Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Surgery - Oral & Maxillofacial

Trigeminal nerve injuries present complex clinical challenges and can be very distressing for patients, resulting in abnormal sensations of the oro-facial region, yet surgeons may lack the knowledge required for optimal patient management based upon the specific nerve injury. This textbook is the first to be devoted to the diagnosis and management of trigeminal nerve injuries. A wide range of topics are covered, including historical perspectives, demographics, etiology, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, clinical neurosensory testing, nonsurgical management, and surgical management...

Expert teaching in the fundamentals of oral and maxillofacial surgery

Essentials of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is the key textbook for all undergraduate dentistry students and trainees starting out in oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral surgery and surgical dentistry. Condensed and revised from the major reference work Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, all revisions have been made by the editors in order to bring the text up-to-date and accessible for a student audience.

The book's coverage extends from basic principles such as patient evaluation,...

Eyelid tumors are commonly encountered by oculoplastic as well as plastic surgeons. The challenge of managing these cases lies not only in performing the surgery in a precise manner in small area, but also in ensuring a visually-appealing cosmetic outcome. This is an innovative and concise portable handbook that guides the surgeons on how to approach and manage these cases in a step-by-step manner. Each chapter of this practical guidebook has outstanding illustrations drawn in full color clearly showing each incision line, flap management, suture placement and its technique and the...

This book covers some biostatistical methods and several case studies useful to interpret and analyze dental research in the areas of orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders. It will guide practitioners in these fields who would like to interpret research findings or find examples on the design of clinical investigations. After an introduction dealing with the basic issues, the central sections of the textbook are dedicated to the different types of investigations in sight of specific goals researchers may have. The final section contains a recent approach based on nonparametric...

Techniques in contemporary rhytidectomy are covered in a highly illustrated Atlas format. Articles will include surgical anatomy of the superficial musculo-aponeurotic system (SMAS), management of the SMAS, evaluation of the aging lower face and neck, rejuvenation of the anterior neck: the when and why, short scar rhytidectomy techniques, combined rhytidectomy and alloplastic facial implants, the opportunistic rhytidectomy, revision rhytidectomy, adjunctive techniques in contemporary rhytidectomy, and more.

Complete Cleft Care is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide
to the assessment and treatment of patients suffering from cleft and velopharyngeal
disorders. It covers multiple treatment modalities such as unilateral
and bilateral cleft lip repair, secondary speech assessment and surgery,
cleft rhinoplasty, gingivoperiosteoplasty, and alveolar bone grafting.
The book includes videos, available online at Thieme's Media
Center, that demonstrate specific techniques used in each treatment
procedure.

Key Features:

• Full-color diagrams and...

In der Asthetischen Chirurgie sind Laser nicht mehr wegzudenken: Narben, Falten und Tatowierungen, Facial Rejuvenation, Nasen- und Blepharoplastik oder zahnarztlich-asthetische Behandlungen vielfaltig sind die Indikationen, bei denen Laser Mittel der Wahl oder eine erfolgversprechende Alternative zur klassischen Chirurgie sind. Laserbehandlungen sind die haufigsten unter allen asthetisch-chirurgischen Eingriffen.

Fur Plastische Chirurgen, HNO-Arzte, MKG-Chirurgen, Augenarzte und Zahnarzte, die aus der grossen Bandbreite der dermatologischen Lasertechnik ihren Patienten die passenden...

Osteonecrosis of the jaws is a well-known side-effect ofantiresorptive therapy that predominantly occurs in patients suffering from malignant diseases and receiving intravenous administrations of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates or subcutaneous administrations of denosumab, a monoclonal antibody. Less frequentlyit may also be observed in patients with osteoporosis who are being treated with these antiresorptive drugs

This textbook provides detailed, up-to-date information on all aspects of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws, including clinical features, pathogenesis,...