Facial Plastic Surgery : The Essential Guide

A clear, nuts-and-bolts introduction to the field! This outstanding guide condenses the entire field of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery into a single, easy-to-read text. Packed with essential information on every page, it is designed for reading cover to cover for a strong and complete foundation in the field. The book addresses such key aspects of facial plastic surgery as congenital anomalies of the face and neck, maxillofacial trauma, head and neck reconstruction, rhinoplasty, aging face surgery, and cutaneous reconstruction. Prominent specialists discuss a broad range of procedures, including microvascular flaps, septoplasty, endoscopic browlift, and many more. Highlighted pearls and pitfalls offer tips for optimal outcomes and complication avoidance. You will also find more than 600 high-quality graphics to aid in quick comprehension. This book is ideal for residents who need a clear, nuts-and-bolts introduction to the field, and for new practitioners for its overview of common problems. It is an invaluable addition to the professional library of any plastic surgeon. This book is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to evaluating chest images. It is ideal for reading cover-to-cover, or as a reference of radiological presentations for common thoracic disorders. The reader will learn to interpret chest images and recognize the imaging findings, generate an appropriate differential diagnosis, and understand the underlying disease process. The atlas begins with a review of normal thoracic radiography, CT, and MR anatomy, and goes on to present cases on a wide range of congenital, traumatic, and acquired thoracic conditions. Each case is supported by a discussion of etiology, pathology, imaging findings, treatment, and prognosis in a concise, bullet format to give you a complete clinical overview of each disorder. Images demonstrate normal and pathologic findings, and complementary scans demonstrate additional imaging manifestations of disease entities Content: Syndromes and congenital anomalies / Jonathan M. Sykes -- Cutaneous lesions and facial reconstruction / Stephen S. Park -- Head and neck reconstruction / Terrence A. Day -- Maxillofacial and soft tissue trauma / John L. Frodel -- Rhinoplasty / Dean M. Toriumi -- Aging-face surgery / Edward Farrior. This is a book that condenses the large field of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery into a single, readable book that covers the critical information needed by ..