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Plastic surgery is a unique medical specialty, derived from the Greek “plastikos”, meaning to remodel, reshape and mold. Plastic surgery can be broadly divided into aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. Many medical students find that their exposure to plastic surgery in undergraduate education is limited, and find it difficult to explore it as a career for that reason. In this chapter we provide an overview of the core knowledge that underpins plastic surgery, such as the reconstructive toolbox, wound healing, skin grafts, an introduction to types of grafts and core operations commonly undertaken in plastic surgery.

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  1. GKT School of Medical Education, King’s College London, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK

    Evelyn W. Y. Chou BSc (Hons)

  2. St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK

    Duncan Atherton BSc, MBBS, MRCS, MD, FRCS(Plast)

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  1. Evelyn W. Y. Chou BSc (Hons)
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  2. Duncan Atherton BSc, MBBS, MRCS, MD, FRCS(Plast)
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Correspondence to Evelyn W. Y. Chou BSc (Hons) .

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  1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Rebecca A. Fisher

  2. MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London , London, United Kingdom

    Kamran Ahmed

  3. MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London , London, United Kingdom

    Prokar Dasgupta

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Chou, E.W.Y., Atherton, D. (2017). Plastic Surgery. In: Fisher, R., Ahmed, K., Dasgupta, P. (eds) Introduction to Surgery for Students. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_22

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