Practical Facial Reconstruction. Theory and Practice

Description

An ideal resource for both the novice and experienced surgeon, Practical Facial Reconstruction: Theory and Practice is a practical, step-by-step guide to facial repair, written by a highly experienced authority in the field. In this fully updated Second Edition, Dr. Andrew Kaufman walks you through decision making in repair design and execution, offering tips, pearls, and key points that make seemingly complicated flaps less complicated, and repairs more aesthetic and functionally...

Key Features

• Covers cheek, forehead, nose, lip, ear, and eyelid reconstruction, with ample pearls, tips, and key points for each repair
• Walks you through the thought process of evaluating a surgical defect, analyzing it, and designing and executing the repair to achieve optimal functional and cosmetic results
• Shares Dr. Kaufman’s personal tips, tricks, and pearls for every repair, with the goal of simplifying and demystifying many useful reconstruction techniques
• Features hundreds of high-quality, step-by-step photographs and line drawings throughout, plus more than 30 all-new procedural videos
• Covers simpler as well as more complex repairs, including bilobed transposition flaps, helical rim advancement flaps, unilateral and bilateral rotation flaps, cartilage grafts on the nose, rhombic transposition flaps, melolabial transposition flaps, advancement flaps on the nose, lips, eyebrow, and forehead, island advancement flaps, and much more
• Provides a unique theoretical and practical framework for identifying defects and developing a reconstructive plan that can be applied to a wide variety of situations beyond those covered in the book
• An eBook version is included with purchase, with searchable, customizable content, note-taking, highlighting, and read-aloud functionality

Table of Contents

Part I: Theory

• Chapter 1: Principles, Design, Completion
  • 1.1. Principles of Reconstruction
  • 1.2. Anatomical Considerations
  • 1.3. Patient Considerations
  • 1.4. Design Repair
  • 1.5. Surgical Technique
  • 1.6. Execution of Repair
  • 1.7. Wound Care

Part II: Practice

• Chapter 2: Practical Aspects of Facial Reconstruction
• Chapter 3: Cheek and Chin Reconstruction
• Chapter 4: Forehead and Temple Reconstruction
• Chapter 5: Nose Reconstruction
• Chapter 6: Lip Reconstruction
• Chapter 7: Ear Reconstruction
• Chapter 8: Eyelid Reconstruction

Videos

• Chapter 2: 2-1 to 2-2 – Complex cheek and general repairs
• Chapter 3: 3-1 to 3-6 – Infraorbital, preauricular cheek, and chin repairs
• Chapter 4: 4-1 to 4-4 – Forehead and temple advancement flaps
• Chapter 5: 5-1 to 5-18 – Various nasal repairs including bilobed and rotation flaps
• Chapter 6: 6-1 to 6-3 – Lip advancement and philtral reconstruction
• Chapter 7: 7-1 to 7-5 – Ear repairs with transposition and interpolation flaps