Innovations and New Developments in Craniomaxillofacial Reconstruction

Julio Acero, MD, DMD, PhD, FEBOMFS, FDSRCS, FIBCSOMS, is Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Ramon y Cajal University and the Puerta de Hierro University Hospitals in Madrid, Spain, and Full Professor of Surgery at the Alcala University of Madrid. His special fields of interest are oncologic and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck, including skull base Surgery, as well as bone regeneration. He has lectured and published widely in these fields and has been an invited professor at universities around the world. Dr. Acero was President of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS) in 2016-17 and is a past Chairman of the IAOMS Education Committee. He is currently President of the European Association of Cranio-maxillo-facial Surgery and has served as the Association's Education and Training Officer. Furthermore, he is a past Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and past President of the Spanish Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Acero has received various awards, including the Humanitarian Award of the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in 2016. He has organized and coordinated international educational programs in oral and maxillofacial surgery throughout the world.

Preface.- 1. Fundamental concepts in regenerative medicine: Structural fat grafting and platelet-rich plasma.- 2. New developments and biomaterials in reconstruction of defects of the Alveolar ridge in implant surgery. Part 1: Biomaterials.- 3. New developments and biomaterials in reconstruction of defects of the Alveolar ridge in implant surgery. Part II: Zygomatic implants.- 4. Principles of navigation.- 5. Computer-assisted surgery and intraoperative navigation in acute maxillofacial trauma repair.- 6. Secondary post-traumatic orbital reconstruction.- 7. Computer assisted surgery in mandibular reconstruction.- 8. Advances and innovations in reconstruction of the maxilla and midface utilizing computer assisted surgery.- 9. Computer assisted surgery and navigation in cranio-orbital resection and reconstruction.- 10. Endoscopic techniques in skull base reconstruction.- 11. Preoperative assessment and monitoring of free flaps.- 12. Advances in temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) reconstruction.- 13. New developments in pediatric cranio-maxillofacial reconstruction.- 14. New developments in facial nerve repair and regeneration.- 15. Robotic surgery and head and neck reconstruction.- 16. Reconstructive options in the vessel-depleted neck. Past, present and future strategies.- 17. Face transplantation