Contemporary Approach to Lower Extremity Reconstruction, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery
- 1st Edition, Volume 48-2 - March 10, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Lee L.Q. Pu
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 4 3 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 4 3 9 - 8
This issue Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest edited by Dr. Lee L.Q. Pu, is dedicated to Contemporary Approach to Lower Extremity Reconstruction. Topics in this issue include—but… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis issue Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest edited by Dr. Lee L.Q. Pu, is dedicated to Contemporary Approach to Lower Extremity Reconstruction. Topics in this issue include—but are not limited to—locoregional flaps, free flaps, propeller flaps, perforator-plus flaps, local free-style perforator flaps, free-style free perforator flaps, anterolateral thigh perforator flap, superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap, medial sural artery perforator flap, optimal timing of traumatic lower extremity reconstruction, management of Gustilo Type IIIC injuries, orthoplastic approach, functional restoration, lower extremity reconstruction after soft tissue sarcoma resection, super-microsurgery, free tissue transfers to lower extremity, and lower extremity reconstruction for limb salvage.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Locoregional Flaps in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedures
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Revisions or subsequent procedures
- Case examples
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Propeller Flaps in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Perforator flap anatomy
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Lower leg
- Safe harvest technique for propeller flaps
- Postoperative care and expected outcomes
- Management of complications
- Revision or subsequent procedures
- Case demonstrations
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Perforator-Plus Flaps in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedures
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Case demonstrations
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Freestyle Local Island Pedicle Flap in Lower Leg Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedures
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Revision or subsequent procedures
- Case demonstrations
- Discussions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Free Flaps in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedures
- Postoperative care and expected outcomes
- Management of complications
- Revisions and subsequent procedures
- Case reports
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Free-Style Free Perforator Flaps in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedures
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Revisions or subsequent procedures
- Case demonstrations
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Superficial Circumflex Iliac Artery Perforator Flap in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedure
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Revision or subsequent procedures
- Case demonstrations
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Anterolateral Thigh Perforator Flap: Its Expanding Role in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedures for expanding indications
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of flap variation
- Revision or subsequent procedures
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Medial Sural Artery Perforator Flap in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications of medial sural artery perforator flap transfers
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedures
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Revision or subsequent procedures
- Case demonstrations
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Optimal Timing of Traumatic Lower Extremity Reconstruction: Current Consensus
- Key points
- Introduction
- Evidence for early timing of reconstruction
- Wound preparation and management
- The consensus
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Management of Gustilo Type IIIC Injuries in the Lower Extremity
- Key points
- Introduction
- Reconstructive philosophy
- Initial evaluation
- Timing of operative interventions
- Flap selection
- Surgical approach
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Revision or subsequent procedures
- Case demonstrations
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Orthoplastic Approach to Lower Extremity Reconstruction: An Update
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedures
- Revisions or subsequent procedures
- Case demonstration
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Functional Restoration in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications of preferred reconstructions, including rationale and timing
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Supermicrosurgery in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedure
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Revision or subsequent procedures
- Case demonstrations
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Lower Extremity Reconstruction After Soft Tissue Sarcoma Resection
- Key points
- Introduction
- Preoperative evaluation: multidisciplinary care, imaging, and staging
- Oncological treatment: role of surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy
- Limb salvage: indications and contraindications
- Reconstructive surgical procedures: anatomic and defect-specific approach
- Postoperative care
- Management of complications
- Case demonstrations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Free Tissue Transfer for Patients with Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Perioperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedure
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Revision or subsequent procedures
- Case demonstration
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Microsurgical Reconstruction of the Lower Extremity in the Elderly
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedure
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Case demonstrations (up to 4 cases)
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Supplementary data
- Lower Extremity Reconstruction in the Pediatric Population
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications and contraindications
- Preoperative evaluation and special considerations
- Surgical procedures
- Postoperative care and expected outcome
- Management of complications
- Revision or subsequent procedures
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Lower extremity reconstruction for limb salvage and functional restoration - The Combat experience
- Key points
- Background
- Initial considerations and triaging lower extremity injuries on the battlefield
- Damage control and management of lower extremity wounds
- Lower extremity vascular injury
- Lower extremity nerve injury
- Soft tissue coverage
- Options for flap reconstruction
- Regenerative medicine and future concepts in lower extremity reconstruction
- Closing
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 48-2
- Published: March 10, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323794381
- eBook ISBN: 9780323794398
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Lee L.Q. Pu
Dr Lee Pu is an established professor of plastic surgery based at UC Davis, California. Dr Pu is a published author having two breast surgery titles where he is lead editor and also having worked on Elsevier Clinics titles as well as with other publishers. He is an internationally renowned expert on many areas of reconstructive surgery including soft -tissue reconstruction of the lower extremity. He has served more than 40 visiting professorships and given more than 110 invited lectures and keynote presentations, both nationally and internationally.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California, Davis, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California