Medical
School Comer Children’s Hospital
Chicago, IL, USA
Eyal Gur, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel
Bahman Guyuron, MD, FCVS
Editor in Chief, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Journal;
Emeritus Professor of Plastic Surgery
Case School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH, USA
Matthew M. Hanasono, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center
Houston, TX, USA
Toshinobu Harada, PhD
Professor in Engineering
Department of Systems Engineering
Faculty of Systems Engineering
Wakayama University
Wakayama, Japan
Jill A. Helms, DDS, PhD
Professor
Surgery
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
David L. Hirsch, MD, DDS
Director of Oral Oncology and Reconstruction
Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health
New York, NY, USA
Jung-Ju Huang, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Microsurgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan, Taiwan
William Y. Hoffman, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
UCSF
San Francisco, CA, USA
Larry H. Hollier Jr., MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Richard A. Hopper, MD, MS
Chief
Division of Craniofacial Plastic Surgery
Seattle Children’s Hospital;
Surgical Director
Craniofacial Center
Seattle Children’s Hospital;
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Gazi Hussain, MBBS, FRACS
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Oksana Jackson, MD
Assistant Professor
Plastic Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania;
Assistant Professor
Plastic Surgery
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA

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List of Contributors
Syril James, MD
Clinic Marcel Sembat
Boulogne-Billancourt
Paris, France
Leila Jazayeri, MD
Microsurgery Fellow
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
Sahil Kapur, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer
Center
Houston, TX, USA
Henry K. Kawamoto Jr., MD, DDS
Clinical Professor
Surgery Division of Plastic Surgery
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA, USA
David Y. Khechoyan, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Richard E. Kirschner, MD
Section Chief
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Nationwide Children’s Hospital;
Senior Vice Chair
Plastic Surgery
The Ohio State University Medical College
Columbus, OH, USA
John C. Koshy, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Michael C. Large, MD
Urologic Oncologist
Urology of Indiana
Greenwood, IN, USA
Edward I. Lee, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Jamie P. Levine, MD
Chief of Microsurgery
Associate Professor
Plastic Surgery
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
Jingtao Li, DDS, PhD
Consultant Surgeon
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
West China Hospital of Stomatology
Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
Lawrence Lin, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Joseph E. Losee, MD
Ross H. Musgrave Professor of Pediatric Plastic
Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center;
Chief, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
David W. Low, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania;
Clinical Associate
Department of Surgery
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ralph T. Manktelow, MD, FRCSC
Professor of Surgery,
The University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paul N. Manson, MD
Distinguished Service Professor
Plastic Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, USA
David W. Mathes, MD
Professor and Chief of the Division of Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery
Surgery Division of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO, USA
Frederick J. Menick, MD
Private Practitioner
Tucson, AZ, USA
Fernando Molina, MD
Director
Craniofacial Anomalies Foundation A.C.
Mexico City;
Professor of Plastic Reconstructive and
Aesthetic Surgery
Medical School
Universidad La Salle
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Laura A. Monson, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Reid V. Mueller, MD
Associate Professor
Plastic Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR, USA
John B. Mulliken, MD
Professor
Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery
Boston Children’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Gerhard S. Mundinger, MD
Assistant Professor
Craniofacial, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery
Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Center
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA, USA
Blake D. Murphy, BSc, PhD, MD
Craniofacial Fellow
Plastic Surgery
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Miami, FL, USA
Peter C. Neligan, MB, FRCS(I), FRCSC,
FACS
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic
Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
M. Samuel Noordhoff, MD, FACS
Emeritus Professor in Surgery
Chang Gung University
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Giovanna Paternoster, MD
Unité de chirurgie crânio-faciale du departement
de neurochirurgie
Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades
Paris, France
Jason Pomerantz, MD
Assistant Professor
Surgery
University of California San Francisco;
Surgical Director
Craniofacial Center
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Julian J. Pribaz, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of South Florida, Morsani College of
Medicine
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL, USA
Chad A. Purnell, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Northwestern
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Russell R. Reid, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Surgery/Section of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS
Helen L. Kimmel Professor of Reconstructive
Plastic Surgery
Chair, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic
Surgery
NYU School of Medicine
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, USA

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List of Contributors
Craig Rowin, MD
Craniofacial Fellow
Plastic Surgery
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Miami, FL, USA
Ruston J. Sanchez, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, USA
Lindsay A. Schuster, DMD, MS
Director Cleft-Craniofacial Orthodontics
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UMPC;
Clinical Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jeremiah Un Chang See, MD
Plastic Surgeon
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Penang General Hospital
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Pradip R. Shetye, DDS, BDS, MDS
Assistant Professor (Orthodontics)
Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
Roman Skoracki, MD
Plastic Surgery
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA
Mark B. Slidell, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Section of Pediatric Surgery
University of Chicago Medicine Biological
Sciences
Chicago, IL, USA
Michael Sosin, MD
Research Fellow
Department of Plastic Surgery Institute of
Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY, USA;
Research Fellow
Division of Plastic Reconstructive and
Maxillofacial Surgery
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD, USA;
Resident
Department of Surgery
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Youssef Tahiri, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FAAP,
FACS
Associate Professor
Pediatric Plastic & Craniofacial Surgery
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Peter J. Taub, MD
Professor
Surgery Pediatrics Dentistry and Medical
Education
Surgery Division of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
Jesse A. Taylor, MD
Mary Downs Endowed Chair of Pediatric
Craniofacial Treatment and Research;
Director, Penn Craniofacial Fellowship;
Co-Director, CHOP Cleft Team
Plastic, Reconstructive, and Craniofacial Surgery
The University of Pennsylvania and
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Kathryn S. Torok, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Rheumatology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ali Totonchi, MD
Assistant Professor
Plastic Surgery
Case Western Reserve University;
Medical Director Craniofacial Deformity Clinic
Plastic Surgery
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, OH, USA
Kris Wilson, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
S. Anthony Wolfe, MD
Plastic Surgery
Miami Children’s Hospital
Miami, FL, USA
Akira Yamada, MD, PhD
Professor of Plastic Surgery
World Craniofacial Foundation
Dallas, TX, USA;
Clinical Assistant Professor
Plastic Surgery
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH, USA
Peirong Yu, MD
Professor
Plastic Surgery
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center;
Adjunct Professor
Plastic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Ronald M. Zuker, MD, FRCSC, FACS,
FRCSEd(Hon)
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Toronto;
Staff Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Department of Surgery
SickKids Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
VOLUME FOUR
Christopher E. Attinger, MD
Professor, Interim Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
Center for Wound Healing
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Lorenzo Borghese, MD
Plastic Surgeon
Chief of International Missions
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
Rome, Italy
Charles E. Butler, MD, FACS
Professor and Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
Charles B. Barker Endowed Chair in Surgery
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center
Houston, TX, USA
David W. Chang, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Karel Claes, MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium
Mark W. Clemens II, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Plastic Surgery
MD Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, TX, USA
Shannon M. Colohan, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Peter G. Cordeiro, MD
Chief
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
Salvatore D’Arpa, MD, PhD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium

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Michael V. DeFazio, MD
Department Plastic Surgery
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
A. Lee Dellon, MD, PhD
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, USA
Sara R. Dickie, MD
Clinical Associate of Surgery
University of Chicago Hospitals
Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Ivica Ducic, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
GWU Washington Nerve Institute
McLean, VA, USA
Gregory A. Dumanian, MD
Stuteville Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
John M. Felder III, MD
Fellow in Hand Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Washington University in Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA
Goetz A. Giessler, MD, PhD
Professor Director
Plastic-Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand
Surgery
Gesundheit Nordhessen
Kassel, Germany
Kevin D. Han, MD
Department of Plastic Surgery
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Piet Hoebeke
Department of Urology
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium
Joon Pio Hong, MD, PhD, MMM
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan
Seoul, South Korea
Michael A. Howard, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Plastic Surgery
NorthShore University HealthSystem/University
of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Jeffrey E. Janis, MD, FACS
Professor of Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery,
Neurology, and Surgery;
Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Plastic
Surgery;
Chief of Plastic Surgery, University Hospitals
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH, USA
Leila Jazayeri, MD
Microsurgery Fellow
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
Grant M. Kleiber, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Stephen J. Kovach III, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Robert Kwon, MD
Southwest Hand and Microsurgery
3108 Midway Road, Suite 103
Plano, TX, USA
Raphael C. Lee, MS, MD, ScD, FACS,
FAIMBE
Paul and Allene Russell Professor
Plastic Surgery, Dermatology, Anatomy and
Organismal Biology, Molecular Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS
Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Otway Louie, MD
Associate Professor
Surgery
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA, USA
Nicolas Lumen, MD, PhD
Head of Clinic
Urology
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium
Alessandro Masellis, MD
Plastic Surgeon
Euro-Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire
Disasters
Palermo, Italy
Michele Masellis, MD
Former Chief of Department of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Therapy
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery and Burn Therapy - ARNAS Ospedale
Civico e Benfratelli
Palermo, Italy
Stephen M. Milner, MB BS, BDS
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Surgery
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Arash Momeni, MD
Fellow, Reconstructive Microsurgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Stan Monstrey, MD, PhD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium
Venkateshwaran N, MBBS, MS, DNB, MCh,
MRCS(Intercollegiate)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Jupiter Hospital
Thane, India
Rajiv P. Parikh, MD, MPHS
Resident Physician
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Mônica Sarto Piccolo, MD, MSc, PhD
Director
Pronto Socorro para Queimaduras
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Nelson Sarto Piccolo, MD
Chief
Division of Plastic Surgery
Pronto Socorro para Queimaduras
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Maria Thereza Sarto Piccolo, MD, PhD
Scientific Director
Pronto Socorro para Queimaduras
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Vinita Puri, MS, MCh
Professor and Head
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive Surgery
and Burns
Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Andrea L. Pusic, MD, MHS, FACS
Associate Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA

