Facial Paralysis: Rehabilitation Techniques
Extracted from The Facial Nerve, this targeted new book offers the most comprehensive approach to rehabilitating patients with acute and long-standing facial paralysis. Representing more than 30 years experience of a doctor who has performed over 3,000 surgical procedures, it begins with a history of facial rehabilitative surgery, and then focuses on approaches that have proven to be successful over the years.

For each surgical operation, you'll get key details on patient selection, indications, contraindications, complications, and more. The book provides step-by-step instructions for the techniques, with more than 1,000 illustrations to demonstrate the procedures. Plus, you'll find valuable tips on non-surgical methods of enhancing the results of the procedures, such as makeup, hair styling, or choice of clothing.

All reconstructive surgeons--oral-maxillofacial, opthalmoplastic, facial plastic, skull base, otolaryngologic, and neuro--will find this text to be a concise and appealing guide to treating facial paralysis. Residents will also benefit from the wealth of information provided here.
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Facial Paralysis: Rehabilitation Techniques
Extracted from The Facial Nerve, this targeted new book offers the most comprehensive approach to rehabilitating patients with acute and long-standing facial paralysis. Representing more than 30 years experience of a doctor who has performed over 3,000 surgical procedures, it begins with a history of facial rehabilitative surgery, and then focuses on approaches that have proven to be successful over the years.

For each surgical operation, you'll get key details on patient selection, indications, contraindications, complications, and more. The book provides step-by-step instructions for the techniques, with more than 1,000 illustrations to demonstrate the procedures. Plus, you'll find valuable tips on non-surgical methods of enhancing the results of the procedures, such as makeup, hair styling, or choice of clothing.

All reconstructive surgeons--oral-maxillofacial, opthalmoplastic, facial plastic, skull base, otolaryngologic, and neuro--will find this text to be a concise and appealing guide to treating facial paralysis. Residents will also benefit from the wealth of information provided here.
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Facial Paralysis: Rehabilitation Techniques

Facial Paralysis: Rehabilitation Techniques

Facial Paralysis: Rehabilitation Techniques

Facial Paralysis: Rehabilitation Techniques

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Extracted from The Facial Nerve, this targeted new book offers the most comprehensive approach to rehabilitating patients with acute and long-standing facial paralysis. Representing more than 30 years experience of a doctor who has performed over 3,000 surgical procedures, it begins with a history of facial rehabilitative surgery, and then focuses on approaches that have proven to be successful over the years.

For each surgical operation, you'll get key details on patient selection, indications, contraindications, complications, and more. The book provides step-by-step instructions for the techniques, with more than 1,000 illustrations to demonstrate the procedures. Plus, you'll find valuable tips on non-surgical methods of enhancing the results of the procedures, such as makeup, hair styling, or choice of clothing.

All reconstructive surgeons--oral-maxillofacial, opthalmoplastic, facial plastic, skull base, otolaryngologic, and neuro--will find this text to be a concise and appealing guide to treating facial paralysis. Residents will also benefit from the wealth of information provided here.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781604064513
Publisher: Thieme Publishers New York
Publication date: 01/01/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 15 MB
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About the Author

Clinical Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors
1.Perspective in Facial Reanimation1
2.Nerve Repair21
3.Nerve Substitution Techniques: XII-VII Hook-Up, XII-VII Jump Graft, and Cross-Face Graft61
4.Muscle Transposition Techniques: Temporalis, Masseter, and Digastric85
5.Free Muscle Transfers for Facial Paralysis117
6.Eye Reanimation Techniques127
7.Regional Reanimation: Nose and Mouth225
8.Reanimation: Dual Systems by Combining Procedures247
9.Enhancing Facial Appearance with Cosmetic Camouflage269
Index285
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