Book description
Buttresses are the basis for reduction and repair of
craniomaxillofacial fractures and are essential for determining the
optimal location, for placement of reparative plates and screws.
Craniomaxillofacial Buttresses: Anatomy and Operative Repair
endorses surgical anatomy as a basis for operative intervention.
Special Features:Buttresses is the first book to coalesce the expertise
of the five specialties involved in craniomaxillofacial (CMF)
reconstruction after trauma - plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery,
otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, ophthalmology, and neurosurgery.
Parallels between architecture and CMF anatomy; basic biomechanics; and
advanced finite analysis depict the distribution of impact (load-forces
to-and-from the craniofacial skeleton) and the modern principles of
operative repairA recurring, two-part format provides continuity, from
chapter to chapter. Part 1 identifies the anatomy of a specific CMF
region; Part 2 serially depicts clinical presentation, radiographic
evaluation, modern techniques of operative repair, and potential
collateral damage. Algorithms and illustrations, by renowned artist
William Winn, reinforce a logical sequence of clinical management.
Compelling preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative photographs
and supplemental text illustrate exemplary repair. Key References for
repair of each anatomic region are especially helpful, when managing
complex injuries; Additional Biography allows the reader to efficiently
further delve, in select cases. From the frontal boss to the lower jaw,
this book is one-of-a-kind and brings together history, applied surgical
anatomy, and operative techniques in the CMF region, in a way not seen
since the classic by Reed O. Dingman and Paul Natvig, in 1964. An
educational reference for medical students, residents, fellows, and
clinicians, Craniomaxillofacial Buttresses: Anatomy and Operative Repair
simplifies board review-and-study.From the foreword I by Robert M.
Goldwyn, MD: [The text is] gracefully written every word has been
chosen carefully. Seldom is a reader fortunate enough to find and
learn from a book so much, so effortlessly.
From the foreword II by Paul M. Manson, MD: There are no facial
fracture texts in any of the five specialties that deal with facial
injury in this amount of detail; nor do they cover all of the
craniofacial areas of modern interest, as does this text.
University of Kentucky
