OVERVIEW The definitive full-color illustrated atlas of breast and body contouring surgical procedures Includes DVD with video clips Part of the McGraw-Hill Plastic Surgery Atlas series, Body Contouring is a full-color, step-by-step guide to learning how to perform both traditional and contemporary plastic surgery procedures relative to breast and body contouring. Two hundred medical illustrations and more than two hundred photographs ' all in full color ' offer unmatched coverage of the required surgical steps and actual results. A companion DVD features skill-building surgical video clips. For each procedure, you'll find a complete review of key topics, including: * Introduction to the surgical approach * Relevant anatomy * Indications * Markings * Details of the procedure (incision and exposure) * Postoperative care * Pitfalls * Tips Part I of Body Contouring addresses important clinical concerns such as the safety of surgical techniques, intraoperative positioning, psychological issues, and issues pertaining to massive weight loss and surgical wound care. Part II then reviews specific body contouring surgical procedures by body region, beginning with the upper extremity, and proceeding to the female breast, male chest (gynecomastia), abdomen, back, and lower extremity. Learn all aspects of body contouring surgery, step by step: Breast surgery: Reduction; Mastopexy; Augmentation; Lifting; Gynecomastia; Arm and thigh contouring with liposuction and excisional techniques; Abdominoplasty, upper and lower, with hernia repair techniques; Back contouring TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface Acknowledgments PART I: PREOPERATIVE ISSUES Section 1: Introduction 1. Safety in Body-Contouring Surgery 2. Operative Positioning 3. Managing Expectations and Psychosocial Issues 4. Nonprescription Medications to Avoid 5. Massive Weight Loss 6. Surgical Wound Care and Complication Management PART II: OPERATIVE PROCEDURES Section 2: Upper Extremity 7. Presentation for Upper Extremity Contouring 8. Upper Extremity--Anatomy 9. Upper Extremity Liposuction 10. Traditional Brachioplasty 11. Extended Brachioplasty 12. Minimal Incision Brachioplasty Section 3: Female Breast 13. Common Presentation for Breast Contouring 14. Female Breast--Anatomy 15. Liposuction of the Breast 16. Wise Pattern Breast Reduction with Inferior Pedicle 17. Traditional Wise Pattern Mastopexy with Autoaugmentation 18. Vertical Pattern Breast Reduction with Superior Pedicle 19. Vertical Pattern Mastopexy (with Augmentation) 20. Wise Pattern Superior Pedicle Breast Reduction with Nipple Grafting Section 4: Male Chest--Gynecomastia 21. Gynecomastia Presentation with Its Enormous Variability 22. Male Chest: Gynecomastia--Anatomy 23. Gynecomastia Liposuction 24. Gynecomastia--Excisional Technique 25. Mastectomy Through a Horizontal Approach 26. Gynecomastia--Wise Pattern Excision Technique 27. Gynecomastia--Vertical Excision Technique 28. Gynecomastia--Extended Technique with J Excision Section 5: Abdomen 29. Abdominal Presentation for Abdominal Contouring 30. Abdomen--Anatomy 31. Abdominal Liposuction 32. Abdominoplasty with Abdominal Wall Plication 33. Mini-abdominoplasty Combined with Liposuction 34. Reverse Abdominoplasty 35. Panniculectomy 36. Massive Panniculectomy 37. Ventral Hernia Repair and Abdominoplasty 38. Umbilical Hernia Repair at the Time of Abdominoplasty Section 6: Back 39. Back Presentation for Contouring 40. Back--Anatomy 41. Back Liposuction 42. Upper Back Lift 43. Upper Body Lift with Autologous Breast Augmentation 44. Lower Back Lift 45. Belt Lipectomy with Autologous Gluteal Augmentation Section 7: Lower Extremity 46. Presentation for Lower Extremity Contouring 47. Lower Extremity--Anatomy 48. Lower Extremity--Liposuction 49. APEX (Proximal) Thigh Lift 50. Extended Thigh Lift Index