Published Chapters

A board-certified plastic surgeon in Grand Rapids, MI, Dr. Dennis Hammond has contributed his experience and expertise to the advancement of his field by writing many chapters for breast surgery textbooks as listed below.

  • Latissimus Dorsi Flap Breast Reconstruction. In: Grabb & Smith’s Plastic Surgery 6th Edition. Chapter 64, pp 634-640, 2007. Hammond DC. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
  • Latissimus Dorsi Flap Breast Reconstruction. In: Clinics in Plastic Surgery. Volume 34, Number 1, pp 75-82, 2007. Hammond DC. Elsevier Saunders.
  • Prophylactic Simple Mastectomy and Reconstruction, Including Prosthetic, Latissimus, and Transverse Rectus Abdominus Myocutaneous Flap Techniques. In: Surgery of The Breast: Principles and Art. Second Edition, Chapter 19, pp 338-348, 2006. Hammond DC. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Latissimus Dorsi Musculocutaneous Flap Breast Reconstruction. In: Surgery of The Breast: Principles and Art. Second Edition, Chapter 38, pp 601-623, 2006. Hammond DC. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Reduction Mammaplasty and Mastopexy: General Considerations. In: Surgery of The Breast: Principles and Art. Second Edition, Chapter 69, pp 971-976, 2006. Hammond DC. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.
  • The Short Scar Periareolar Inferior Pedicle Reduction Mammaplasty. In: Surgery of The Breast: Principles and Art. Second Edition, Chapter 78, pp 1093-1108, 2006. Hammond DC. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.
  • The Inframammary Approach to Augmentation Mammaplasty. In: Surgery of The Breast: Principles and Art. Second Edition, Chapter 92, pp 1297-1303, 2006. Hammond DC. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Augmentation Mammaplasty in the Patient With Tuberous Breasts and Other Complex Anomalies. In: Surgery of The Breast: Principles and Art. Second Edition, Chapter 97, pp 1367-1376, 2006. Hammond DC. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Augmentation Mastopexy: General Considerations. In: Surgery of The Breast: Principles and Art. Second Edition, Chapter 101, pp 1403-1416, 2006. Hammond DC. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Short Scar Periareolar Inferior Pedicle Reduction (SPAIR) Mammaplasty. In: Vertical Scar Mammaplasty. Chapter 6, pp 49-57, 2005. Hammond DC. Springer-Verlag.
  • The Short Scar Periareolar Inferior Pedicle Reduction (SPAIR) Mammaplasty. In: Seminars in Plastic Surgery: New Trends In Reduction and Mastopexy. 18(3): 231-243, 2004. Hammond DC.
  • The SPAIR Mammaplasty. In: Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 29:3 pp 411-421, 2002. Hammond DC. W.B. Saunders Company.
  • Latissimus Dorsi Musculocutaneous Flap Breast Reconstruction. In: Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art. Chapter 32, pp. 477-490, 1998. Hammond DC, Fisher J. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy and Surgical Management of the Patient with High Risk Breast Disease. In: Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery. Chapter 62, pp. 763-784, 1997. Maxwell GP, Hammond DC. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Immediate and Delayed Breast Reconstruction with Tissue Expansion. In: Mastery of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Chapter 95, pp. 1295-1308, 1994. Fisher J, Hammond DC. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA.
  • Breast Implants: Smooth Versus Textured. In: Advances in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Volume 9: 209-220, 1993. Maxwell, GP, Hammond DC. Mosby-Year Book Inc.

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