Atlas of Operative Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery: Primary Repair of Facial Injuries

by Michael Perry, Simon Holmes

Overview

The idea behind this book is to produce a fully comprehensive and highly illustrated “how to” technical reference manual, demonstrating surgical procedures in a step by step manner. This book also covers assessment and investigations, but focuses on the surgical and non surgical management of all aspect of maxillofacial trauma.

It will include most, if not all, of the surgical approaches and techniques used, for all injuries. This volume includes emergency procedures and the various techniques in repair of fractures and soft tissue injuries, from the simple to the complex. Each step is illustrated photographically or with line diagrams, with explanatory text.

This will enable surgical trainees and surgeons with limited trauma experience to understand how and why any particular procedure is undertaken.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447128540
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	11/09/2014
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	831
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.06(d)

About the Author

Michael Perry is the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Population: 485 in addition to the essay collection Off Main Street. He lives in Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

1. Initial Considerations: High- vs. Low-Energy Injuries and the Implications of Coexisting Multiple Injuries.- 2. Timing Repair and Airway Considerations.- 3. Useful "First Aid" Measures and A Few Basic Techniques.- 4. Principles of Fracture Management.- 5. Injuries to Teeth and Supporting Structures.- 6. Mandibular Fractures.- 7. Fractures of the Middle Third of the Facial Skeleton.- 8. Fractures of the Cheek: Zygomaticomaxillary Complex.- 9. Orbital Fractures.- 10. Nasal Fractures.- 11. Nasoethmoid (Naso-Orbital-Ethmoid): NOE Fractures.- 12. Panfacial Fractures.- 13. The Coronal Flap.- 14. Soft Tissue Injuries.- 15. Ballistic Injuries.- 16. Craniofacial Fractures and the Frontal Sinus.- 17. Is this Right? On-Table Assessment of Our Repair.- 18. Some Useful Adjuncts in Repair.- 19. Aftercare and Follow-up.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: David James Dries, MSE, MD (Regions Hospital)
Description: This is a beautifully illustrated, anatomic description of repair techniques for blunt and penetrating facial injury edited by two senior maxillofacial trauma surgeons.
Purpose: It is intended as a detailed guide for trainees. In fact, this is more than a simple atlas. Illustrations, gathered over decades, most of them well reproduced, are organized by cases or stepwise description of operative procedures. Unlike most atlases, the authors provide detailed descriptions of the technical points and rationales for the surgical approaches.
Audience: Otolaryngologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons with an interest in facial trauma, radiologists seeking to image and identify gross and subtle injuries, and general trauma providers are an appropriate audience for this work produced by a small group of senior maxillofacial trauma surgeons from the U.K.
Features: Chapters are divided by anatomic regions of the face and neck. For example, the book pays significant attention to blunt and penetrating injury to the mandible, including fractures, soft tissue deficits, and the variety of techniques available for reconstruction. The face is subdivided into injuries involving teeth or maxilla, middle third fractures of the facial skeleton, zygomatic complex fractures, orbit and nasal fractures, sinus fractures and complex soft tissue injuries. Chapters open with a review of anatomy as demonstrated by sample images of normal and injured presentation, followed by a discussion of skeletal and soft tissue repair with techniques for vascular control and avoidance of neurological injury. Complementary radiographs and 3-dimentional CT images reproduce with excellent quality. Photographs and radiographs are complemented by multicolor line drawings displaying technical approaches and finer points of anatomy that may escape the camera. At times, the authors also present images from cadaver dissection. Chapters are clearly written and, while the authors admit to using references they have found helpful rather than a systematic literature review, include an excellent list of primary sources. References date to within three years of publication.
Assessment: This is an excellent guide best suited for trainees in the U.K. While medication differences between continents do not come prominently into play, there may be some difference in the use of specific operative approaches and imaging modalities (U.S. programs tend to emphasize CT techniques) based on geographic and training traditions. Nonetheless, this is an excellent training tool for postgraduate fellows or registrars and a worthy office reference for more senior providers.

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First Prize in Surgery at BMA Medical Book Awards for 2015

“‘This book is an authoritative and novel contribution to the specialty literature: a connoisseur’s delight. … this book is a detailed guide to difficult management and should be available in every trauma unit worldwide. It’s that good. Congratulations on bringing together such an extraordinary and authoritative guide.’” (BMA Medical Book Awards, September, 2015)

“This volume sets out to provide a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of facial injuries. … There are numerous well-documented cases that enable the reader to consider important principles as well as early and definitive management. I recommend this volume as a valuable reference source for both trainees and those who wish to augment their facial trauma skills.” (International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vol. 44 (8), August, 2015)

“This is a beautifully illustrated, anatomic description of repair techniques for blunt and penetrating facial injury … . Otolaryngologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons with an interest in facial trauma, radiologists seeking to image and identify gross and subtle injuries, and general trauma providers are an appropriate audience for this work … . this is an excellent training tool for postgraduate fellows or registrars and a worthy office reference for more senior providers.” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2015)

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