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List of Contributors
Vinay Rawlani, MD
Division of Plastic Surgery
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Juan L. Rendon, MD, PhD
Clinical Instructor Housestaff
Department of Plastic Surgery
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical
Center
Columbus, OH, USA
Michelle C. Roughton, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Hakim K. Said, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Division of Plastic surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Michel Saint-Cyr, MD, FRSC(C)
Professor
Plastic Surgery
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Michael Sauerbier, MD, PhD
Professor, Chair
Department for Plastic, Hand, and
Reconstructive Surgery
Academic Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt
am Main
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Loren S. Schechter, MD
Associate Professor and Chief
Division of Plastic Surgery
Chicago Medical School
Morton Grove, IL, USA
David H. Song, MD, MBA, FACS
Regional Chief, MedStar Health
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professor and Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, DC, USA
Yoo Joon Sur, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
The Catholic University of Korea, College of
Medicine
Seoul, Korea
Chad M. Teven, MD
Resident
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
VOLUME FIVE
Jamil Ahmad, MD, FRCSC
Director of Research and Education
The Plastic Surgery Clinic
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada;
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert J. Allen Sr., MD
Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
New York University Medical Center
Charleston, NC, USA
Ryan E. Austin, MD, FRCSC
Plastic Surgeon
The Plastic Surgery Clinic
Mississauga, ON, Canada
Brett Beber, BA, MD, FRCSC
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Lecturer, Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Philip N. Blondeel, MD
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
University Hospital Ghent
Ghent, Belgium
Benjamin J. Brown, MD
Gulf Coast Plastic Surgery
Pensacola, FL, USA
Mitchell H. Brown, MD, MEd, FRCSC
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M. Bradley Calobrace, MD, FACS
Plastic Surgeon
Calobrace and Mizuguchi Plastic Surgery Center
Departments of Surgery, Divisions of Plastic
Surgery
Clinical Faculty, University of Louisville and
University of Kentucky
Louisville, KY, USA
Grant W. Carlson, MD
Wadley R. Glenn Professor of Surgery
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, USA
Bernard W. Chang, MD
Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Mercy Medical Center
Baltimore, MD, USA
Mark W. Clemens II, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor Plastic Surgery
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA
Robert Cohen MD, FACS
Medical Director
Plastic Surgery
Scottsdale Center for Plastic Surgery
Paradise Valley, AZ and;
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Amy S. Colwell, MD
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Edward H. Davidson, MA(Cantab), MB, BS
Resident Plastic Surgeon
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Emmanuel Delay, MD, PhD
Unité de Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructrice
Centre Léon Bérard
Lyon, France
Francesco M. Egro, MB ChB, MSc, MRCS
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Neil A. Fine, MD
President
Northwestern Specialists in Plastic Surgery;
Associate Professor (Clinical) Surgery/Plastics
Northwestern University Fienberg School of
Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Jaime Flores, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Microvascular
Surgeon
Miami, FL, USA
Joshua Fosnot, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
The Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Allen Gabriel, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA, USA
Michael S. Gart, MD
Resident Physician
Division of Plastic Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Matthew D. Goodwin, MD
Plastic Surgeon
Plastic Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton, FL, USA

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List of Contributors
Samia Guerid, MD
Cabinet
50 rue de la République
Lyon, France
Moustapha Hamdi, MD, PhD
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Brussels University Hospital
Vrij Universitaire Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Alexandra M. Hart, MD
Emory Division of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
Emily C. Hartmann, MD, MS
Aesthetic Surgery Fellow
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Nima Khavanin, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD, USA
John Y. S. Kim, MD
Professor and Clinical Director
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Steven Kronowitz, MD
Owner, Kronowitz Plastics
PLLC;
University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Medical
Center
Houston, TX, USA
John V. Larson, MD
Resident Physician
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Z-Hye Lee, MD
Resident
Department of Plastic Surgery
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
Frank Lista, MD, FRCSC
Medical Director
The Plastic Surgery Clinic
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada;
Assistant Professor Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Albert Losken, MD, FACS
Professor of plastic surgery and Program
Director
Emory Division of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
Charles M. Malata, BSc(HB), MB ChB,
LRCP, MRCS, FRCS(Glasg), FRCS(Plast)
Professor of Academic Plastic Surgery
Postgraduate Medical Institute
Faculty of Health Sciences
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge and Chelmsford, UK;
Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Cambridge Breast Unit at Addenbrooke’s
Hospital
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust
Cambridge, UK
Jaume Masià, MD, PhD
Chief and Professor of Plastic Surgery
Sant Pau University Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
G. Patrick Maxwell, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA, USA
James L. Mayo, MD
Microsurgery Fellow
Plastic Surgery
New York University
New York, NY, USA
Roberto N. Miranda, MD
Professor
Department of Hematopathology
Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA
Colin M. Morrison, MSc (Hons) FRCSI
(Plast)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
St. Vincent’s University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Maurice Y. Nahabedian, MD, FACS
Professor and Chief
Section of Plastic Surgery
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington DC, USA;
Vice Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington DC, USA
James D. Namnoum, MD
Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery
Atlanta Plastic Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
Maria E. Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department of Surgery, Division of Upper GI/
General Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Julie Park, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Section of Plastic Surgery
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Ketan M. Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Keck Medical Center of USC
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Nakul Gamanlal Patel, BSc(Hons),
MBBS(Lond), FRCS(Plast)
Senior Microsurgery Fellow
St. Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery
Broomfield Hospital
Chelmsford, UK
Gemma Pons, MD, PhD
Head
Microsurgery Unit
Plastic Surgery
Hospital de Sant Pau
Barcelona, Spain
Julian J. Pribaz, MD
Professor of Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Venkat V. Ramakrishnan, MS, FRCS,
FRACS(Plast Surg)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
St. Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery
Broomfield Hospital
Chelmsford, UK
Elena Rodríguez-Bauzà, MD
Plastic Surgery Department
Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, Spain
Michael R. Schwartz, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Private Practice
Westlake Village, CA, USA
Stephen F. Sener, MD
Professor of Surgery, Clinical Scholar
Chief of Breast, Endocrine, and Soft Tissue
Surgery
Department of Surgery, Keck School of
Medicine of USC
Chief of Surgery and Associate Medical Director
Perioperative Services
LAC+USC (LA County) Hospital
Los Angeles, CA, USA

