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Clinical features of raised intracranial pressure Symptoms of raised ICP include a ‘high-pressur...

Common brain tumours Cerebral metastases Cerebral metastases ( Figure 48.21 ) are the most common...

Craniosynostosis Normal fusion of the coronal, lambdoidal, squamosal and sagittal sutures occurs...

Brain tumours in children Brain tumours are the most common solid tumours in children but are non...

Brainstem death This is defined as the irreversible loss of cerebral and brainstem function. Br...

Classification WHO classifies primary brain tumours on the basis of cell of origin and histologica...

Aetiology The common primary brain tumours mentioned above mostly occur sporadically . There is n...

BRAIN TUMOURS The term ‘brain tumour’ applies to more than 100 distinct pathologies detailed in t...

Brain abscess and empyema Abscesses arise when the brain is exposed directly , for example as a r...

WOUND DRESSINGS These are a vital part of wound care and are used to optimise healing. The most ...

WOUND HEALING There are various ways in which a wound can heal (see Chapter 3 ). Plastic surgeons...

MICROSURGERY Microsurgery is a surgical subspecialty that makes use of magni fication, precision t...

RECONSTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES These range from the simple, including healing by secondary intention ...

WHAT IS RECONSTRUCTIVE PLASTIC SURGERY? Reconstructive plastic surgery is a surgical specialty th...

LEECH THERAPY The European medicinal leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) is an inver - tebrate annelid; ...

Learning objectives To be aware of: A variety of plastic surgical techniques used to restore • bo...

Lipotransfer Lipotransfer, or autologous fat grafting, is a useful reconstruc - tive technique ...

Grafts Grafts are tissues that are transferred without their blood supply and therefore need to b...

HISTORY Although the evolution of plastic surgery as a surgical specialty is comparatively recen...

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