Includes bibliographical references and index

Part 1. Burn injuries and their psychosocial and long time consequences -- Acute stress disorder and post traumatic stress disorder in individuals suffering from burn injury / Sherri Sharp and Walter J. Meyer III -- Long term consequences of burn injuries / Shelley Wiechman -- Part 2. Burn wound healing, documentation, scar management and rehabilitation -- Skin architecture and function / Adelheid Elbe-B©ơrger -- Burn wound healing: Pathophysiology / Luc Teot, Sami Otman, Antonio Brancati and Rainer Mittermayr -- Burn scar treatment / Luc Teot, Sami Otman, Antonio Brancati and Rainer Mittermayr -- Scar assessment / Pauline D. H. M. Verhaegen, Martijn B. A. van der Wal, Esther Middelkoop and Paul P. M. van Zuijlen -- The future of wound documentation: Three-dimensional, evidence-based, intuitive and thorough / Michael Giretzlehner, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Johannes Dirnberger and Robert Owen -- Evaluation of mimic function in patients with facial burns by use of the three-dimensional video-analysis / Maria Michaelidou and Manfred Frey -- Rehabilitation and scar management / Lars-Peter Kamolz and Marc G. Jeschke -- Exercise / Karen J. Kowalske, Serina J. McEntire and Oscar E. Suman -- Part 3. Burn reconstruction (Principles and techniques) -- Principles of burn reconstruction / Lars-Peter Kamolz and David B. Lumenta -- Tissue expanders in burn surgery / Norbert Pallua and Erhan Demir -- Burn reconstruction: Skin substitutes and tissue engineering / Raymund E. Horch and Volker J. Schmidt -- Twelve year follow-up: A clinical study on dermal regeneration / Monica C. T. Bloemen, Paul P. M. van Zuijlen and Esther Middelkoop -- Generation of adipose tissue based on tissue engineering: An overview / Maike Keck, David B. Lumenta and Lars-Peter Kamolz -- Part 4. Burn reconstruction (Specific regions) -- Burn reconstruction: Neck region / Norbert Pallua and Erhan Demir -- Burn reconstruction: Eye region / Andreas Heckmann and Peter M. Vogt -- Reconstruction of the post burn ear / Andrew Burd -- Reconstruction of the perioral region after facial burns / Timo Alexander Spanholtz and Riccardo E. Giunta -- Nasal reconstruction / Lars-Peter Kamolz, Maike Keck, Harald Selig and David B. Lumenta -- Reconstruction/Correction of burn alopecia / Lars-Peter Kamolz, Maike Keck, Harald Selig and David B. Lumenta -- Burn reconstruction: Breast / Eva Koellensperger and Guenter Germann -- Reconstruction of burn deformities of the lower extremity / Christian Ottomann and Bernd Hartmann -- Thermal injuries to the foot / Thilo Schenck and Riccardo E. Giunta -- Burn reconstruction: Hand and upper extremity / Hugo Benito Kitzinger, Birgit Karle and Manfred Frey -- Part 5. Burn reconstruction (Future perspectives) -- Burn reconstruction -- Future perspectives: Facial transplantation / Maria Siemionow and Fatih Zor -- Modern myoprostheses in electric burn injuries of the upper extremity / Oskar C. Aszmann, Hans Diet, Tatjana Paternostro and Manfred Frey