Publisher's Synopsis
This text provides a multidisciplinary appraoch and detailed discussion of basal and squamous skin cancer surgery, reconstruction and rehabilitation. It covers the aetiologic factors predisposing the development of head and skin cancer, the determination of tumour extent, the surgical resection from skin grafts, and microvascular free tissue transfer. Chapters are included on nursing care for head and neck skin cancer and the social and psychological effects of facial disfigurement.