Full Description
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.
Contents
Section Oneand Neck1: Wound Healing of Skin, Hebda2: Facial Bones, Yu, Dinsmore3: Craniofacial Cartilage Wound Healing: Implications for Facial Surgeons, Friedman, Micou4: Peripheral Nerve, Rowe, Matloub5: Salient Healing Features of Muscles of the Face & Neck, Kalliainen6: Salient Features of the Oral Mucosa, Wehrhan, Schultze-Mosgau, Schliephake7: Wound Healing of the Larynx, Thibeault8: Wound Healing in the Subglottis & Trachea, Dohar, Hebda, Sandulache9: Cervical Esophagus, Maddalozzo, Sulman10: Salient Healing Features of the Tympanic Membrane, Hellstrom11: Sinonasal Mucosal Wound Healing: Implications for Contemporary Rhinologic Surgery, Shipchandler, Batra, CitardiSection Two: Clinical Problems and Issues of Healing Tissues12: Burned Facial Skin, Gosain, Das13: Keloids and Hypertrophic Scarring, Chim, Tang14: Laser Resurfaced Facial Skin: Clinical Problems & Issues of Healing Tissues: Pearls and Pitfalls, Koch, Banthia15: Irradiated Skin and its Postsurgical Management, Hom, Ho, Lee16: Irradiated Soft Tissue Wounds, Adams17: Nonunion of the Mandible and the Irradiated Mandible, MacLeod18: Irradiated Temporal Bone, Hahn, Brodie19: Cranial Suture Biology and Craniosynostosis, Longaker, Nacamuli, Wan20: Vocal Fold Scar, Sataloff21: Clinical Considerations of Wound Healing in the Subglottis and Trachea, Ottenson, Parekh, Dohar22: The Facial Nerve After Injury, May, BoaheniSection Three: Therapeutic Options23: General Approach to a Poorly Healing Problem Wound: Practical and Clinical Overview, Hom, Dresner24: Nutrition and Wound Healing, Barbul, Katz25: Controlling Infection, Johnson, Fraioli26: Wound Debridement, Brem, Schultz, Ayello27: Hyperbaric Oxygen and Wound Healing in the Head & Neck, Feldmeir28: Blood Products in Wound Healing, Greene, Johnson, O'Grady, Toriumi29: Growth Factors - Modulators of Wound Healing, Nanney, Greco30: Vacuum Assisted Devices for Difficult Wounds of the Face & Neck, Stoeckel, Molnar, Argenta, DeFranzo31: Choice of Wound Dressings and Ointments, Brown, Zitelli32: Adipose Tissue in Stem Cell Biology, Ogle, Katz, Tholopady
