The author of a number of acclaimed, best-selling surgical atlases has collaborated again with an award-winning artist to produce another invaluable surgical resource. This highly regarded team provide a master-class in the demonstration of surgically relevant anatomy. Masquelet has attained world-renown in particular for his innovative flaps for reconstructive plastic surgery of the limbs, in this book he displays his unrivalled knowledge of surgery of the trunk, head, and neck. Every point of entry in required surgical procedures is described, and every procedure is illustrated with a sequence of drawings, displayed as the surgeon would see them, together with anatomical cross-sections.

One CD-ROM in pocket attached to inside back cover. Includes index.

Leon Dorn : a biographical note --Leon Dorn : notes on method -- 1. Reconstructive surgery -- 2. Hand and peripheral nerve surgery -- 3. Gynaecological surgery -- 4. Urological surgery -- 5. Abdominal surgery -- 6. Surgery of the vertebral column -- 7. Upper limb surgery -- 8. Lower limb surgery -- 9. Miscellaneous.