Plastic Surgery Vault

An evidence-first reference library for plastic and reconstructive surgery.

139 Topics sealed until finished in build since 2026

Each page is an evidence-based summary of one topic: the findings that matter, the relevant references, and every quantitative claim traced to its source with the level of evidence attached. That puts real numbers behind everyday advice. When a patient asks what outcome to expect, the answer can rest on the literature. An entry opens once it holds to that standard; the rest stay sealed until they do.

Marius Drysch, MD, MHBA

First entries In preparation

The first entries are being prepared. The shelf below lists every topic the Vault will hold.

The full shelf 139 topics · sealed until finished

Foundations 7 · all sealed

Antibiotics in plastic and burn surgery

Flap classification systems

Local anaesthesia and WALANT

Perioperative anticoagulation

Principles of microsurgery

Principles of wound healing

Steroid-impaired wound healing

Diseases 68 · all sealed

Acute burn resuscitation and management

Acute compartment syndrome

Basal cell carcinoma

Blepharoptosis

Brachial plexus injury

Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma

Breast implant-associated squamous cell carcinoma

Burn sepsis

Capsular contracture

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Chronic osteomyelitis

Cleft lip and palate

Complex regional pain syndrome

Congenital breast deformities

Congenital hand anomalies

Congenital melanocytic naevus

Craniofacial syndromes

Craniosynostosis

Cubital tunnel syndrome

Cutaneous melanoma

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

de Quervain tenosynovitis

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Diabetic foot ulcer

Dupuytren contracture

Electrical and chemical burns

Enchondroma

Extensor tendon injuries of the hand

Facial nerve palsy

Facial skeletal trauma

Facial soft tissue injuries

Ganglion cyst of the wrist and hand

Gynecomastia

Hand and upper-limb soft-tissue tumours

Hand fractures (metacarpal and phalangeal)

Hand infections

Head and neck cancer

Hidradenitis suppurativa

Hypertrophic scars and keloids

Inhalation injury

Kienböck disease

Lymphedema

Mandibular fractures

Marjolin ulcer

Merkel cell carcinoma

Nail bed injuries

Necrotizing fasciitis

Oncoplastic breast surgery (breast cancer)

Paediatric burns

Perilunate dislocation

Peripheral nerve injury

Preiser disease

Pressure ulcer

Rheumatoid hand

Scaphoid fracture

Scaphoid nonunion and SNAC wrist

Scapholunate ligament injury

Soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity

Syndactyly

TFCC injury and distal radioulnar joint instability

Thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis

Thumb ulnar collateral ligament injury

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN)

Trigger finger

Tuberous breast deformity

Upper extremity vascular disorders

Upper-limb nerve compression syndromes

Vascular anomalies

Procedures 64 · all sealed

Abdominal wall reconstruction

Abdominoplasty

Anterolateral thigh flap

Autologous breast reconstruction

Blepharoplasty

Body contouring after massive weight loss

Breast augmentation

Brow lift

Burn contracture release

Burn excision and grafting

Carpal tunnel release

Chest wall reconstruction

DIEP flap breast reconstruction

Digit replantation

Distal radius fracture ORIF

Escharotomy

Eyelid reconstruction

Face lift

Facial reanimation

Fat grafting (autologous fat transfer)

Fingertip reconstruction

Flexor tendon repair

Gender-affirming surgery

Genioplasty

Genitourinary reconstruction

Hand osteosynthesis (metacarpal and phalangeal)

Head and neck reconstruction

Implant-based breast reconstruction

Latissimus dorsi flap

Lip reconstruction

Liposuction

Local flaps

Lower limb and foot amputation

Lower limb trauma reconstruction

Lymphatic surgery (LVA, VLNT)

Mandibular reconstruction

Mastopexy

Microtia and ear reconstruction

Nasal reconstruction

Neck lift

Nerve transfers (upper limb)

Nipple-areolar complex reconstruction

Orbital floor fracture repair

Otoplasty

Perineal reconstruction

Principles of osteosynthesis for the hand surgeon

Reduction mammaplasty

Rhinoplasty

Scalp and cheek reconstruction

Scaphoid osteosynthesis

Secondary (revision) rhinoplasty

Skin grafting

Soft-tissue coverage of the hand

Soft-tissue fillers

Tendon transfer for median nerve palsy

Tendon transfer for radial nerve palsy

Tendon transfers for ulnar nerve palsy

Tenolysis and arthrolysis of the hand

Thumb reconstruction

Thumb UCL repair and reconstruction

Tissue expansion

Trapeziometacarpal arthroplasty

Ulnar shortening osteotomy

Wrist arthroscopy

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