Includes bibliographical references and index.

Anatomy of the skin -- Skin flap physiology -- Biomechanics of skin flaps -- Wound closure techniques -- Preparation of the patient -- Flap classification and design -- Rotation flaps -- Transposition flaps -- Advancement flaps -- Bilobe flaps -- Rhombic flaps -- Melolabial flaps -- Interpolated paramedian forehead flaps -- Z-plasty -- Skin and composite grafts -- Use of skin grafts with local flaps -- Reconstruction of the eyelids -- Reconstruction of the nose -- Reconstruction of the lips -- Reconstruction of the cheek -- Reconstruction of the forehead -- Reconstruction of the auricle -- Reconstruction of congenital auricular malformations -- Reconstruction of the scalp -- Controlled tissue expansion in facial reconstruction -- Complications of local flaps -- Scar revision and local flap refinement -- Management of vascular anomalies of the face.