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List of Contributors
Joseph M. Serletti, MD, FACS
The Henry Royster–William Maul Measey
Professor of Surgery and Chief
Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Deana S. Shenaq, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Surgery - Plastic Surgery
The University of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, IL, USA
Kenneth C. Shestak, MD
Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ron B. Somogyi, MD MSc FRCSC
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
David H. Song, MD, MBA, FACS
Regional Chief, MedStar Health
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professor and Chairman
Department of Plastic Surgery
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, DC, USA
The late Scott L. Spear†, MD
Formerly Professor of Plastic Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Georgetown University
Washington, MD, USA
Michelle A. Spring, MD, FACS
Program Director
Glacier View Plastic Surgery
Kalispell Regional Medical Center
Kalispell, MT, USA
W. Grant Stevens, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Marina Plastic Surgery Associates;
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Elizabeth Stirling Craig, MD
Plastic Surgeon and Assistant Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA
Simon G. Talbot, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Jana Van Thielen, MD
Plastic Surgery Department
Brussels University Hospital
Vrij Universitaire Brussel (VUB)
Brussels, Belgium
Henry Wilson, MD, FACS
Attending Plastic Surgeon
Private Practice
Plastic Surgery Associates
Lynchburg, VA, USA
Kai Yuen Wong, MA, MB BChir, MRCS,
FHEA, FRSPH
Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust
Cambridge, UK
VOLUME SIX
Hee Chang Ahn, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Hanyang University Hospital School of Medicine
Seoul, South Korea
Nidal F. Al Deek, MD
Surgeon
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
Kodi K. Azari, MD, FACS
Reconstructive Transplantation Section Chief
Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Carla Baldrighi, MD
Staff Surgeon
Pediatric Surgery Meyer Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery
Unit
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi
Florence, Italy
Gregory H. Borschel, MD, FAAP, FACS
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery;
Assistant Professor
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical
Engineering;
Associate Scientist
The SickKids Research Institute
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kirsty Usher Boyd, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Gerald Brandacher, MD
Scientific Director
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Lesley Butler, MPH
Clinical Research Coordinator
Charles E. Seay, Jr. Hand Center
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Dallas, TX, USA
Ryan P. Calfee, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Brian T. Carlsen, MD
Associate Professor
Departments of Plastic Surgery and Orthopedic
Surgery
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
David W. Chang, MD
Professor
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
James Chang, MD
Johnson & Johnson Distinguished Professor
and Chief
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA, USA
Robert A. Chase, MD
Holman Professor of Surgery – Emeritus
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA, USA
Alphonsus K. S. Chong, MBBS, MRCS,
MMed(Orth), FAMS (Hand Surg)
Senior Consultant
Department of Hand and Reconstructive
Microsurgery
National University Health System
Singapore;
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
Singapore
David Chwei-Chin Chuang, MD
Senior Consultant, Ex-President, Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
Chang Gung University Hospital
Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS
Chief of Hand Surgery
Michigan Medicine
Charles B G De Nancrede Professor, Assistant
Dean for Faculty Affairs
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Christopher Cox, MD
Attending Surgeon
Kaiser Permanente
Walnut Creek, CA, USA

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List of Contributors
Catherine Curtin, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery Division of Plastic
Surgery
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
Lars B. Dahlin, MD, PhD
Professor and Consultant
Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö – Hand
Surgery
University of Lund
Malmö, Sweden
Kenneth W. Donohue, MD
Hand Surgery Fellow
Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
Gregory A. Dumanian, MD, FACS
Stuteville Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
William W. Dzwierzynski, MD
Professor and Program Director
Department of Plastic Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Simon Farnebo, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Consultant Hand
Surgeon
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery
and Burns
Institution of Clinical and Experimental
Medicine, University of Linköping
Linköping, Sweden
Ida K. Fox, MD
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Paige M. Fox, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA, USA
Jeffrey B. Friedrich, MD
Professor of Surgery and Orthopedics
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic
Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Steven C. Haase, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic
Surgery
University of Michigan Health
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Elisabet Hagert, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Science and Education
Karolinska Institute;
Chief Hand Surgeon
Hand Foot Surgery Center
Stockholm, Sweden
Warren C. Hammert, MD
Professor of Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery
Chief, Division of Hand Surgery
Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY, USA
Isaac Harvey, MD
Clinical Fellow
Department of Pediatric Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
Hospital for SickKids
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vincent R. Hentz, MD
Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Orthopedic
Surgery (by courtesy)
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
Jonay Hill, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
Steven E. R. Hovius, MD, PhD
Former Head, Department of Plastic,
Reconstructive and Hand Surgery
Erasmus MC
University Medical Center
Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
Xpert Clinic, Hand and Wrist Center
The Netherlands
Jerry I. Huang, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopedics and Sports
Medicine
University of Washington;
Program Director
University of Washington Hand Fellowship
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Marco Innocenti, MD
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery,
University of Florence;
Director, Reconstructive Microsurgery
Department of Oncology
Careggi University Hospital
Florence, Italy
Neil F. Jones, MD, FRCS
Professor and Chief of Hand Surgery
University of California Medical Center;
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery;
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA, USA
Ryosuke Kakinoki, MD, PhD
Professor of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery,
Reconstructive, and Orthopedic Surgery
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Faculty of Medicine
Kindai University
Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan
Jason R. Kang, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Redwood City, CA, USA
Joseph S. Khouri, MD
Resident
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of
Surgery
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY, USA
Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD
Professor
Departments of PM&R, BME, and Surgery
Northwestern University;
Director, Neural Engineering Center for Artificial
Limbs
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Donald Lalonde, BSC, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Saint John Campus of Dalhousie University
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
W. P. Andrew Lee, MD
The Milton T. Edgerton MD, Professor and
Chairman
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Anais Legrand, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA, USA
Terry Light, MD
Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL, USA
Jin Xi Lim, MBBS, MRCS
Senior Resident
Department of Hand and Reconstructive
Microsurgery
National University Health System
Singapore
Joseph Lopez, MD, MBA
Resident, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA

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Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr. and Robert H.
Shoenberg Professor
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Brian Mailey, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Institute for Plastic Surgery
Southern Illinois University
Springfield, IL, USA
Steven J. McCabe, MD, MSc, FRCS(C)
Director of Hand and Upper Extremity Program
University of Toronto
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kai Megerle, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Clinic for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
Technical University of Munich
Munich, Germany
Amy M. Moore, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA
Steven L. Moran, MD
Professor and Chair of Plastic Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery, Division of Hand and
Microsurgery;
Professor of Orthopedics
Rochester, MN, USA
Rebecca L. Neiduski, PhD, OTR/L, CHT
Dean of the School of Health Sciences
Professor of Health Sciences
Elon University
Elon, NC, USA
David T. Netscher, MD
Program Director, Hand Surgery Fellowship;
Clinical Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery
and Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine;
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Surgery (Plastic
Surgery)
Weill Medical College
Cornell University
Houston, TX, USA
Michael W. Neumeister, MD
Professor and Chairman
Division of Plastic Surgery
Springfield Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL, USA
Shelley Noland, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Christine B. Novak, PT, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Scott Oates, MD
Deputy Department Chair;
Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of
Surgery
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center
Houston, TX, USA
Kerby Oberg, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, CA, USA
Scott Oishi, MD
Director, Charles E. Seay, Jr. Hand Center
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children;
Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery and
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
William C. Pederson, MD, FACS
President and Fellowship Director
The Hand Center of San Antonio;
Adjunct Professor of Surgery
The University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio
San Antonio, TX, USA
Dang T. Pham, MD
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX, USA
Karl-Josef Prommersberger, MD, PhD
Chair, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Clinic for Hand Surgery
Bad Neustadt/Saale, Germany
Carina Reinholdt, MD, PhD
Senior Consultant in Hand Surgery
Center for Advanced Reconstruction of
Extremities
Sahlgrenska University Hospital/ Mölndal
Mölndal, Sweden;
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedics
Institute for Clinical Sciences
Sahlgrenska Academy
Goteborg, Sweden
Justin M. Sacks, MD, MBA, FACS
Director, Oncological Reconstruction;
Assistant Professor
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Douglas M. Sammer, MD
Associate Professor of Plastic and Orthopedic
Surgery
Chief of Plastic Surgery at Parkland Memorial
Hospital
Program Director Hand Surgery Fellowship
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
Subhro K. Sen, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Robert A. Chase Hand and Upper Limb Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
Pundrique R. Sharma, MBBS, PhD and
FRCS (Plast)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Department for Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Liverpool, UK
Randolph Sherman, MD, FACS
Vice Chair
Department of Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jaimie T. Shores, MD
Clinical Director, Hand/Arm Transplant Program
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Vanila M. Singh, MD, MACM
Clinical Associate Professor
Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA, USA
Jason M. Souza, MD, LCDR, MC, USN
Staff Plastic Surgeon, United States Navy
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MD, USA
Amir Taghinia, MD, MPH
Attending Surgeon
Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery
Boston Children’s Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
David M. K. Tan, MBBS
Senior Consultant
Department of Hand and Reconstructive
Microsurgery
National University Health System
Singapore;
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University Singapore
Singapore

