Evidence for Plastic Surgery

Christopher Stone works at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

• Introduction: Applying evidence-based medicine to plastic surgery; Timing and method of soft tissue reconstruction in patients with lllb tibial fractures; Vacuum-assisted closure: basic science and clinical practice; The management of necrotising fasciitis; The relationship between increasing body mass index and complications in plastic surgery; Prophylaxis to prevent venous thrombo-embolic disease in plastic surgery patients; Physiological responses to burn injury and resuscitation protocols for adult major burns; Improving outcome in paediatric burns; Biological skin substitutes; Sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma; Management of inguinal and pelvic nodes in patients with stage III malignant melanoma; Prognostic indicators in adult soft tissue sarcoma; Evidence-based imaging of soft tissue sarcomas; Hypospadias correction: one or two stages?; Cleft palate closure: the timing and options for surgical repair; Post-traumatic wrist instability; Wrist arthroscopy: its role in diagnosis and treatment; The role of small joint arthroplasty in osteoarthritis of the hand; Monitoring of microvascular free tissue transfers; Use of the anterolateral thigh flap for intra-oral reconstruction; A comparison of TRAM and DIEP flaps for breast reconstruction; Immediate versus delayed breast reconstruction; Strategies for minimising palpable implant rippling in the augmented breast; Gynaecomastia: an algorithmic approach to surgical management (with special emphasis on liposuction); Trends in aesthetic facial surgery: the role of endoscopic brow and minimal access facial lifts; Surgical rejuvenation of the ageing neck; Trends in aesthetic facial surgery: the Hamra lower lid blepharoplasty; Fibrin sealant in plastic surgery; Ablative and non-ablative techniques for rejuvenation of photo-aged skin; Hand and facial composite tissue allotransplantation; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in plastic surgery.