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Review Editor
Leaders in Plastic Surgery: The
Dingman-Grabb Era 1946–1986
By Robert M. Oneal and Lauralee A. Lutz. Pp. 202. Michigan
Publishing, Ann Arbor, Mich., 2017. Price $19.99.
I t would be difficult
to find a history
of plastic surgery
and plastic surgeons
that has emanated
from a single institu-
tion as it is detailed
in this book. Dr.
Robert M. Oneal,
clinical professor
of plastic surgery,
the senior author,
was fortunate to
have Lauralee A.
Lutz, the long-time
executive secretary
of the Section of
Plastic Surgery as a
co-author. Both kept detailed records and pho-
tographs of the activities and accomplishments
of plastic surgeons at the University of Michigan
in Ann Arbor, beginning with the founder of the
program, the distinguished Dr. Reed O. Dingman
and one of its most famous and talented residents
(and later chief of plastic surgery), Dr. William
C. Grabb. Contributions to the practice and
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teaching of plastic surgery by the two principal
subjects constitute a major portion of this most
readable book. Emphasis is on the period from
1946 through 1986.
Advances made by the Section of Plastic Sur-
gery research laboratory that Dr. Grabb was instru-
mental in founding and directing are discussed.
There is an outstanding chapter in which clini-
cal research, clinical procedures, and new tech-
niques in reconstructive surgery are described,
constituting a significant portion of the text. Dr.
Dingman’s early interest in maxillofacial surgery,
especially facial fractures, and his textbook on
the subject with Dr. Paul Natvig are well known.
The numerous and varied interests of Dr. Grabb
are evidenced by his co-authorship (with another
member of our travel club, Dr. James Smith) of a
popular text on plastic surgery, a book that pro-
pelled both to national recognition.
The many and various categories of plastic
surgery to which Drs. Dingman, Grabb, and col-
leagues at the University of Michigan and St.
Joseph Mercy Hospital made significant advances
are remarkable. Highlights include hand surgery,
the treatment of skin cancers, treatment of cuta-
neous vascular skin lesions, treatment of decu-
bitus ulcers, clinical microvascular surgery, skin
expansion, breast surgery, cosmetic surgical pro-
cedures, skin and muscle flaps, and cleft lip and
palate surgery. Indeed, it would be difficult to find
an area in plastic surgery in which both Drs. Ding-
man and Grabb and their talented faculty did not
contribute. Dr. Grabb’s premature death was truly
a tragedy and a loss for his family, the University of
Michigan, and all of plastic surgery
Of special interest to this reviewer were the
author’s mention of plastic surgery travel clubs,
especially one that Dr. Grabb helped organize
and in which I was a proud member—The Aca-
demic Plastic Surgery Forum. The readership
would have been better served if the authors had
included a more detailed description, especially
the advantages of membership as exemplified by
the three travel clubs Drs. Dingman, Grabb, and
Oneal were involved with.
Due and appropriate homage is paid to the
many plastic surgeons who as visiting professors
with national and international recognition have
contributed to advances in clinical plastic sur-
gery judgment and techniques that have been an
Disclosure: The author has no financial interest to
declare in relation to the content of this review.
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important part of their teaching program. Appro-
priate letters and photographs form the latter
portion of this book. Impressive are the number
of residents trained during the period covered
who have carried on the legacy established by Drs.
Dingman and Grabb of teaching and contribut-
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outline format into nine major sections: general
otolaryngology, perioperative care and anesthe-
sia for the otolaryngologist, otology and neu-
rotology, rhinology, laryngology and the upper
aerodigestive tract, head and neck surgery,
endocrine surgery relevant to otolaryngology,

ing to the advancement of plastic surgery. Per- pediatric otolaryngology, and facial plastic and
sonal reflections and commentaries are welcome reconstructive surgery. The Appendix adds basic
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inclusions in this most readable text. The book is
highly recommended and would be appropriate
in the library of any office or hospital where plas-
tic surgery is performed.
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005172
Melvin Spira, M.D., D.D.S.
Handbook of Otolaryngology: Head and
Neck Surgery. Second Edition
Edited by David Goldenberg and Bradley J. Goldstein. Pp.
779. Thieme Publishing Co., New York, 2017. Price: $99.99.
procedures and methods in otolaryngology; the
cranial nerves; and ear, nose, and throat emer-
gencies. Each section has an editor, and is then
divided into specific relevant topics from mul-
tiple contributors. The format of each chapter
begins with the specific common clinical disor-
der followed by key features, epidemiology, clini-
cal presentation, evaluation, therapeutic options,
and follow-up care.
This contemporary text also describes the
emergent diagnostic and treatment responses to
common otolaryngologic disorders at one’s fin-
gertips. In addition, the latest tumor, node, metas-
tasis staging classifications for each cancer-related

A n up-to-date,
broad, and suc-
cinct clinical ref-
chapter is very informative. This handbook was
designed to be light and easy to carry in the clinic
and on the wards.
erence is always Overall, this book is of excellent quality, hav-
needed at specific ing 164 illustrations and very instructive tables.
intervals to sum- The content of each section is very concise without
marize a specialty’s being overly verbose, covering key salient clinical
current common points. For the nonotolaryngologist who may not
medical practice. be totally familiar with the disorder in question, it
This textbook fulfills is a rapid searchable reference to give quick clini-
this purpose as an cal answers.
excellent overview of In summary, this clinical textbook is a very
general topics in oto- easy-to-read, contemporary, rapid reference
lar yngology–head describing current diagnoses and common treat-
and neck surgery for ments for common otolaryngologic disorders. It is
the diagnosis and a superb resource for medical students, residents,
treatment of its com- and fellows. It also is a valuable clinical guide for
mon conditions. any nonotolaryngology physician and health care
This second edition (779 pages in length) is professional.
the updated version of the previous edition pub- DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005288
lished 6 years ago. The book is organized in an David B. Hom, M.D.

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