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List of Contributors
Jin Bo Tang, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Hand Surgery;
Chair, The Hand Surgery Research Center
Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University
Nantong, The People’s Republic of China
Johan Thorfinn, MD, PhD
Senior Consultant of Plastic Surgery, Burn Unit;
Co-Director
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery
and Burns
Linköping University Hospital
Linköping, Sweden
Michael Tonkin, MBBS, MD, FRACS(Orth),
FRCS(Ed Orth)
Professor of Hand Surgery
Department of Hand Surgery and Peripheral
Nerve Surgery
Royal North Shore Hospital
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
University of Sydney Medical School
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Joseph Upton III, MD
Staff Surgeon
Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery
Boston Children’s Hospital;
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Francisco Valero-Cuevas, PhD
Director
Brain-Body Dynamics Laboratory;
Professor of Biomedical Engineering;
Professor of Biokinesiology and Physical
Therapy;
(By courtesy) Professor of Computer Science
and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
The University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Christianne A. van Nieuwenhoven, MD, PhD
Plastic Surgeon/Hand Surgeon
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Erasmus Medical Centre
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Nicholas B. Vedder, MD
Professor of Surgery and Orthopedics
Chief of Plastic Surgery Vice Chair
Department of Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Andrew J. Watt, MD
Attending Hand and Microvascular Surgeon;
Associate Program Director, Buncke Clinic Hand
and Microsurgery Fellowship;
Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Stanford University
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The Buncke Clinic
San Francisco, CA, USA
Fu-Chan Wei, MD
Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Julie Colantoni Woodside, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
OrthoCarolina
Gastonia, NC, USA
Jeffrey Yao, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Redwood City, CA, USA

My wife, Gabrielle Kane, has always been my rock. She not
only encourages me in my work but gives constructive criti-
cism bolstered by her medical expertise as well as by her
knowledge and training in education. I can never repay her.
The editorial team at Elsevier have made this series possible.
Belinda Kuhn leads the group of Alexandra Mortimer, Louise
Cook, and the newest addition to the team, Sam Crowe. The
Elsevier production team has also been vital in moving this
project along. The volume editors, Geoff Gurtner, Peter Rubin,
Ed Rodriguez, Joe Losee, David Song, Mo Nahabedian, Jim
Chang, and Dan Liu have shaped and refined this edition,
making vital changes to keep the series relevant and up-to-
date. My colleagues in the University of Washington, headed
by Nick Vedder, have provided continued encouragement
Acknowledgments
and support. Finally, and most importantly, the residents and
fellows who pass through our program keep us on our toes
and ensure that we give them the best possible solutions to
their questions.
Peter C. Neligan, MB, FRCS(I), FRCSC, FACS
To my family with love: my wife, Julie, whose unwavering
support and encouragement make everything possible, and
our wonderful children, Eliana, Liviya, Zachary, and Talya,
who fill our lives with joy.
J. Peter Rubin, MD, FACS

Dedicated to future plastic surgeons. Take up the torch
and lead us forward!

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Managing the cosmetic patient
Michelle B. Locke and Foad Nahai
SYNOPSIS
■ Societal interest in plastic surgery is increasing:
• The number of plastic surgery procedures as reported by the
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) has
increased 82% since 1997
• Women between the ages of 35 and 50 comprise the largest group
of patients for both surgical and nonsurgical procedures.
■ Understanding the patients’ motivations for surgery and their
expectations of the outcomes are the keys to achieving satisfied
patients postoperatively:
• Managing the patients’ expectations requires full patient
education
• Second consultations are almost always necessary preoperatively
• Be sure to discuss your policy for revisional surgery during the
preoperative period.
■ Postoperative follow-up should include detailed written instructions and
the surgeon’s contact details:
• Regular follow-up visits are needed during the early postoperative
period to assist the patient through the recovery
• Unhappy patients or those with unsatisfactory outcomes should be
seen more often to improve communication.
can be influenced somewhat by social trends and advertising,
research shows that subjective attractiveness is largely
biological, overlaid with only a small amount of personal
preference. Studies looking at the consistency of physical
attractiveness ratings across cultural groups agree that facial
attractiveness is species-specific, not race-specific.2,3 Research
in the US has shown that the ratings provided by Asians,
Hispanics, Caucasians, and African Americans correlate well
for facial attractiveness overall, although features such as
expression and sexual maturity influenced some cultural
groups more than others.3 Also, Caucasians and African
Americans differed on their judgment of bodies. Judgments
can potentially be influenced by cultural norms; for example,
the classical Roman nose is very different in size and shape to
the African-American nose, so what may be considered a
deformity in one person may be attractive on another. There
is no simple answer to the question of what constitutes beauty,
or even an attractive face.
In order to ascertain what makes an attractive face, some
researchers have assessed facial features by judging individual
faces, then comparing the results with computer-generated
composite faces, averaging the individuals.4,5 This research
showed there was a trend towards the composite face being
more attractive than the faces individually, producing a claim
that “attractive faces are only average”. Others have disputed
this claim, saying that a mathematically averaged face is not
the same as an average face.6,7 Interestingly, functional mag-
netic resonance imaging scanning of subjects during judgment
on the facial attractiveness of strangers has shown that per-
ceived facial attractiveness increases with eye contact rather
than with increased physical attractiveness per se.8,9 These
studies have also shown that facial attractiveness is a funda-
mental condition which a stranger can read rapidly. In fact, it
takes only 150 ms and no eye movement to judge a stranger’s
attractiveness.
Over 2000 articles on the study of facial attractiveness
have been published in the past 30 years. Social and psy-
chological literature from the 1970s and 1980s extensively
studied the response to physical attractiveness and showed
Understanding the motives, expectations, and
desires of a patient seeking cosmetic surgery is at
least as important as manual dexterity for achieving
consistently satisfactory results.1
Societal interest in cosmetic surgery
The concept of beauty
What is beauty? The concept of attractiveness seems to be
innate and is similar across cultures and religions. While it

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Fig. 1.1  Top five surgical procedures in 2016. (American Society for Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery 2016 data.)
Fig. 1.2  Change in procedure numbers between 1997 and 2015. (American
Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2015 data.)
that physical attractiveness has a statistically significant effect
on the person’s self-esteem and well-being.2 This implies that
beauty has influence which is more than “just skin deep”.10
Pediatric studies have revealed that parents provide better
parenting to attractive children and respond more positively
to cuter infants.11 Studies have also shown that attractive
women receive more dates and are perceived to have more
positive social attributes. Housman suggested that physically
attractive people are offered greater opportunities for success
and happiness throughout their life.10 Attractive individuals
are more likely to be hired, promoted, and earn higher sala-
ries than their less attractive counterparts. As the potential
benefits go far beyond improved self-esteem, it is perhaps
not surprising that individuals are attending their plastic sur-
geons with requests for surgical and nonsurgical options in an
attempt to increase their perceived attractiveness or correct a
deformity.
Increasing societal acceptance of
cosmetic surgery
The specialty of plastic surgery is rooted in reconstructive
surgery for congenital abnormalities and acquired injuries.
Surgery for purely aesthetic reasons was incorporated into
the field somewhat later. Research from across the US has
shown that societal acceptance of plastic surgery is increas-
ing. The 2010 American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
(ASAPS) Quick Facts consumer attitudes survey found that
53% of women and 49% of men approved of cosmetic surgery,
while 27% of married Americans and 33% of unmarried
Americans would consider cosmetic surgery for themselves
in the future.12 If you compared those attitudes with previ-
ous results, 20% of Americans were more favorably disposed
towards cosmetic surgery than 5 years earlier. More recently,
a consumer attitudes survey was commissioned by RealSelf.
com (an online social media-style community for learning
and sharing information about cosmetic surgery procedures)
and conducted by Zeitgeist Research in December 2014.13
They found that more than 30% of the women surveyed
would be prepared to undergo plastic surgery to change
the appearance of a body part while 7% had in fact already
done so.13
This increased acceptance may be related to the extensive
media coverage in recent years which essentially normalizes
plastic surgery and increases the perceived benefits of cos-
metic surgery.14 This includes celebrities openly discussing
their plastic surgical procedures, as well as popular television
programs such as the series Nip/Tuck and reality programs Dr
90210 and Extreme Makeover, which have been on our screens
since 2002. Even E! Entertainment television’s latest show
Botched, which focuses on cosmetic surgery gone wrong, is
unlikely to negatively influence viewers’ attitudes towards
cosmetic surgery as plastic surgery is still portrayed as an
effective method to transform the unhappy patient’s body
back to the ideal. In addition to televised media, the recent
rise in social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram
have resulted in younger patients taking regular “selfies” (a
photograph taken of oneself by oneself, typically for posting
on a social media site). It has been suggested that imperfec-
tions can appear magnified by the camera lens, prompting
the younger generation to turn to cosmetic surgery to correct
or enhance their appearance.15 Unfortunately, the downside
of making plastic surgery a form of mainstream entertain-
ment is the misrepresentation of the significance, complex-
ity, downtime, and potential complications of undergoing
surgery. These issues increase the chance that the patient
will present with unrealistic expectations which must be
clearly addressed by the plastic surgeon at preoperative
consultations.
ASAPS statistics for surgical procedures performed in 2016
show that the most commonly performed plastic surgery
operations are liposuction (414,335 procedures) and breast
augmentation (310,444 procedures) (Fig. 1.1).16 Compared
with the surgical statistics from 1997, there has been a signifi-
cant increase in these procedures (Fig. 1.2). This is in line with
the overall almost 100% increase in plastic surgical operations
performed over this period. Over this same time period there
has also been a significant rise in nonsurgical cosmetic proce-
dures, such as injectables (botulinum toxin, hyaluronic acid,
and so forth), laser hair removal, and skin-resurfacing tech-
niques, which have outpaced the growth in surgical proce-
dures, growing 650% since 1997.16 This trend also highlights
the public’s acceptance of cosmetic procedures overall, and
the popularity of nonsurgical procedures may indicate a pool
of potential patients who will consider operative procedures
in the future.
The largest age group of patients undergoing surgical and
nonsurgical procedures is between 35 and 50 years of age.
ASAPS statistics show that patients in the younger age group

