
Practical Facial Reconstruction
Theory and Practice
Andrew Kaufman(Author)
Churchill Livingstone (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 4. July 2025
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-443-26437-5 (ISBN)
Description
An ideal resource for both the novice and experienced surgeon, Practical Facial Reconstruction: Theory and Practice is a practical, step-by-step guide to facial repair, written by a highly experienced authority in the field. In this fully updated Second Edition, Dr. Andrew Kaufman walks you through decision making in repair design and execution, offering tips, pearls, and key points that make seemingly complicated flaps less complicated, and repairs more aesthetic and functionally successful. Abundant illustrations and numerous new videos provide real-world visual guidance on soft tissue facial reconstruction.
Covers cheek, forehead, nose, lip, ear, and eyelid reconstruction, with ample pearls, tips, and key points for each repair
Walks you through the thought process of evaluating a surgical defect, analyzing it, and designing and executing the repair to achieve optimal functional and cosmetic results
Shares Dr. Kaufman's personal tips, tricks, and pearls for every repair, with the goal of simplifying and demystifying many useful reconstruction techniques
Features hundreds of high-quality, step-by-step photographs and line drawings throughout, plus more than 30 all-new procedural videos
Covers simpler as well as more complex repairs, including bilobed transposition flaps, helical rim advancement flaps, unilateral and bilateral rotation flaps, cartilage grafts on the nose, rhombic transposition flaps, melolabial transposition flaps, advancement flaps on the nose, lips, eyebrow, and forehead, island advancement flaps, and much more
Provides a unique theoretical and practical framework for identifying defects and developing a reconstructive plan that can be applied to a wide variety of situations beyond those covered in the book
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Covers cheek, forehead, nose, lip, ear, and eyelid reconstruction, with ample pearls, tips, and key points for each repair
Walks you through the thought process of evaluating a surgical defect, analyzing it, and designing and executing the repair to achieve optimal functional and cosmetic results
Shares Dr. Kaufman's personal tips, tricks, and pearls for every repair, with the goal of simplifying and demystifying many useful reconstruction techniques
Features hundreds of high-quality, step-by-step photographs and line drawings throughout, plus more than 30 all-new procedural videos
Covers simpler as well as more complex repairs, including bilobed transposition flaps, helical rim advancement flaps, unilateral and bilateral rotation flaps, cartilage grafts on the nose, rhombic transposition flaps, melolabial transposition flaps, advancement flaps on the nose, lips, eyebrow, and forehead, island advancement flaps, and much more
Provides a unique theoretical and practical framework for identifying defects and developing a reconstructive plan that can be applied to a wide variety of situations beyond those covered in the book
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrated; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
916 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-26437-5 (9780443264375)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Andrew J. Kaufman, Private Practice, Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara, California, USA; Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Author
Private Practice, Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara, California, USA; Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Content
Part I Theory 1
1. Principles, Design, Completion
Part II Practice 15
2. Practical Aspects of Facial Reconstruction
3. Cheek and Chin Reconstruction
4. Forehead and Temple Reconstruction
5. Nose Reconstruction
6. Lip Reconstruction
7. Ear Reconstruction
8. Eyelid Reconstruction
1. Principles, Design, Completion
Part II Practice 15
2. Practical Aspects of Facial Reconstruction
3. Cheek and Chin Reconstruction
4. Forehead and Temple Reconstruction
5. Nose Reconstruction
6. Lip Reconstruction
7. Ear Reconstruction
8. Eyelid Reconstruction