Skin Flaps in Facial Surgery [Hardcover]

Daniel Buchen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 007145943X | ISBN-13: 978-0071459433 | Publication Date: December 4, 2006 | Edition: 1

Sharpen your facial surgery skills--by mastering the design and execution of flaps

This practical, all-encompassing sourcebook demystifies the planning and execution of flaps for anyone performing facial surgery. Written by leading facial surgery experts, the book starts with an introductory chapter that highlights the basic principles common to all flaps. Next, you'll get an in-depth look at flap physiology and random flap patterns, such as advancement and rotation flaps; split- and full-thickness grafts; the repair of eyelids, ears, and lips; the replacement of nasal lining and support; and free flaps.

The high-yield coverage features multiple options for any procedure, and is supported by a quick-access format that features lines and arrows superimposed on full-color patient photos--a convenient tool that helps you visualize the design and movement of flaps.

Features

A step-by-step, technique-driven presentation that deepens your understanding of facial surgery involving flaps

A skill-building presentation of multiple close options--including the pros and cons of each

A graphic outline of each flap, accompanied by patient photos that include superimposed lines and arrows showing how the flap is designed

Highly instructive, up-to-date chapters on random pattern flaps: advancement, rotation, transposition, and interpolation flaps

Important coverage of split- and full-thickness grafts

Unique single-chapter coverage of retracted eyelid repair and ectropion

Approximately 500 full-color photographs throughout

And much more! (20070110)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Outstanding book, includes a great number of color photographs with well written text. Well organized. Practical and useful as both an instruction manual and reference."--DermReview.com (DermReview.com )

About the Author

Daniel Buchen, MD, Chief, Department of Dermatology, Saint Vincent Hospital, Staten Island, New York, and Clinical Instructor, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (December 4, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007145943X
• ISBN-13: 978-0071459433
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,410,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a flaps fook with photos, April 14, 2007

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John "johnstrass" (Palm Beach, FL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skin Flaps in Facial Surgery (Hardcover)

Does the world really need another facial reconstruction book? I did not think so, since I already own a few.

I recently was able to flip trough this and was amazed by the photographs. It is very nice to have an "atlas of holes" with sketches of different flap superimposed with the authors' reasoning nicely contained in the text. It is like having Ramsey Millette in your living room.

There are, of course some reconstructions which I would not have done but that is the beauty of dermatologic plastic surgery: there are usually a few good options.

This book is not for the beginner, although it does have a nice description of flaps including the most straigtforward explanation of mechanics of specific flaps that I have seen illustrated. This will be useful if you perform a large number of facial skin reconstructive surgeries.

The eyelid reconstruction was the best I have seen in a book not completely devonted to periorbital surgery.

While there are many authors it is obvious that Dr. Buchen had heavily edited this text, making it very readable.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could be much better, August 29, 2009

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W. Williams "Tmac" (Denver) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skin Flaps in Facial Surgery (Hardcover)

I found the book to be really frustrating. The authors leave you with missing information. Why did they show only 2 pictures when describing many of the flaps? This is what they did in discussing flap after flap: the first picture shows the lesion or the excised lesion, the second picture shows the healed repair. Oh thanks for showing off your perfect result. How about showing the flap design? They did this over and over. They'll show patients with extensive defects, then the text just gives the most rudimentary explanation of how they did the repair and no picture of the flap design or the repair in progress. If I knew how to do all of the flaps without any explanation or pictures, why would I need this book? I wouldn't, so that's why I got this book hoping it would be a resource to help with design and repair. On that point the book is a miss. If the next version gave a step by step guide on how to do each flap, then this will be an indispensable reference in your library and it will deserve 5 stars. Until then, it's not all that much help.