Plastic Surgery Clerkship: Quick Reference Guide

This quick-reference guide is written specifically for third- and fourth-year medical students rotating on the plastic surgery service. It focuses on the diagnosis and management of the most common pathologic entities, with each chapter covering history, physical examination, imaging, and common diagnoses.

For each diagnosis, the book sets out the typical presentation, options for non-operative and operative management, and expected outcomes. Chapters include key illustrations, quick-reference charts, tables, diagrams, and bulleted lists.

Topics covered include burns, wound healing, microsurgery, flaps and grafts, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, deformity correction, and much more. Its bullet-pointed outline format makes it a quick reference for the most commonly encountered problems in clinical practice.

Key Features

Highlights

• First book written specifically for third- and fourth-year medical students on the plastic surgery service
• Focuses on diagnosis and management of the most common pathologic entities
• Each chapter covers history, physical examination, imaging, and common diagnoses
• Includes key illustrations, quick-reference charts, tables, diagrams, and bulleted lists
• Bullet-pointed outline format for fast facts

How to use

Students can read the text from cover to cover to gain a general foundation of knowledge that can be built upon when they begin their rotation. Specific chapters can then be used to review a sub-specialty before starting a new rotation or seeing a patient with a sub-specialty attending.