CHAPTER VIII

PRINCIPLES OF PLASTIC SURGERY

Incisions—Sutures—Needles—Needle holders—Methods in plastic operations: Stretching method; Sliding method; Twisting method; Implantation of pedunculated flaps by bridging; Transplantation of nonpedunculated flaps or skin-grafting; Autodermic skin-grafting; Heterodermic skin-grafting; Zoödermic skin-grafting—Mucous-membrane-grafting—Bone- grafting—Hair-transplantation 76