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Patient motivation for cosmetic surgery
to meet the patient’s needs and requirements with compe-
tence and care. The American Board of Plastic Surgery, the
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), and ASAPS all
have ethical codes and guidelines governing advertising to
which diplomats and members must adhere. These specifi-
cally prohibit misrepresentation of the surgeons’ qualifica-
tions or expected results.
Patient motivation for
cosmetic surgery
As Greer stated in 1984, “Understanding the motives, expecta-
tions, and desires of a patient seeking cosmetic surgery is at
least as important as manual dexterity for achieving consis-
tently satisfactory results.”1 The patient may seek cosmetic
surgery for any number of reasons. Elucidating the patient’s
motivation is a goal of your first patient encounter. The best
reason for wanting plastic surgery is for self-improvement.
However, there are many other potential reasons. Patients
may feel that surgery will alter their life in some way, perhaps
make them more outgoing, help them secure a partner, or save
their marriage. The surgeon must be wary of patients with
hidden agendas, as an excellent surgical outcome may still not
result in a happy patient postoperatively.
During the initial consultation, the surgeon must attempt
to ascertain what the patient actually wants. This may be
different from what the spouse or partner or parents want. If
the patient is not initiating the surgery, then beware operating
on the patient. If the patient has attended the first appoint-
ment with his or her partner and the surgeon feels the partner
is the driving force behind the consultation, a second appoint-
ment should be scheduled with the patient alone. It is impor-
tant to ensure that it is the patient who wants the surgery and
that s/he fully understands the ramifications of surgery before
going ahead with any procedures.
Another potential warning sign regarding patient motiva-
tion is “doctor shopping”. While we encourage any patient to
seek a second, or even third, opinion if they wish, if the
surgeon is aware that the patient has seen several doctors
already, this should strike a warning bell. The surgeon should
inquire as to the reason for this. Perhaps the patient’s request
for surgery has been declined by other surgeons with good
reason. The patient’s expectations may be excessively high
and unrealistic. The patient may simply be indecisive. The
surgeon should be cautious about offering surgery to these
patients unless there is a thorough understanding about the
reasons for that patient shopping around.
The ideal patient
The ideal patient for cosmetic plastic surgery is one with
whom the surgeon can develop rapport and understanding.
The patient should be pleasant to the surgeon and the office
staff, have effective communication skills, and be intelligent,
well educated, and well informed regarding their potential
treatment. They must have an identifiable deformity for
correction, with realistic expectations of the outcome and a
full understanding of potential complications. They should
be sensible and compliant with pre- and postoperative
instructions. Unfortunately, not all of our patients fit this
profile!
than this (19–34 years) are undergoing surgical procedures
as commonly as those in the older age bracket. (25.3% and
25.6% respectively) (Table 1.1).16 This may be related to
the increasing societal acceptance of plasticsurgery. Also, the
obsession of popular media with body image increases the
focus on cosmetic procedures, particularly in the younger age
group who are more internet savvy.13 These results are not
US specific but seem to be echoed around the Western world.
Prior to its closure, a reader survey by More! magazine in
the UK revealed that 72% of women in their twenties would
like to have plastic surgery.17 Not surprisingly, the majority
(90.3%) of plastic surgical and nonsurgical patients are female
(Table 1.2).
Surgeon advertising
When aesthetic plastic surgery first developed, advertising
the surgeon’s services was considered distasteful and was
frowned upon by most practitioners. However, as times have
changed, advertising of services has become commonplace.
In these authors’ opinion, advertising should be discreet,
professional, and truthful. A professional, thorough website,
which can be accessed by public search engines and via links
from the websites of professional bodies with whom the
surgeon is affiliated, is essentially a common form of adver-
tising. Many patients say they wish to see before-and-after
photos if possible, while the surgeon must of course be cog-
nizant of maintaining patient privacy. As a minimum, the
website should cover the surgeon’s personal philosophy and
procedures offered, and provide contact details and a loca-
tion map. Additionally, advertising in local magazines or
newspapers may be appropriate. However, it is important
that plastic surgery is not seen to be trying to sell a service
to the patient, but instead is advertised as available and able
Table 1.1  Age distribution of plastic surgery patients
<18
years
19–34
years
35–50
years
51–64
years
65+
years
Surgical
procedures
2.0%
25.3%
38.8%
25.6%
8.3%
Nonsurgical
procedures
1.5%
16.3%
39.3%
30.8%
12.1%
(American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2016 data)
Table 1.2  Gender distribution of plastic surgical patients
Female
Male
Number
Percentage
Number
Percentage
Surgical
procedures
1,795,081
90.7%
184,515
9.3%
Nonsurgical
procedures
10,638,430
91.1%
1,036,324
8.9%
Overall
12,433,511
91.06%
1,220,839
8.94%
(American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2016 data)

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CHAPTER 1 • Managing the cosmetic patient
Special patient groups
The male cosmetic surgery patient
In the past 18 years, the number of cosmetic procedures per-
formed on men has increased more than 273%. Currently,
male patients account for 9.3% of all cosmetic surgery in the
US, and men underwent nearly 200,000 cosmetic surgery
operations in 2016.16 The most common operations include
liposuction and ear and nose surgery (otoplasty and rhino-
plasty respectively) (Fig. 1.3). However, men also represented
a significant proportion of patients undergoing facial aesthetic
surgery, making up 23.1% of all chin augmentations, 21.3% of
neck lifts, and 11.3% of all facelift (rhytidectomy) procedures
in 2016.16
Importantly, men are often overrepresented in the compli-
cation data for their procedures, particularly hematoma rates.
This should be thoroughly discussed with patients before
surgery. The reported incidence of hematoma following male
rhytidectomy ranges from 8 to 13% in most series, twice as
high as for females. This may be related to the greater vascu-
larity of the male facial skin, with a higher number of
microvessels to supply the hair follicles.18 Strict perioperative
blood pressure control may be the most important aspect of
care to reduce this rate. To this end, we routinely give males
clonidine (a centrally acting, alpha2 adrenergic receptor
agonist) 0.1 mg postoperatively. This helps stabilize their
blood pressure and is long-acting, with a half-life of about 12
hours.
The young cosmetic surgery patient
How young is too young for plastic surgery? This is not a
straightforward question, and the answer usually depends on
the reason for the surgery and the degree of patient deformity
and concern. The number of teenage patients is small – only
1.8% of all patients undergoing plastic surgical procedures
in 2016.16 Data from the last 16 years of reporting from both
the ASAPS and the ASPS show similar rates every year over
the time period, ranging between 1 and 3%. Cosmetic ear
set-back surgery (otoplasty) is the most common surgery
for teenagers overall with nose surgery (rhinoplasty) close
behind (Fig. 1.4). While ASAPS 2016 data show that only 1.0%
of all breast augmentations were performed on women 18
Fig. 1.3  Top five cosmetic surgeries for men in 2016. (American Society for
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2016 data.)
Fig. 1.4  Total number of surgical procedures performed on patients 18 years and
under in 2016. (American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2016 data.)
Fig. 1.5  Breast augmentation in women 17 years and under in 2016 by reason for
surgery. (American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2016 data.)
years of age and under, numerically this was the fourth most
common type of operation performed in this age group, with
3,140 performed in 2016. Of these augmentations, over 30%
were performed for purely cosmetic purposes (Fig. 1.5). This
is despite the fact that the US Food and Drug Administra-
tion (FDA) only approves saline-filled breast implants for
cosmetic augmentation in women aged 18 years and over
and silicone-filled implants for women 22 years and older.
The FDA states that this restriction is placed because “breasts
continue to develop through late teens and early 20s and
because there is a concern that a young woman may not
be mature enough to make an informed decision about the
potential risks”.
As the FDA implies, the greatest concern when operating
on a young patient is that the teen will have unrealistic expec-
tations from the surgery. Clearly, plastic surgeons need to
assess the emotional maturity as well as the physical maturity
of younger patients before undertaking any surgical proce-
dures. The young patient must understand that the surgery
itself results in a permanent change. In particular, patients
must understand that there will be permanent scars and there
are potential complications which will be with them for life.
A thorough preoperative assessment of why the young patient
wishes to have the surgery, and what difference the patient
thinks it will make to her life, should be undertaken. Any

