Overview

This unique textbook focuses exclusively on wound healing of the face and neck, integrating scientific principle with state-of-the-art clinical precept. Detailed, step-by-step surgical techniques demonstrate the best methods of repair of tissue. Contemporary healing concepts encompass the structures of the skin, cartilage, bone, nerve, oral mucosa, middle ear mucosa and airway mucosa.The book benefits from the diverse backgrounds and expertise of each of its authors bringing the reader new insights to the question of why some facial and neck wounds heal satisfactorily and others do not. Dr. Hom suggests a holistic approach to surgery of the face and neck that includes the healing process. Future directions for wound healing of the face and neck are also illuminated. The first section describes the healing aspects of the structures of the face and neck the second section addresses common clinical tissue healing problems encountered and methods to treat them. The third section discusses specific therapies used to optimize healing.

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Author:   David Hom ,  Patricia Hebda ,  Arun Gosain ,  Craig Friedman
Publisher:   PMPH-USA Limited
Imprint:   PMPH-USA Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 28.80cm
Weight:   0.002kg
ISBN:  

9781607950073

ISBN 10:   1607950073
Pages:   490
Publication Date:   16 March 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section One: Salient Healing Features of Specific Tissues of the Face and Neck 1: Wound Healing of Skin, Hebda 2: Facial Bones, Yu, Dinsmore 3: Craniofacial Cartilage Wound Healing: Implications for Facial Surgeons, Friedman, Micou 4: Peripheral Nerve, Rowe, Matloub 5: Salient Healing Features of Muscles of the Face & Neck, Kalliainen 6: Salient Features of the Oral Mucosa, Wehrhan, Schultze-Mosgau, Schliephake 7: Wound Healing of the Larynx, Thibeault 8: Wound Healing in the Subglottis & Trachea, Dohar, Hebda, Sandulache 9: Cervical Esophagus, Maddalozzo, Sulman 10: Salient Healing Features of the Tympanic Membrane, Hellstrom 11: Sinonasal Mucosal Wound Healing: Implications for Contemporary Rhinologic Surgery, Shipchandler, Batra, Citardi Section Two: Clinical Problems and Issues of Healing Tissues 12: Burned Facial Skin, Gosain, Das 13: Keloids and Hypertrophic Scarring, Chim, Tang 14: Laser Resurfaced Facial Skin: Clinical Problems & Issues of Healing Tissues: Pearls and Pitfalls, Koch, Banthia 15: Irradiated Skin and its Postsurgical Management, Hom, Ho, Lee 16: Irradiated Soft Tissue Wounds, Adams 17: Nonunion of the Mandible and the Irradiated Mandible, MacLeod 18: Irradiated Temporal Bone, Hahn, Brodie 19: Cranial Suture Biology and Craniosynostosis, Longaker, Nacamuli, Wan 20: Vocal Fold Scar, Sataloff 21: Clinical Considerations of Wound Healing in the Subglottis and Trachea, Ottenson, Parekh, Dohar 22: The Facial Nerve After Injury, May, Boaheni Section Three: Therapeutic Options 23: General Approach to a Poorly Healing Problem Wound: Practical and Clinical Overview, Hom, Dresner 24: Nutrition and Wound Healing, Barbul, Katz 25: Controlling Infection, Johnson, Fraioli 26: Wound Debridement, Brem, Schultz, Ayello 27: Hyperbaric Oxygen and Wound Healing in the Head & Neck, Feldmeir 28: Blood Products in Wound Healing, Greene, Johnson, O'Grady, Toriumi 29: Growth Factors - Modulators of Wound Healing, Nanney, Greco 30: Vacuum Assisted Devices for Difficult Wounds of the Face & Neck, Stoeckel, Molnar, Argenta, DeFranzo 31: Choice of Wound Dressings and Ointments, Brown, Zitelli 32: Adipose Tissue in Stem Cell Biology, Ogle, Katz, Tholopady

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David Hom MD, FACS Professor & Director Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Patricia Hebda PhD Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Cell Biology & Physiology - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Director, ENT Wound Healing Research Program, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Rangos Research Center. Arun Gosain MD, FACS DeWayne Richey II Professor, Plastic Surgery Chief, Pediatric Plastic Surgery Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. Craig Friedman MD, FACS Facial Plastic Surgeon Visiting Surgeon, Yale-New Haven Hospital Executive Vice President, Medical Technology and Research, Biomerix, Inc.

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