Youthful perspectives drive innovation in all areas of medicine. There is also something to be said for a seasoned viewpoint, particularly when one surgeon presumes to advise others in matters of technique. In a 30-year career, technical details are conceived or adopted, modified, refined, and sometimes discarded. Adjustments are continually made in response to outcomes in thousands of cases that vary in subtle ways. Reporting a single-surgeon experience may have its limitations, but it also “controls” for the operator variable in that technical evolution.
This atlas addresses the reconstruction of eyelid and oculofacial defects after tissue removal or loss. Despite the specific focus, the wide variety of defects and their functional and aesthetic implications require a full volume to discuss management in necessary detail. Somewhat more than a hundred case studies are included, and reproduce flap design and transposition by superimposing graphics on operative photographs, rather than relying on artists' interpretations.
The atlas is divided into chapters according to oculofacial sector, and the anatomic concerns specific to each sector are addressed with tailored surgical procedures. A final section deals with issues common to all areas.
The text is intended to improve aesthetic and functional outcomes in these challenging cases. It will find a home on the reader's desktop (real or virtual), and will repeatedly serve as a resource when patients present with defects of unanticipated size or complexity.
Key Features
- Logical and useful surgical-sector approach to the upper two-thirds of the face.
- Flap design and mobilization depicted directly on surgical photographs, rather than in idealized line drawings.
- Extremely well-known author with combined ophthalmic and plastic surgery perspectives; three decades of experience.
Contents
- Chapter 1 - Oculofacial Reconstruction: Current Challenges
- Chapter 2 - Marginal Eyelid Defects
- Chapter 3 - Nonmarginal Defects of the Lower Eyelid, Cheek, and Lateral Canthal Region
- Chapter 4 - Nonmarginal Defects of the Medial Canthal Region
- Chapter 5 - Nonmarginal Defects of the Upper Eyelid, Eyebrow, Glabella, Forehead, and Temple
- Chapter 6 - Preoperative Counseling, Operative Protocol and Instruments, and Postoperative Management
About the Author
- Gerald J. Harris MD, FACS, Professor of Ophthalmology; Chief, Orbital and Oculoplastic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 Har/Psc edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781796512
- ISBN-13: 978-0781796514
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
List Price: $195.00