Maxillofacial Trauma and Esthetic Reconstruction

Peter Ward Booth is the lead editor of Maxillofacial Surgery (C/L UK, published 5/99), a 2-volume specialty-defining work encompassing all aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is also a past editor of the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, one of the most well-known oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the UK O&M community, and has a high profile in the European Oral and Maxillofacial societies. He has presented papers at the last3 AAOMS annual conferences, and is gaining recognition within the US.

Barry Eppley holds USA board certification in both Plastic Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, quite a unique combination of qualifications which make him the ideal person to co-edit this multidisciplinary plastic / oral and maxillofacial surgery book. He trained in medicine at the University of Washington and in dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania before taking up a fellowship post at Indiana University Medical Center, and is now the Assistant Professor of Plastic, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Indiana / IUMC.

Rainer Schmelzeisen is Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Freiburg, Germany and one of Europe's leading facial trauma experts. Germany has led the way in Europe in advances in the management of maxillofacial trauma, and Prof. Schmelzeisenhas been one of the leading forces in this movement. He contributed chaptersto the trauma section of Maxillofacial Surgery.

Section 1: Principles 1.Aetiology and Prevention of Facial Trauma 2.Medicolegal Implications of Facial Injuries 3.Immediate Care (Emergency Room) 4.Management of Head Injuries 5.Radiographic Assessment 6.Principles of Soft Tissue Injuries 7.Principles of Reduction and Fixation 8.Biomaterials Section 2: Definitive management Hard Tissues 9.Surgical Access 10.Orbital, Zygomatic Fractures and Ocular Injuries 11.Frontal Sinus Fractures 12.Nasoethmoid Fractures 13.Nasal Fractures 14.Maxillary and Pan Facial Fractures 15.Mandibular Fractures 16.Condylar neck fractures 17.Dentoalveolar Injuries Soft Tissue Injuries 18.Lid and Lacrimal Injuries 19.Management of Soft Tissue Injuries 20.Reconstrcution of Large Hard and Soft Tissue Loss 21.Facial and Trigeminal Nerve Injuries 22.Facial Burns Section 3: Secondary Surgery 23.Facial Scar Management 24.Osteotomies and Bone Grafting 25.Distraction Techniques 26.Secondary Rhinoplasty 27.Secondary Orbital Problems 28.Facial Nerve Re-animation 29.Psychological Support Section 4: Innovations 30.Future innovations to biomaterials 31.Minimally Invasive Surgery Navigation procedures 32.Computer assisted oral and maxillofacial surgery- technology andclinical developments 33.Clinical application of navigation procedures in maxillofacial trauma and post-traumatic reconstruction