Section I Principles 1 Patient Safety in Plastic Surgery 2 Wound Healing 3 Wound Management and Pressure Sores 4 Negative Pressure Wound Therapy 5 Local Anesthetics and Common Nerve Blocks 6 Soft Tissue Infections and Antibiotics in Plastic Surgery 7 Implants and Biomaterials 8 Principles of Osteosynthesis 9 Essentials of Dermatology for Plastic Surgeons 10 Laser Therapy: Principles and Applications in Skin Diseases 11 How to Set Up a Research Protocol in Plastic Surgery Section II Techniques 12 Basic Surgical Techniques, Sutures, and Wound Closure 13 Grafts: Skin, Fascia, Nerve, Tendon, Cartilage, and Bone 14 Fat Grafting 15 Vascular Anatomy of the Skin and Muscles 16 Flaps 17 Tissue Expansion 18 Burns 19 Microsurgery 20 Facial Trauma 21 Hand Trauma