The Plastic Surgeon Guide

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143 chapters and 1,186 FRCS (Plast) viva questions across four volumes. Open any chapter to see what it covers. A free sample chapter is available in every volume.

Volume 1: Hand & Upper Limb

Part 1: Trauma, Tendons & Bone
  1. Hand Trauma: Six Core Vivas · 37 viva questions
  2. Flexor Tendon Injury & Reconstruction · 8 viva questions
  3. Boutonnière & Swan-Neck Deformity
  4. PIPJ Reconstruction After Trauma · 12 viva questions
  5. Scaphoid Fracture & Non-union · 11 viva questions
  6. Carpal Instability
  7. Kienböck Disease
  8. Replantation · 26 viva questions Free sample
  9. Thumb Reconstruction · 23 viva questions
  10. Acute Compartment Syndrome
  11. Hand Stiffness & Contractures
Part 2: Nerve
  1. Peripheral Nerve Repair & Reconstruction
  2. The Median Nerve · 21 viva questions
  3. The Ulnar Nerve · 22 viva questions
  4. The Radial Nerve · 14 viva questions
  5. Tendon Transfers & Opponensplasty · 10 viva questions
  6. Brachial Plexus Injury · 27 viva questions
  7. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome · 10 viva questions
  8. Neurofibromatosis & Nerve Sheath Tumours
Part 3: Degenerative, Inflammatory & Tumour
  1. Dupuytren Disease · 22 viva questions
  2. The Rheumatoid Hand · 19 viva questions
  3. Osteoarthritis of the Hand
  4. Tenovaginopathy
  5. Soft-Tissue Lesions of the Hand
  6. Bone Tumours of the Hand
Part 4: Congenital Hand
  1. Embryology & Classification
  2. Syndactyly · 10 viva questions
  3. Thumb Duplication
  4. Ulnar Polydactyly
  5. Thumb Hypoplasia · 10 viva questions
  6. Radial Longitudinal Deficiency
  7. Ulnar Longitudinal Deficiency
  8. Central Deficiency (Cleft Hand)
  9. Trigger Thumb
  10. Clasped Thumb
  11. Camptodactyly
  12. Clinodactyly
  13. Macrodactyly
  14. Constriction Ring Syndrome
  15. Madelung Deformity
  16. Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
  17. The Apert Hand

Volume 2: Head, Neck & Craniofacial

Part 1: Cleft
  1. Craniofacial Embryology
  2. Cleft Lip & Palate: The Viva
  3. Cleft Lip
  4. Cleft Palate
  5. Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
  6. Palatal Fistula
  7. Alveolar Bone Grafting
  8. Orthodontics in Cleft Care
  9. Cleft Rhinoplasty
  10. Speech & Nutrition
Part 2: Craniofacial
  1. Robin Sequence · 7 viva questions
  2. Treacher Collins Syndrome · 13 viva questions
  3. Craniofacial Microsomia & the Atrophy–Hypoplasia Group · 9 viva questions
  4. Craniosynostosis · 11 viva questions
  5. Syndromic Craniosynostosis & Apert Syndrome · 27 viva questions
  6. Nasal Dermoid · 11 viva questions Free sample
  7. Cranio-Orbital Reconstruction
  8. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma · 20 viva questions
Part 3: Head & Neck Oncology
  1. Oral Cavity & Lip Cancer · 21 viva questions
  2. Oropharyngeal Cancer & Pharyngeal Reconstruction · 28 viva questions
  3. Laryngeal Cancer
  4. Salivary Gland Tumours
  5. Parotidectomy · 22 viva questions
  6. Neck Dissection · 26 viva questions
  7. SCC of Unknown Primary
  8. Mandibular Reconstruction & Osteoradionecrosis · 41 viva questions
  9. Tracheostomy
Part 4: Facial Reconstruction
  1. Scalp & Calvarial Reconstruction · 15 viva questions
  2. Nasal Reconstruction
  3. Lip Reconstruction · 7 viva questions
  4. Eyelid & Medial Canthus Reconstruction · 4 viva questions
  5. Ear Reconstruction
  6. Facial Palsy · 8 viva questions

