Reprint

Reconstructive Microsurgery: Challenges and New Perspectives

Edited by
June 2024
128 pages
  • ISBN978-3-7258-1455-8 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-7258-1456-5 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-1456-5 (registering)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Reconstructive Microsurgery: Challenges and New Perspectives that was published in

Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

The subspecialty of reconstructive microsurgery utilizes microsurgical techniques to allow surgeons to operate on the smallest of structures, including vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. Traditionally, these procedures have been used by microsurgeons to reconstruct complex tissue defects through the use of free tissue transfer, which involves the transfer of tissue (free flaps) between distant anatomic sites on the body. As the field has advanced, microsurgical techniques have been applied to even smaller structures, opening the door for new procedures, such as lymphatic reconstruction in the management of lymphedema and new types of free flaps. In addition, refinement in the technique has allowed microsurgeons to now perform many of these procedures with minimal donor site morbidity. Lastly, trends in plastic and reconstructive surgery have also resulted in the more widespread use of other applications for microsurgery, such as gender-affirming surgery and vascularized tissue allotransplantation. In this Special Issue, the latest research in reconstructive microsurgery is presented, including in the areas of microsurgical technique, robotic microsurgery, and program development.

Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2024 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
craniofacial microsomia; obstructive sleep apnea; free fibular flaps; microsurgical reconstruction; reconstructive surgical procedures; microsurgery; suture technique; skin grafting; controlling nutritional status; microvascular flap complications; reconstructive surgery; robotic surgery; autologous breast reconstruction; surgical innovation; robotic-assisted surgery; robotic breast surgery; robotic plastic surgery; n/a; microsurgery; plastic surgery; free flap reconstruction; AV loops; end-to-side anastomoses; perforator flap; reconstructive surgical procedures; anteromedial thigh flap; vastus lateralis; microsurgery; breast reconstruction; free flap; microsurgery; deep inferior epigastric perforator flap; profunda artery perforator flap; lumbar artery perforator flap; four-flap; complex autologous breast reconstruction; co-surgeon; head and neck reconstruction; microvascular reconstruction; workhorse-free flaps; pediatric; free flap; microvascular reconstruction; head and neck; outcomes; success rate; complications

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