Aplasia Cutis Congenita

Chapter 20 of Volume 3, Skin, Burns & Surgical Principles. Revision notes and examiner-style viva questions with model answers for the FRCS (Plast).

10 viva questions in this chapter

1. This is a baby delivered an hour ago. Tell me what you see.
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2. How do you classify it?
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3. You have described the scalp. What else are you going to do?
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4. What imaging?
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5. What is your reconstructive plan?
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6. You said dressings. Which dressing?
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7. At six weeks the eschar separates and the wound bleeds briskly. What now?
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8. You have decided to operate. What are your specific concerns in a neonate?
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9. How do you design a rotation flap for a scalp defect?
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10. There is no skull under it. Does that need reconstruction?
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