Innovative Techniques in Skin Surgery PDF

Preface

The most novel surgical techniques are developed out of necessity or are created to simplify a surgical procedure. We often observe another surgeon's work and recognize a technical innovation that makes the operation easier. There is more than one way to achieve excellent end-products by using sometimes different approaches and techniques.

The purpose of Innovative Techniques in Skin Surgery is to offer the reader practical advice on how surgeons perform various procedures, based on new thoughts and ideas. The distinguished contributing authors possess special expertise in skin surgery and have contributed to the surgical literature. They explain each procedure in detail so that it can be confidently carried out by following the steps as outlined, bearing in mind the indications and potential complications.

This book complements standard texts. Numerous textbooks and monographs are available to the student of skin surgery, but in the last decade there has been no useful treatise on how a specific individual performs a given procedure. Although such an endeavor cannot be entirely comprehensive, it is hoped that the procedures included herein prove useful as a ready reference of reliable information.

Illustrations are used extensively to highlight and clarify the text. Selected references are listed at the end of each chapter for those desiring enhancement of their knowledge in skin surgery.

This book should appeal not only to dermatological surgeons and doctors in training, but also to plastic surgeons, head and neck surgeons, ophthalmic surgeons, and other surgeons dealing with the wide range of skin problems.