Plastic Surgery & Wound Healing

• Wound healing
  • Sequence of events
  • Inhibitors of healing (FRIENDS)
• Evaluating wounds
  • Signs of infection
  • Dehiscence
• Management of wounds
  • Primary closure
  • Secondary closure
  • Skin grafting
  • Local flaps
  • Microsurgical flaps
• Overview of:
  • Maxillofacial and craniofacial surgery
  • Hand surgery
  • Aesthetic surgery
  • Breast surgery: Reduction | Augmentation | Reconstruction

The following topics will NOT be discussed, therefore outside reading is recommended:

• Details of maxillofacial and craniofacial, hand, and aesthetic surgery