Volume 3: Skin, Burns & Surgical Principles

Part 1: Principles
  1. Skin Structure & Function
  2. Wound Healing
  3. Flap Classification
  4. The Failing Free Flap · 16 viva questions
  5. Keloid & Hypertrophic Scars · 8 viva questions
  6. Lasers · 18 viva questions
  7. Lymphoedema · 13 viva questions
  8. Statistics & Research Methods
  9. Ethics & Medico-Legal Practice · 23 viva questions
Part 2: Skin Cancer & Soft-Tissue Tumours
  1. Skin Cancer: Assessment & Principles
  2. Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer · 13 viva questions
  3. Melanoma · 11 viva questions
  4. Soft-Tissue Sarcoma · 1 viva question
  5. Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans · 9 viva questions
  6. Angiosarcoma of the Breast · 8 viva questions
Part 3: Paediatric Skin & Vascular Anomalies
  1. Congenital Melanocytic Naevi
  2. Vascular Anomalies
  3. Infantile Haemangioma · 14 viva questions Free sample
  4. Arteriovenous Malformation
  5. Aplasia Cutis Congenita · 10 viva questions
Part 4: Inflammatory & Infective
  1. Hidradenitis Suppurativa
  2. Necrotising Soft-Tissue Infection · 10 viva questions
Part 5: Burns
  1. Burn Pathophysiology & the Systemic Response · 22 viva questions
  2. Acute Resuscitation & the Major Burn · 29 viva questions
  3. Inhalation Injury & Burn Critical Care · 39 viva questions
  4. The Burn Wound: Excision & Closure · 13 viva questions
  5. Electrical, Chemical & Cold Injury · 21 viva questions
  6. Paediatric Burns, Safeguarding & Toxic Shock · 23 viva questions
  7. Epidermal Necrolysis (SJS/TEN) · 20 viva questions
  8. Burn Scars & Contracture Release: Principles · 23 viva questions
  9. Burn Reconstruction by Site

Volume 4: Breast, Trunk, Lower Limb & Aesthetics

Part 1: Breast
  1. Breast Cancer for the Plastic Surgeon
  2. Breast Reconstruction & the DIEP Flap · 33 viva questions
  3. Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction
  4. Inframammary Fold Reconstruction
  5. Breast Implants & Augmentation · 21 viva questions
  6. BIA-ALCL · 4 viva questions
  7. Breast Reduction, Mastopexy & Asymmetry · 25 viva questions
  8. Tuberous Breast Deformity · 7 viva questions
  9. Poland Syndrome · 12 viva questions
  10. Gynaecomastia · 13 viva questions
Part 2: Trunk & Perineum
  1. Chest Wall Reconstruction
  2. Sternal Wound Breakdown · 12 viva questions
  3. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
  4. Posterior Trunk Reconstruction
  5. Perineal Reconstruction · 14 viva questions
  6. Hypospadias · 17 viva questions
  7. Differences of Sex Development
Part 3: Lower Limb
  1. Open Lower Limb Trauma & the BOAST/ BAPRAS Standards Free sample
  2. Lower Limb Flaps
  3. Foot & Ankle Reconstruction
  4. Skeletal Reconstruction in the Lower Limb
  5. Osteomyelitis · 1 viva question
  6. Amputation: Nerves, Analgesia & Aftercare · 15 viva questions
  7. Leg Ulcers
  8. The Diabetic Foot
  9. Pressure Ulcers · 20 viva questions
Part 4: Aesthetic Surgery
  1. Neurotoxins
  2. Chemical Resurfacing
  3. Fat Grafting
  4. Facelift
  5. Blepharoplasty · 10 viva questions
  6. Ptosis
  7. Rhinoplasty · 49 viva questions
  8. Genioplasty
  9. Otoplasty · 13 viva questions
  10. Abdominoplasty & the Angiosome · 17 viva questions
  11. Brachioplasty · 7 viva questions

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