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The diseases of the base of the skull, head and neck are treated in the medical domain of head and face medicine. This includes the management of head and neck cancers, traumas and diseases that affect the nose, throat and ear. Microvascular free flap reconstruction, skull base cancer, thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy are some of the surgical procedures involved in the treatment of cancers of the head and neck. Facelift, rhinoplasty and septoplasty, blepharoplasty and otoplasty are few procedures that are performed for the aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, head and neck. Trauma-induced conditions of the face such as orbital fracture, mandible fracture, nasal bone fracture, complex lacerations and soft tissue damage are also treated under facial plastic surgery. Microvascular reconstruction repair is commonly done to replace a damaged area in the head and neck with a composite piece of tissue from another part of the patient's body. This book elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments with respect to head and face medicine. It will also provide interesting topics for research, which interested readers can take up. It aims to equip students and experts with the advanced topics and upcoming concepts in this area.

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