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.

Part 1.Burn injuries and their psychosocial and long time consequences -- Acute stress disorder and post traumatic stress disorder in individuals suffering from burn injury / Sherri Sharp and Walter J. Meyer III -- Long term consequences of burn injuries / Shelley Wiechman -- Part 2. Burn wound healing, documentation, scar management and rehabilitation -- Skin architecture and function / Adelheid Elbe-Bürger -- Burn wound healing: Pathophysiology / Luc Teot, Sami Otman, Antonio Brancati and Rainer Mittermayr -- Burn scar treatment / Luc Teot, Sami Otman, Antonio Brancati and Rainer Mittermayr -- Scar assessment / Pauline D.H.M. Verhaegen, Martijn B.A. van der Wal, Esther Middelkoop and Paul P.M. van Zuijlen -- The future of wound documentation: Three-dimensional, evidence-based, intuitive and thorough / Michael Giretzlehner, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Johannes Dirnberger and Robert Owen -- Evaluation of mimic function in patients with facial burns by use of the three-dimensional video-analysis / Maria Michaelidou and Manfred Frey -- Rehabilitation and scar management / Lars-Peter Kamolz and Marc G. Jeschke -- Exercise / Karen J. Kowalske, Serina J. McEntire and Oscar E. Suman -- Part 3. Burn reconstruction (Principles and techniques) -- Principles of burn reconstruction / Lars-Peter Kamolz and David B. Lumenta -- Tissue expanders in burn surgery / Norbert Pallua and Erhan Demir -- Burn reconstruction: Skin substitutes and tissue engineering / Raymund E. Horch and Volker J. Schmidt -- Twelve year follow-up: A clinical study on dermal regeneration / Monica C.T. Bloemen, Paul P.M. van Zuijlen and Esther Middelkoop -- Generation of adipose tissue based on tissue engineering: An overview / Maike Keck, David B. Lumenta and Lars-Peter Kamolz -- Part 4. Burn reconstruction (Specific regions) -- Burn reconstruction: Neck region / Norbert Pallua and Erhan Demir -- Burn reconstruction: Eye region / Andreas Heckmann and Peter M. Vogt -- Reconstruction of the post burn ear / Andrew Burd -- Reconstruction of the perioral region after facial burns / Timo Alexander Spanholtz and Riccardo E. Giunta -- Nasal reconstruction / Lars-Peter Kamolz, Maike Keck, Harald Selig and David B. Lumenta -- Reconstruction/Correction of burn alopecia / Lars-Peter Kamolz, Maike Keck, Harald Selig and David B. Lumenta -- Burn reconstruction: Breast / Eva Koellensperger and Guenter Germann -- Reconstruction of burn deformities of the lower extremity / Christian Ottomann and Bernd Hartmann -- Thermal injuries to the foot / Thilo Schenck and Riccardo E. Giunta -- Burn reconstruction: Hand and upper extremity / Hugo Benito Kitzinger, Birgit Karle and Manfred Frey -- Part 5. Burn reconstruction (Future perspectives) -- Burn reconstruction -- Future perspectives: Facial transplantation / Maria Siemionow and Fatih Zor -- Modern myoprostheses in electric burn injuries of the upper extremity / Oskar C. Aszmann, Hans Diet, Tatjana Paternostro and Manfred Frey.