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Key notes on plastic surgery/Adrian M. Richards

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x ABBREVIATIONS<br />

SLL scapholunate ligament<br />

SLAC scapholunate advanced collapse<br />

SMAS superficial musculoap<strong>on</strong>eurotic system<br />

SMR submucous resecti<strong>on</strong><br />

SNAC scaphoid n<strong>on</strong>uni<strong>on</strong> advanced collapse<br />

SOOF suborbicularis oculi fat (pad)<br />

SSG split-skin graft<br />

SSM superficial spreading melanoma<br />

TBSA total body surface area<br />

TCA trichloroacetic acid<br />

TFCC triangular fibrocartilagenous complex<br />

TFL tensor fascia lata<br />

TGF transforming growth factor<br />

TLND therapeutic lymph node dissecti<strong>on</strong><br />

TMJ temporomandibular joint<br />

TMN tumour, metastases, nodes<br />

TNF tumour necrosis factor<br />

t-PA tissue plasminogen activator<br />

TPN total parental nutriti<strong>on</strong><br />

TRAM transverse rectus abdominis muscle<br />

UAL ultras<strong>on</strong>ic assisted liposucti<strong>on</strong><br />

UCL ulnar collateral ligament<br />

UV ultraviolet<br />

VAC vacuum-assisted closure<br />

VCF velocardiofacial (syndrome)<br />

VISI volar intercalated segment instability<br />

VPI velopharyngeal incompetence<br />

VRAM vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous (flap)<br />

WLE wide local excisi<strong>on</strong><br />

XP xeroderma pigmentosa<br />

ZF zygomaticofr<strong>on</strong>tal

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