Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for Primary Care [eBook]

Name: Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for Primary Care [eBook]
Brand: American Academy of Pediatrics
SKU: C4EA51A4-B0FD-4435-AEE4-03649057CF95

Editors: Peter J. Taub, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS, and Timothy W. King, MD, PhD, MSBE, FAAP, FACS

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Description

With contributions from the leading experts, Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for Primary Care provides primary care pediatricians and other professionals who care for children essential support on caring for children who are faced with issues related to plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Sixteen chapters with 200+ full-color photos provide superbly illustrated, authoritative guidance on when to treat and when to wait, on the timing of corrective surgeries in pediatric patients, and surgical strategies and complications.

Nonsurgical management and brief descriptions of how corrective procedures are performed are discussed, which is helpful to primary care pediatricians in counseling patients and conducting long-term patient follow-up.

Chapters include:

Cleft lip and palate repair
Craniosynostosis
Vascular anomalies
Congenital ear deformities
Orthognathic surgery
Pediatric facial fractures
Eyelid anomalies
Facial paralysis
Pediatric neck masses
Congenital hand anomalies
Pediatric burn injury
Skin and soft-tissue lesions
Breast anomalies
Abdominal wall anomalies
Posterior trunk anomalies
Aesthetic surgery in the pediatric patient

Details

ISBN-13: 978-1-61002-395-5
Product Code: MA0962
Publication Date: May 15, 2020
Format: eBook
Pages: 246
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Availability: In Stock

About the Authors

Author

American Academy of Pediatrics

The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents.

Editor

Peter J. Taub, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS

Dr Peter J. Taub, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS, is a former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Pediatric Plastic Surgery and remains active in the Academy. He is currently a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Dentistry, and Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine and serves as the Program Director for the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Editor

Timothy W. King, MD, PhD, MSBE, FAAP, FACS

Timothy W. King, MD, PhD, MSBE, FAAP, FACS, is a pediatric and adult plastic surgeon, the director of plastic surgery research, and the associate program director of the plastic surgery residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is also an Associate Professor with Tenure in the Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering and the Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Birmingham VA Hospital. He received a BS and MS in Bioengineering from Texas A&M University and an MD/PhD from The University of Texas–Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center. His PhD research focused on the development of biodegradable microspheres for use in tissue engineering and resulted in two US patents. He completed his plastic surgery training at the Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the New York University Medical Center followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the Northwestern University Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL. Following residency and fellowship, he joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, where he established an NIH-funded laboratory focused on developing regenerative therapies for cutaneous wounds. He was recruited in 2016 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham.