Handbook of Burns Volume 2

This volume compiles the perspectives of a multi-author team examining the entire spectrum of burn reconstruction and long-term treatment. Individual chapters cover basic aspects of wound healing and scarring, and those of plastic surgery relating to tissue rearrangement and the use of flaps, as well as the long-term use of skin and skin substitutes. Furthermore, topics such as rehabilitation and scar management are addressed in detail. This part provides detailed reconstruction guidelines divided by anatomic region (e.g. face, hands,...), as well as aspects of future trends and prospects in burn reconstruction, among which are e.g. allotransplantation and bionics.

Lars P. Kamolz, M.D., Ph.D. M.Sc., Section of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Marc J. Jeschke, M.D. Ph.D. FACS, FRCSC, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Ross Tilley Burn Center, Toronto, Canada

Raymund E. Horch, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical Center, Erlangen, Germany

Markus Kuentscher, MD, Evangelische Elisabeth Klinik Krankenhausbetriebs gGmbH, Berlin

Pavel Brychta, Department of Burns and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic and President of European Burns Association (EBA)