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Maxillofacial Trauma and Esthetic Reconstruction

Key Features

  • All aspects of maxillofacial trauma are covered — from management of the acute trauma case to secondary procedures to improve facial appearance.
  • A chapter on immediate care provides guidance on stabilizing the acute patient prior to surgery.
  • A highly illustrated radiology chapter guides the reader to the best radiological investigations for each type of injury.
  • The chapter on head injury management covers brain injury as it relates to the management of facial trauma.
  • Comprehensive chapters on each facial fracture include protocols for the overall management of each fracture.
  • An extensive section on secondary procedures attempts to improve the final outcome of trauma.
  • A review is included for all new alloplastic materials used in the repair of facial fractures.
  • An additional chapter on psychological problems after facial trauma has been added.
  • 800 color prints demonstrate clearly the final results from soft tissue repair and secondary procedures.
  • 200 surgical line illustrations show step-by-step surgical procedures.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Principles

1. Aetiology and Prevention of Facial Trauma
2. Medicolegal Implications of Facial Injuries
3. Immediate Care (Emergency Room)
4. Management of Head Injuries
5. Radiographic Assessment
6. Principles of Soft Tissue Injuries
7. Principles of Reduction and Fixation
8. Biomaterials

Section 2: Definitive management Hard Tissues

  9. Surgical Access
10. Orbital, Zygomatic Fractures and Ocular Injuries
11. Frontal Sinus Fractures
12. Nasoethmoid Fractures
13. Nasal Fractures
14. Maxillary and Pan Facial Fractures
15. Mandibular Fractures
16. Condylar neck fractures
17. Dentoalveolar Injuries Soft Tissue Injuries
18. Lid and Lacrimal Injuries
19. Management of Soft Tissue Injuries
20. Reconstruction of Large Hard and Soft Tissue Loss
21. Facial and Trigeminal Nerve Injuries
22. Facial Burns

Section 3: Secondary Surgery

23. Facial Scar Management
24. Osteotomies and Bone Grafting
25. Distraction Techniques
26. Secondary Rhinoplasty
27. Secondary Orbital Problems
28. Facial Nerve Re-animation
29. Psychological Support Section 4: Innovations
30. Future innovations to biomaterials 3
1. Minimally Invasive Surgery Navigation procedures
32. Computer assisted oral and maxillofacial surgery- technology andclinical developments
33. Clinical application of navigation procedures in maxillofacial trauma and post-traumatic reconstruction


 

Author Information

By Peter Ward-Booth, FDS, FRCS, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, The Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK; Barry Eppley, MD, DMD, Assistant Professor of Plastic, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Indiana University and IU Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN; and Rainer Schmelzheisen, MD, DDS, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Albert-Ludwigs-University and Hospital, Freiburg, Germany