**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery**
Comprehensive and fully up to date, Dr. Peter Neligan’s six-volume masterwork, Plastic Surgery, 5th Edition, remains the gold standard text in this complex area of surgery. Completely revised to meet the demands of both the trainee and experienced surgeon, it features new, full-color clinical photos, procedural videos, and lectures across all six volumes. Bonus material online includes additional text, images, and over 200 procedural videos that help you improve your mastery of the latest techniques.
- Easily find the answers you need with an organization that features separate volumes covering Principles • Aesthetic • Craniofacial, Head and Neck Surgery and Pediatric Plastic Surgery • Lower Extremity, Trunk and Burns • Breast • and Hand and Upper Extremity. Each easily readable, individual volume is a standalone comprehensive text full of salient and applicable anatomy and techniques
- Key procedures include gender affirmation management and surgery, microsurgery and surgery for lymphedema, aesthetic facial surgery, aesthetic body surgery, and the education, training and practice of plastic surgery
- New digital video preface by Dr. Neligan addresses the changes across all six volume
- New treatment and decision-making algorithms added to chapters where applicable
- New video lectures and editor-narrated slide presentations offer a step-by-step audiovisual walkthrough of techniques and procedures
- Four new international experts join the editorial team, and lead editor Peter C. Neligan creates a cohesive tone throughout the chapters and content across all six volumes
- Evidence-based advice from a diverse collection of experts allows you to apply the very latest advances in every area of plastic surgery and ensure optimal outcomes
- Purchase only the volumes you need or own the entire set, with the ability to search across all six volumes online!
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Peter Neligan, MB, FRCS, FRCSC, FAC., is a board-certified plastic surgeon, Director of the Center for Reconstructive Surgery at UW Medical Center - Montlake, and a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at UW School of Medicine. Dr. Neligan specializes in reconstructive surgery including flap surgery, lymphatic surgery, facial re-animation and facial transplantation.. He strives to provide the best care for patients and provide them with the best treatments available. He is excited by new techniques and solutions and always tries to improve every aspect of care. Dr. Neligan has authored four books, 180 scientific papers, 75 book chapters, edited 10 textbooks and is editor-in-chief of the Journal for Reconstructive Microsurgery. He is president of the Plastic Surgery Foundation, a member of multiple professional organizations and is heavily involved in UW's Plastic Surgery Training Program