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The initial consultation
with you, can be significantly less than discounting the
surgery.
It is the practice of the senior author to discount my
surgical fee for family, friends, other healthcare profession-
als, and office staff. However, the amount of discount that
is offered will vary with the relationship. It can be embar-
rassing and challenging to discuss this face-to-face with
the patient. To avoid this, I provide a letter to the patient
explaining my position on this matter, which is a modified
version of one which Dr. Tom Rees shared with me years ago
(Fig. 1.6
).
Fig. 1.6 appears online only.
Of course, these comments ignore the ethical issue of
whether one should operate on one’s family and friends. The
Code of Ethics states that physicians should not, except in
emergencies or when the illness is minor, treat themselves or
anyone with whom they have a relationship, such as their
spouse or child. This is due to the fact that your emotional
bond with the patient could compromise the quality of your
care and impair your judgment. Despite this, operating on
family seems to be common in our profession. If you do
undertake this surgery, ensure that you can do so safely and
to a high standard. If you feel that your judgment may be
impaired by the relationship, do not hesitate to refer the
patient to a colleague.
The initial consultation
First contact with the office
Although your website may well be the patient’s first contact
with, and first impression of, your practice and you, the
receptionist is usually the first person the patient will have
contact with in the office. It is important that the reception
staff leave a favorable first impression on the patient. Make
sure that the person answering your phone calls provides
friendly, efficient, personal service. The receptionist should
be able to answer questions about you and your facility, as
well as provide information about the services you offer.
This could include approximate cost information, as many
patients wish to know this before they make an appoint-
ment. If the reception staff do not know the answers to
the questions asked, they should be able to put potential
patients through to someone who can answer them, pos-
sibly your patient coordinator, administrative assistant,
or nurse.
It is useful to have the reception staff inquire how the
patient found out about you. They may have been referred
from friends or family, have found you on an internet search,
or seen your advertising. This information should be recorded
and you should assess it regularly, to see whether your adver-
tising dollar has been usefully spent.
When making the patient an appointment to see you,
ensure that the receptionist checks how the patient prefers to
be contacted. Some patients may not be happy to receive calls
at their place of work or at home, or they may not want you
to leave messages for them if they do not have a private voice
mailbox. This information is especially important as new
patient management systems are integrated into more and
more practices. These can automatically contact the patient for
unrealistic expectations of the changes that the surgery may
make should warn the surgeon against operating until the
patient is more emotionally mature and may prompt a psy-
chological referral instead.
In almost all of the US, individuals are considered minors
and therefore unable to consent to surgery until they reach
the age of 18. State legislation requires parental consent for
surgery on any patient under 18 years. However, the state
recognizes that the legal age of majority is arbitrary and that
there are minors who are competent and others, of legal age,
who are not. While this can be confusing, the fundamental
basis of the legislation is to protect minors from the conse-
quences of poor decisions. A responsible plastic surgeon also
has a role to play in protecting young patients from the con-
sequences of unnecessary surgery, even if the patient is over
the age of majority. First and foremost, it is the surgeon’s job
to care about the patient’s overall well-being.
Younger patients need support people during and after
surgery as much, or even more, than older adults. During
the preoperative assessments, make note of who attends with
the patient. Is it a parent or caregiver? Or is it a boyfriend or
girlfriend? While patients over 18 are not required to inform
their parents of their request for surgery, it can show a level of
maturity if the patient has discussed the surgery with parents
and has family support before going ahead. Contrast this
with young patients who do not want to tell anyone they
are undergoing surgery. Who will look after them during
their postoperative recovery period? Who will bring them
to their follow-up visits? Who will support them if there are
complications? Also, plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes
is not normally covered by insurance, raising the question
of how patients will pay for the primary surgery and what
arrangements they can make to pay for revisions and compli-
cations. Parental and family support assists both emotionally
and physically, and the plastic surgeon should be wary of
operating on a young patient without an obvious support
network.
Friends or family as your cosmetic
surgery patient
It is a strong endorsement of your skills and reputation as a
plastic surgeon when friends or family consult you and desire
your surgical expertise. However, this flattery can be expen-
sive, as family and friends often have an expectation of free
or heavily discounted procedures. Not only does such dis-
counting generate little revenue to help meet the overheads
of the practice, it also takes up time in your surgical schedule
that could have been spent operating profitably on another
patient. It is important to have a clear policy to manage these
expectations ahead of time.
If you don’t wish (or cannot afford) to discount your
surgery, one strategy is to explain to the patient that you
provide a professional service and therefore there will be a bill
for your services. However, as the individual is an important
person to you, you will endeavor to provide added value
in different ways. For example, increasing your availability
to see the patient outside your regular office hours, such
as evenings or weekend, may be very valuable to a friend
or medical colleague who works full-time. The cost of this,
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Fig. 1.6  Example letter to friends and family regarding surgical discount.

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to maintain eye contact rather than looking at the notes, and
to be friendly and caring in my demeanor. I always provide
feedback at the end of the consultation regarding whether
I think the patient is a suitable candidate for the procedure
or not.
Photography
Formal, standardized photographs are taken of the patient at
the first appointment. These must be suitably consented and
the intended use of the images should be clear to the patient
on a signed consent form (Fig. 1.8
). The consent could allow
display of the images for the patient’s record only, for teaching
purposes, for publications, website use, or to show other
patients. I have a separate consent form for any patient who
consents to the use of photographs on the website, to ensure
complete understanding of this process and avoid any
unwanted legal issues.
Fig. 1.8 appears online only.
My practice has a professional photographer who takes
images and also provides digitally altered images to predict
the postoperative appearance. This is particularly helpful for
rhytidectomy and rhinoplasty procedures. Often rhinoplasty
patients will be offered more than one postoperative option,
so that they can see how their nose might look if set further
back or with more hump reduction. This is helpful to ensure
that both you and the patient have similar goals in mind for
the surgery. However, it is important to make it clear to the
patient that these photographs do not guarantee the outcome.
Patient coordinator
After seeing me and having photographs taken, the patient
then sees my patient coordinator. While I do not pressure the
patient to make any decisions at the first appointment, the
issue of fees and the waiting time for scheduling are covered.
If an overnight stay is being considered, the patient is shown
photographs of the overnight suites, or tours the facilities if
there are empty rooms available for viewing. The coordinator
will also go over the surgery, complications, and recovery
time with the patient again. The coordinator then becomes the
liaison person for the patient, to answer questions and sched-
ule surgery or further appointments.
After the appointment
The patient is always given written material to take home
regarding the procedure and the facility. Once the patient has
left, I dictate a letter to the patient at the same time as my
clinical note. This letter reiterates our discussions and the
potential surgical plan (Fig. 1.9
). I routinely request that the
patient comes back for a second appointment at no charge,
prior to scheduling surgery.
Fig. 1.9 appears online only.
Second and subsequent consultations
A second appointment allows me the opportunity of answer-
ing any further questions and reviewing my surgical plan
with the patient. It also provides another chance to go over the
limitations of each procedure, the scars, and potential compli-
cations for a second time. We also discuss the possibility of
you, to remind them of their appointment times or request
feedback on their visit. If the preferred method of contact is
not clearly indicated in the patient’s paper or electronic record,
breaches of the patient’s privacy can occur.
Once an appointment time has been made for the patient,
an information pack is sent out from the office, although all
the information may alternatively be available on a practice
website. This includes information regarding the surgeon and
the practice, including its location, a map, and parking
instructions. A health questionnaire is included, which the
patient is requested to complete and bring along to the
appointment (Fig. 1.7
). The pack can also be personalized
to include a brochure on the procedure that the patient is
considering. While all of this information is likely to be on
your website, not all patients are computer-literate and
printed material can be brought along at the time of the
appointment to assist with directions.
Fig. 1.7 appears online only.
Nurse assessment
In the senior author’s practice, the first person to see and
assess the patient is my nurse. The patient is brought into a
private consultation room, and the nurse goes over the pre-
assessment forms with the patient. This includes checking
that the health questionnaire forms are accurately completed
and that any allergies are correctly recorded, and confirming
the reason for today’s appointment. Depending on the patient
and the likely surgery, sometimes the nurse will spend time
looking through pre- and postoperative photographs with the
patient. At the end of this time, the nurse leaves the informa-
tion for me to read over before I see the patient. The nurse can
also provide valuable feedback on the patient. It is helpful to
be warned about any potential issues with the patient before
entering the room yourself. Also, some patients can be polite
and sociable to the surgeon but rude to the other staff members,
so it is always useful to be aware of the nurse’s first impres-
sion of the patient, along with your own.
Surgeon’s assessment
After reviewing the information, I then introduce myself
and ask what I can do for the patient. I spend between 15
and 30 minutes with the patient. Initially we will discuss the
patient’s goals and aims from surgery. This time helps me
assess the patient and whether his or her expectations are
reasonable, and whether I can meet them. It also develops
rapport with the patient much more effectively than begin-
ning the consultation with closed questions. Then I will
review all the health information with the patient, including
personal history of smoking and deep-vein thrombosis, as
well as adding any pertinent procedure-specific questions.
After reviewing the history, we return to the reason for the
consultation.
Throughout the appointment, I am assessing the patient
by appearance, grooming, manner, body language, and
enthusiasm for any surgery. I want to know whether the
patient is a realistic person with reasonable expectations. Do
I think that I can achieve these goals? Do I like the patient?
If we have a complication, will I be happy to see the patient
regularly in my clinic and will I be able to support him or
her throughout the issue? I am sure that the patient will be
making similar judgments about me, so I strive to be attentive,

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Fig. 1.7  (A,B) Examples of preconsultation medical questionnaires.
Continued

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Fig. 1.7, cont’d

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Second and subsequent consultations
Fig. 1.8  Example photographic consent form.
PACES PLASTIC SURGERY AND RECOVERY CENTER
3200 Downwood Circle
Suite 640
Atlanta, Georgia 30327
(404) 351-0051
PHOTOGRAPHIC CONSENT
I hereby voluntarily grant permission to Paces and Paces North Plastic Surgery Center
and/or their designated employees to take and use any pre-operative, intra-operative, or
post-operative photos of myself for purposes of record, research, education, and medical
publication, as well as assisting others in making their surgical decisions. Any of these
uses may be eliminated from this form.
I further understand that no form of compensation shall become payable to me for the use
of these photographs.
I hereby release Paces Plastic Surgery Center and its agents from any and all claims and
demands arising out of or in conjunction with the use of these photographs.
__________________________________________ ______________
Signature Date
__________________________________________
Print Name
I hereby certify that I am a parent or the person legally responsible as the guardian of the
above patient, a minor person, and that I also hereby provide authorization and grant the
releases described above in this document.
__________________________________________ ______________
Parent/Legal Guardian Signature
Date
__________________________________________
Print Name

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Saying “no” to a potential patient
revisional surgery being required and the financial implica-
tions of this. I often give my patients some “homework” for
this second visit: I request that my facial aesthetic patients
bring in a photograph of themselves from about 15–20 years
previously, that rhinoplasty patients bring in pictures from
magazines of noses that they like, and breast augmentation
patients bring in any pictures they find that they like, and so
forth. These help me visualize what I am trying to achieve
with the surgery, and ensure that the patient and I have
similar goals.
If surgery is going to go ahead, it is usually booked by the
end of the second appointment. Courtiss writes of a “three
strikes” rule – this means to beware the patient who requests
three or more preoperative appointments with you.19 This can
be a red flag for indecisiveness or uncertainty, which indicates
that this is not the ideal patient for you to operate on.
Saying “no” to a potential patient
Saying “no” to a patient can be difficult but is sometimes
necessary. You should heed your intuition and be cautious. If
you have concerns, do not offer the patient surgery. After all,
plastic surgery is truly elective surgery, so do not undertake
it if you feel that it is not in the patient’s best interest.
When to say “no”
The surgeon may consider the patient unsuitable for a number
of reasons. According to Gorney and Martello, the patient may
be either anatomically or psychologically unsuitable for the
procedure.20 From an anatomic viewpoint, the feature that the
patient wishes to have altered must be visible to the surgeon
and able to be corrected. Some patients perceive with a signifi-
cant degree of concern a deformity that the surgeon may
consider to be minor or trivial. The ideal patient fits around
the diagonal of Gorney’s patient selection graph (Fig. 1.10).20,21
However, studies on patients requesting rhinoplasty have
failed to demonstrate a significant correlation between the
extent of the deformity and the degree of psychological dis-
turbance the deformity causes the patient.22 This implies that,
just because the surgeon feels that the deformity is only minor,
the significance to the patient and therefore the likelihood of
improving the patient’s self-esteem following corrective
surgery is not necessarily also minor.
Reasons for declining to operate on a patient include:
■ You (or your staff) don’t like the patient.
■ You don’t think the patient likes you.
■ The patient is unreasonably demanding or has
unrealistically high expectations.
■ You believe the patient has a psychological problem such
as body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).
■ You feel that the patient has emotional instability and
would not cope with the surgery.
BDD is covered in detail elsewhere in this textbook (Vol. I, Ch.
3), but it is suitable to discuss it briefly here as it is particularly
relevant to patient selection. BDD is considered by the Diag-
nostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition,
as a somatoform disorder defined by repetitive behaviors or
mental acts in response to preoccupations with a perceived
defect or flaw in physical appearance.23 If a physical anomaly
Fig. 1.10  Gorney’s patient selection guide.
is present, the patient’s concern is markedly excessive. To
qualify as BDD the condition must be severe enough to impair
the patient’s social or other functioning. The incidence in the
general population is unknown but is thought to be between
0.5% and 2%. Reported rates among people seeking cosmetic
surgery are thought to be much higher, with studies suggest-
ing that BDD occurs in anything from 7% to 15% of patients.24,25
The most common symptom seen by the plastic surgeon
during consultation is excessive concern or distress over a
minor imperfection, manifested by spending a long time
describing the defect in great detail.24 The patient may appear
to have a depressed mood and speak in a monotone. He or
she may also show dissatisfaction with previous surgical
procedures, or request repeated surgery. Other, less common
features which may be apparent in the plastic surgeon’s office
include camouflaging and skin picking.
As the diagnosis of BDD requires the patient to have
impaired functioning because of the defect, it is important
that the plastic surgeon specifically asks the patient what
effect that defect has on social or daily functioning. The
importance of identifying these patients in your practice
before operating on them cannot be overstated, as surgery
may exacerbate the problem.26 If surgery is performed, more
than 75% will report dissatisfaction with the outcomes, and
this can potentially produce a malpractice lawsuit or even
violence towards the operating surgeon. Performing surgery
on these patients has also been shown to lead to anything
from never-ending requests for more surgery to psychosis
and suicidal ideation. Unfortunately, plastic surgeons do
not always identify these patients in advance. Sarwer pub-
lished the results of a survey of ASAPS members in 2002, in
which most respondents (84%) indicated that they had oper-
ated on a patient whom they initially believed was a suitable
candidate for surgery, only to discover postoperatively that
the patient suffered from BDD.27 Of these, 43% indicated that
the patient seemed to be more preoccupied with the defect
after surgery than they had been before, while another 39%
reported that the patient was less preoccupied with the initial
defect but was now focused on a different perceived defect.
Most concerning, 40% of respondents indicated that a patient
with BDD had threatened them, either legally or physically,
or both. Given these risks, it is probably sensible to consider
BDD to be a contraindication to plastic surgery. Aside from
this, there may also be other psychosocial issues which should

Fig. 1.9 Example of a generic follow-up letter after consultation.

