Complications in Reconstructive Surgery

This book focuses specifically on preventing and managing complications during reconstructive microsurgery. It aims to fill the void in current literature by educating the reader about current best practices for prevention and management of surgical complications following microvascular and complex reconstructive surgery. This book includes information that has not previously been covered by any other reconstructive surgery textbooks, such as chapters on Free Flap Donor Site Complications, Head and Neck Surgical Site Infections, Strictures, and Fistulae, Osteoradionecrosis, and Managing Complications in Lymphedema Surgery, as well as cutting edge information on emerging technologies for surgical risk reduction, including the use of augmented reality and artificial intelligence, and targeted muscle reinnervation and regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces for phantom limb pain.

Complications in Reconstructive Surgery will leverage the collective experience of one of the top reconstructive surgery units in the world, the Department of Plastic Surgery at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the US News and World Report number one ranked cancer center. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center boasts one of the highest volumes of reconstructive microsurgery cases in the world including breast, head and neck, trunk, and extremity reconstruction, as well as supermicrosurgical treatment of lymphedema. The book is amply illustrated with photographs, decision-making algorithms, and clinical case studies throughout.