Making Decisions and Avoiding Complications in Skin Flaps

Making Decisions and Avoiding Complications in Skin Flaps is a highly visual resource that will act as a quick reference for the busy surgeon. The different types of skin flaps available to reconstructive surgeons are catalogued both by area of the body to be covered and by type of flap itself. Other essential chapters detail the suboptimal results that can sometimes occur and include surgical pearls from the preceding sections. Surgeons who beome familiar with the content in this volume will master how to ameliorate or avoid complications that can lead to suboptimal results. More than 1500 colour illustrations supplement the text.

Areas covered include:

• Scalp
• Temple
• Forehead
• Eyelids
• Bridge of Nose
• Dorsum of the Nose
• Nasal Sidewall
• Nasal Tip
• Nasal Ala
• Cheek
• Lip
• Chin
• Ear
• Non-facial

David H. Friedman, M.D., graduated summa cum laude with membership in Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, San Diego. After receiving his medical degree from UCLA, he completed a residency in Dermatology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Friedman is in private practice in Northridge, CA and is also a Clinical Professor at USC. He has been teaching skin surgery to Dermatology Residents first at Harbor-UCLA beginning in 1986, then in the USC Department of Dermatology since 1996. He has been awarded the Outstanding Surgery Teaching Award on several occasions. Dr. Friedman has also served as president of the San Fernando Valley Dermatological Society.

Payam Saadat, M.D., graduated magna cum laude from California State University, Northridge. After receiving his medical degree and graduating with highest distinction from USC, he completed a residency in Dermatology at the LAC-USC Medical Center, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Saadat is in private practice in Los Angeles, CA and is also an Assistant Professor at USC. He also teaches skin surgery to the Residents in the USC Department of Dermatology.