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responsible for the bill themselves. My practice has a policy
of this bill being paid in full 14 days prior to their operation.
This preoperative financial discussion also includes clear
knowledge of who pays for the treatment of any complica-
tions or necessary revisions. It is also made quite clear to the
patient that the bill is an estimate only. While I do not alter
my surgical fee if the operation runs longer than expected,
patients will be responsible for any additional operating
room or anesthesia charges. While some practices offer
referrals to financial lending institutes to arrange loans to
pay for surgery, this is not my practice and I consider it a
(relative) contraindication to perform elective plastic surgery
on a patient who struggles to afford it or takes a loan to pay
the bill.
Informed consent
Informed consent is a process, not a piece of paper. I clearly
explain the general and specific risks in terms that the patient
can understand, and I do not downplay the likely downtime
postoperatively. The risks are reiterated by my surgical coor-
dinator and by myself at the patient’s second consultation.
Each procedure has a specific indepth consent form (Fig. 1.11
). The patient is required to read and initial each page and
sign on the last page. This includes the policy on paying for
revisions, which must also be read and initialed, as has been
suggested in the literature.30
Fig. 1.11 appears online only.
You may wish to consider adding into your consent a
restriction on the patient’s ability to post information regard-
ing you or their procedure on the internet without your
written permission. While this is not my current practice, with
the rapid increase in blog sites and social media, one unhappy
or vindictive patient can do untold damage to your reputation
with postings on the internet, reaching far more people than
word of mouth alone. Legally, it can be difficult, if not impos-
sible, to redress this situation or remove damaging posts
unless you have a signed restriction, as above.
Preoperative regime for the patient
Preoperatively, I make it clear to my patients, both verbally
and in the consent forms, that they must stop smoking (not
just cut down) prior to their surgery. I also request that they
cut down on any alcohol in the immediate preoperative
period. Depending on the procedure, my nurse will discuss a
skincare regime, such as starting retinoids in the preoperative
period as appropriate. All my facial aesthetic patients are
started on arnica and bromelain 1 week preoperatively to
decrease their bruising. All patients are given a complete
list of medications to avoid in the 2 weeks prior to their
surgery, including aspirin, vitamin E, and analgesics con­
taining nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories such as ibuprofen
(Fig. 1.12
). They are also asked to stop any herbal remedies
or dietary supplements.
Fig. 1.12 appears online only.
Anesthesia consultation
As all cosmetic surgery is elective, in the interests of patient
safety all patients are required to have clearance from their
internist prior to surgery. They also meet with one of our
anesthesiologists for a preoperative check-up and discussion
be considered relative contraindications to surgery. A recent
systematic review identified narcissistic and obsessive per-
sonality disorders as being associated with unsatisfactory
outcomes for both the patient and the surgeon, while young
age, male sex, minor deformity, and unrealistic expectations
were also found to be predictors of poor outcomes.28 Referral
for psychiatric consultation and treatment would be appropri-
ate prior to reconsidering the idea of plastic surgery if you felt
that patient had a personality disorder.1,24
If you are concerned about a patient’s ability to cope with
surgery emotionally, Sykes suggests trying less invasive pro-
cedures first.29 For example, if the patient presents for facial
rejuvenation, if it is appropriate you could trial temporary
treatments such as toxins or fillers to see how well the patient
tolerates these. If the patient copes well, attends regularly for
follow-up, and behaves in a reasonable fashion afterward, this
can help to reassure the surgeon that the patient may cope
with the surgery. Similarly, poor post-treatment behavior can
help unmask a difficult patient before you make the mistake
of operating on this person.
How to say “no”
Once you have decided not to operate on the patient, you
must be clear and honest about this. Do not be ambivalent in
your wording, leaving the patient hope that you might change
your mind. Do not blame the patient but instead, if necessary,
take the blame yourself. Phrases such as “I am not prepared
to operate on you because I don’t think I can achieve the result
you are looking for” are most suitable.
Saying “yes”: what is involved?
Managing surgical expectations
Assuming that you understand the patient’s goals and desires
and feel that you are able to meet them, surgery can be sched-
uled. Managing the patient’s expectations requires full patient
education. Patients should be given a clear indication of the
risk-to-benefit ratio for the surgery, as well as information
covering the likely time course for the operation and recovery.
I tell my patients to, “Forget the word cosmetic, remember the
word surgery”, and that all surgery carries risk. It is helpful
to show photographs of other patients at different time points
following similar surgery, to provide them with an idea of
what they might expect. This can be particularly relevant
before procedures such as chemical peels, which can be asso-
ciated with significant short-term postoperative morbidity
that the patient must accept before going ahead with the
procedure. I provide all my patients with written information
about the procedure, as well as postoperative care instruc-
tions. They are encouraged to contact me or my patient
coordinator if they have any further questions before their
operation.
Managing financial expectations
Prior to any surgery going ahead, the patient receives clear
documentation of all the costs involved from my patient
coordinator. We make it clear that insurance coverage is
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Fig. 1.11  Example surgery consent form.

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The unsatisfactory outcome
The unsatisfactory outcome
In an ideal world, both the patient and the surgeon are
happy with the results. Three unsatisfactory outcomes are
possible:
1. The patient is happy, the surgeon is unhappy.
2. Both the patient and the surgeon are unhappy.
3. The patient is unhappy, the surgeon is happy.
The patient is happy
If the patient is happy, then no further treatment is indicated,
even if the surgeon feels that this was far from his or her best
result. A happy postoperative patient whose expectations
have been met is the goal of plastic surgery. However, under
these circumstances, the surgeon should suggest further
follow-up to review the patient in the future, in case the
patient changes his or her mind about the suitability of the
outcome.
Both the patient and the surgeon are unhappy
When the outcome is unsatisfactory, you must put personal
feelings aside, difficult as it may be. Do not take complica-
tions or poor outcomes personally. Accept that unhappy
patients following surgery happen to everyone who practices
plastic surgery.30 Under these circumstances, further surgery
is likely. During your postoperative consultations, reassure
patients that you understand their dissatisfaction, that you
can see what they are concerned about, that you are not
happy with it either, and that you will do your utmost to fix
it for them. If a complication has occurred, be upfront with
the patient and explain what happened. In private, undertake
an honest self-appraisal of your operative technique in your
primary surgery and attempt to ascertain what produced the
unsatisfactory outcome. Ask yourself, “What went wrong?”
and “How will I prevent this happening again?” Next, ask
yourself whether you are able to fix the problem. If you do
not feel comfortable with operating again, consider referring
the patient for a second opinion or to a subspecialist plastic
surgeon if appropriate. The cost of further surgery should
also be discussed. This conversation is easier if it has been
covered preoperatively. My practice has a policy of providing
free revisional surgery. Your policy may be different, but in
general you should waive your surgical fee, though the
patient may be liable for any facility and anesthetic fee. If you
are sending the patient for a second opinion, expect to cover
(or at least contribute to) the other surgeon’s fee yourself.
Above all, provide patients with a clear explanation of the
management plan and ensure that their concerns have been
addressed.
The patient is unhappy but the surgeon
is happy
This is a very bad outcome as it usually indicates a breakdown
in communication between the surgeon and the patient or
poor patient selection. First, assess what went wrong. Did you
have similar goals initially? Does the patient have a psycho-
logical disturbance such as BDD that you did not discover
during your preoperative evaluation? Most importantly, can
of anesthesia care (Fig. 1.13
). Further investigations are
ordered by the internist or anesthesiologist as required, and
surgery is deferred if necessary until clearance has been
received. These visits ensure that the patient is a suitable
candidate for surgery, as well as confirming the patient’s suit-
ability for treatment in our office-based, credentialed operat-
ing suites. It also allows patients the opportunity to become
familiar with the anesthesia plan and facilities prior to their
operation. This familiarity helps avoid delays and alleviates
anxiety on the day of surgery.
Fig. 1.13 appears online only.
Postoperative follow-up
Following surgery, the patient may be discharged home from
the recovery room or stay overnight in a private suite. Occa-
sionally we arrange for the patient to stay at a hotel with an
overnight nurse. Patients who stay overnight are reviewed in
the evening by myself or a colleague and cared for overnight
by qualified nursing staff. The following morning I check the
patient, answer any questions, and arrange discharge. Drains
may be removed prior to leaving or at a postoperative
follow-up visit as suitable. All patients are given a prescrip-
tion for analgesic medications and instructions on what to
look out for in terms of complications (Fig. 1.14
). Contact
details are provided prior to leaving. These calls come through
to the office during working hours. After hours, an answering
service takes and forwards any calls to the surgeon. If patients
go home from the recovery room, they are called that evening
and the next morning by myself or my nursing staff, to check
on them and answer any questions. They are always given an
appointment time and date for a follow-up visit prior to
leaving the office.
Fig. 1.14 appears online only.
Follow-up consultations
My practice has a separate internal waiting room for facial
surgery patients so they do not have to spend time in the main
waiting room with preoperative patients. As a matter of
courtesy I always endeavor to see my patients as promptly as
possible. I sit with them in the consultation room, focusing on
the patient, not the clinical records, asking after recovery,
comfort levels, and so forth. Then I take down the dressings
and examine the wounds. I discuss progress, and at this stage
the patient has an opportunity to ask questions. Often the
patient brings in a list of questions, and I take time to go over
all these concerns.
During the first 1–2 postoperative weeks, when the swell-
ing and bruising are maximal, the patient may have doubts
about the wisdom of the surgery. After all, patients usually
look worse, not better, during this period! Therefore I support
them through this time by seeing them often, sometimes twice
a week or more if necessary, and then space out their follow-
up appointments over time. Postoperative photographs are
always taken for the records. I encourage patients to continue
to consult with me regularly until we can see the final outcome,
perhaps 6 months to a year. Once patients have completely
recovered and settled from their surgery, I offer them follow-up
appointments for as long as they want to see me, usually on
an annual basis.