Maxillofacial Trauma & Esthetic Reconstruction

Changes in the etiology and management of Maxillofacial Trauma over the past 10 years have led to the need for a new book on this complex area of trauma.Maxillofacial Trauma is a landmark new one-volume, full colour text covering all aspects of the management of facial trauma. Written by an international team of oral and maxillofacial and plastic surgeons, Maxillofacial Trauma provides detailed practical guidance from the moment the trauma patient arrives in hospital to the secondary procedures that may be needed for full repair of the soft tissues of the face and neck.Introductory chapters cover the Aetiology of Maxillofacial Trauma, Immediate Care of the patient, with particular relevance to the maxillofacial injuries sustained, and Radiological Investigations. These are followed by detailed chapters on reduction and fixation, surgical access, and chapters on fractures of each of the facial bones, providing protocols of the overall management of the patient, before, during and after surgery. Particular emphasis will be placed on areas of controversy such as management of condylar neck fractures and orbital fractures.The final section of the book will be dedicated to soft tissue repair and secondary procedures to improve the overall result after facial trauma. This will include chapters on scar management, osteotomies and grafting, and nerve repair and reanimation.Covers all aspects of maxillofacial trauma from management of the acute trauma case to secondary procedures to improve facial appearance.Chapter on immediate care to give guidance on stabilising the acute patient prior to surgery.Highly illustrated radiology chapter to guide the surgeon to the best radiological investigations for each type of injury.Head injury management chapter covers brain injury as it relates to the management of facial trauma.Detailed chapter on orbital trauma from both US and European perspective - orbital trauma is very difficult to manage and an area of some controversy at present.Very detailed chapters on each facial fracture (approx 30-40% of book), including protocols for the overall management of each fracture.Management of condylar neck fractures, another area of controversy, written by the leading US expert on this subject.Extensive section on secondary procedures aimed at improving the final outcome of traumaReview of all new alloplastic materials used in the repair of facial fractures.Additional chapter on psychological problems after facial trauma, an important area in the overall management of these cases.750 colour prints to demonstrate clearly the final results from soft tissue repair and secondary procedures.250 surgical line illustrations to show step-by-step surgical procedures, esp. in Surgical Access chapter.