CHAPTER OUTLINE
DEVELOPING.A SURGICAL I?IAGNOSIS
BASIC NECESSITIES FOR SURGERY
. ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE
INCISIONS
FLAP DESIGN
Prevention of Flap Necrosis
Prevention of Flap Dehiscence
Prevention of Flap Tearing
TISSUE.HANDLING
HEMOSTASIS
Means of Promoting Wound Hemostasis
Dead Space Management
DECONTAMINATION AND DEBRIDEMENT
EDEMA CONTROl
PATIENT GENERAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Jiuman tissues have genetically determined properties that make their responses to injury fairly predictable. Depending on this predictability,
principles of surgery that help to optimize the woundhealing
environment have evolved through time and through basic and clinical research. This chapter presents the principles of surgical practice that clinicians and investigators have found most successful.
