| | Strength | Weakness | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Neligan’s Plastic Surgery | Comprehensive, visual, authoritative | Expensive, heavy | | Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery | Concise, perfect for board review | Lacks deep operative detail | | Mathes Plastic Surgery (2nd ed) | Extensive flap atlas | Outdated (2006); no aesthetic focus | | Thorne’s Grabb and Smith | Great for residents | Less depth than Neligan |