Shan R. Baker, MD , Director, Center for Facial Cosmetic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Livonia, MI, USA  
 
 
Certainly today's most practical, in-depth, and up-to-the-minute source on nasal reconstruction following trauma or cancer surgery. This new text describes the latest complete range of basic and advanced procedures step by step, with hundreds of detailed photographs and exquisite medical illustrations demonstrating every nuance. Case studies are shown in complete detail with the aid of extensive use of photographs. From surgical anatomy through patient evaluation, choice of procedure, operative technique, and prevention and management of complications, PRINCIPLES OF AESTHETIC NASAL RECONSTRUCTION equips readers to achieve optimal outcomes, time after time.  

Features
  • Includes case histories illustrating important principles, techniques and limitations of nasal reconstruction.
  • Covers the very latest techniques, including many not found in other references-such as subcutaneous hinge cheek flaps, turbinate lining flaps and v-to-y nasal cutaneous advancement flaps.
  • Presents the surgical anatomy knowledge needed to understand the principles of nasal reconstruction.
  • Discusses patient assessment and preoperative evaluation in detail.
  • Offers algorithms to facilitate selection of surgical approach based on the location and depth of a patient's nasal defects.
  • Provides thorough guidance on the prevention and management of complications.

 
Contents
 
FUNDAMENTALS 
 
History of Nasal Reconstruction  
Anatomic Considerations  
Preparation of Patient  
Internal Lining  
Structural Support  
External Lining  
 
TECHNIQUE 
 
Cartilage Grafts  
Cranial Bone Grafts  
Skin and Composite Grafts  
Nasal Cutaneous Flaps  
Intranasal Flaps  
Hinged Cheek Flaps  
Interpolated Cheek Flaps  
Interpolated Paramedian Forehead Flaps  
Refinement Techniques  
Complications 
 
REPRESENTATIVE CASES  
 
Partial Thickness Defects  
 
Reconstruction of Lateral Tip: Two Methods of Repair  
Reconstruction of Central Tip: Three Methods of Repair  
Reconstruction of Tip, Dorsum, Sidewalls and Ala  
Sequential Paramedian Forehead Flaps  
 
Full Thickness Defects  
 
Reconstruction of Nasal Face  
Reconstruction of Ala and Lateral Tip  
Bilateral Paramedian Forehead Flaps  
Reconstruction of Dorsum  
Near Total Nasal Reconstruction