50 Studies Every Plastic Surgeon Should Know

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C. Scott Hultman, ed. 50 Studies Every Plastic Surgeon Should Know . Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2014. ISBN-10: 1482240823, ISBN-13: 978-1482240825, $75.00. ![Graphic][1] 50 Studies Every Plastic Surgeon Should Know , edited by C. Scott Hultman, is a concise book that aims to identify the most influential contributors of our discipline. It is divided into 10 sections, each containing 5 articles. For example, “Foundations,” starts off with a seminal article published in 1929 by Blair and Brown detailing the use and uses of large split skin grafts of intermediate thickness.1 The last section is entitled “Innovations” and, for example, includes a 2009 article by Siemionow et al on near-total Human Face transplantation in the United States.2 The editor, C. Scott Hultman, has compiled the studies to be included. Dr Hultman works as Chief of Plastic Surgery at the University of North Carolina and Associate Director for the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center. Each study is reviewed by authorities in the relevant specialty presented and includes comments from the study authors themselves. Relevant studies for further reading are recommended within each section. … Corresponding Author: Professor Kayvan Shokrollahi, Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, Ward 4D, Whiston Hospital, Merseyside, L35 5 DR, United Kingdom. E-mail: kshokrollahi{at}hotmail.com [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif