A History of Plastic Surgery

ISBN-13: 9783662518212 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 395 str.

Paolo Santoni-Rugiu; Philip J. Sykes

Opis

Dear Readers, Cosmetic Surgery (Chapters12-15). Te frst section deals with anatomy and the healing of wounds, discusses You have in your hands a work that should become a old and new plastic surgical procedures, and outlines the milestone of our understanding of medical history. In it history of anaesthesia. Te second covers the methods Professor Paolo Santoni-Rugiu and Mr Philip Sykes trace used from ancient times to reconstruct various areas of the development of plastic surgery and much of medi- the body and is the most extensive. Te last section d- cine in general, over three millennia. With his extensive cusses the history of cosmetic surgery and the origin of knowledge of clinical plastic surgery, no one could be present day procedures. better placed than the senior author to gather this valu- Te pages ring with the names of giants of the medical able material from historical documents. As well as us- sciences such as Hippocrates, Leonardo da Vinci, W- ing the great historical libraries of Italy, the authors were liam Harvey and Iginio Tansini, to say nothing of plastic able to refer to the many books in the Sanvenero-Ros- surgeons from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"This overview of plastic surgery is particularly focused on the development of surgical procedures, describing in detail the evolution of these procedures. The purpose is to demonstrate the growth of plastic surgery techniques. ... This book is clearly aimed at physicians and residents ... . The detail provided on the surgical procedures would be of interest to practitioners. Illustrations and text emphasize the procedures themselves ... ." (Patricia E. Gallagher, Doody's Review Service, November, 2007)

"...The volume's 400 or so figures are testament to three millennia of piecing body parts together and reconstructing or correcting them for functional or cosmetic purposes. The authors have scrutinized rare ancient texts and drawings to gain insight into early medical practices, including the crucial adjuncts of anaesthesia, blood transfusion and treatment of infection, some of which survived for thousands of years..." (Nature, Vol. 450, December 2007)

"The text is set out clearly and methodically with numerous impressive color illustrations. The book gives ample evidence that plastic surgery is one of the oldest surgical specialties, with procedures that often transcend the anatomical boundaries that define and limit other specialties. ... Each chapter tells an absorbing story that is well illustrated with images ... . an accessible and informative book that will be referred to constantly by trainee and veteran plastic surgeons alike." (Iain S. Whitaker, New England Journal of Medicine, March, 2008)

Spis treści

The Anatomical Foundations of Surgery.- Healing of Wounds and the Development of Surgery.- Skin Flaps.- Skin Grafts.- Grafts of Other Tissues.- Some Notes on Anaesthesia.- Nasal Reconstruction.- Cleft Lip and Palate.- Reconstruction of the External Genitalia.- Ear Reconstruction.- Skull Reconstruction.- to Cosmetic Surgery.- Cosmetic Rhinoplasty.- Facial Rejuvenation.- Cosmetic Surgery of the Breast.