Practical Facial Reconstruction, 2nd Edition
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.
ISBN :
9780443264375
Publication Date :
02-07-2025
Stock Status :
Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
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.
Key Features
- 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
Author Information
By Andrew Kaufman, M.D., F.A.C.P, Private Practice, Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara, California, USA and Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| ISBN Number | 9780443264375 |
|---|---|
| Description Author List | By Andrew Kaufman, M.D., F.A.C.P, Private Practice, Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara, California, USA and Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Copyright Year | 2026 |
| Edition Number | 2 |
| Format | Book |
| Trim | 216w x 276h (8.50" x 10.875") |
| Illustrations | Illustrated |
| Imprint | Elsevier |
| Page Count | 252 |
| Publication Date | 2 Jul 2025 |
| Stock Status | Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery |
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Part I Theory 1
1. Principles, Design, Completion
1.1 Principles of Reconstruction
1.2 Anatomical Considerations
1.3 Patient Considerations
1.4 Design Repair
1.5 Surgical Technique
1.6 Execution of Repair
1.7 Wound Care
Part II Practice 15
2. Practical Aspects of Facial Reconstruction
2.1 Second Intention Healing
2.2 Side-to-Side Repair
2.3 Advancement Flaps
2.4 Rotation Flaps
2.5 Transposition Flaps
2.6 Island Advancement Flaps
2.7 Skin Grafts and Cartilage Grafts
2.8 Delayed or Staged Interpolation Flaps
3. Cheek and Chin Reconstruction
3.1 Medial Cheek: Side-to-Side Repair
3.2 Medial Cheek: Advancement Flap
3.3 Medial Cheek: Island Advancement Flap
3.4 Nasomelal Fold: Island Advancement Flap
3.5 Infraorbital Cheek: Advancement Flap
3.6 Preauricular Cheek: Island Advancement Flap and Advancement Flap
3.7 Zygomatic Cheek: Rotation Flap
3.8 Inferior Cheek: Rhombic Transposition Flap and Bilobed Transposition Flap
3.9 Mid Chin: Unilateral and Bilateral Rotation Flap
4. Forehead and Temple Reconstruction
4.1 Medial, Lateral, and Supraorbital Forehead: Side-to-Side Repair
4.2 Forehead (Eyebrow): Advancement Flap
4.3 Lateral Forehead: Advancement Flap
4.4 Lateral Forehead (Eyebrow): Full-Thickness Skin Graft
4.5 Lateral Forehead: O- to- Z Rotation Flap
4.6 Midforehead: Bilateral Advancement Flap
4.7 Midsuperior Forehead: Bilateral Rotation Flap
4.8 Temple: Second-Intention Healing
4.9 Temple: Advancement Flap
4.10 Temple: Rotation Flap
4.11 Temple: Rhombic Transposition Flap
5. Nose Reconstruction
5.1 Right Nasal Supratip, Rhombic Transposition Flap (and Nasal Dorsum/Sidewall Defect Repaired With Rhombic Transposition Flap)
5.2 Nasal Dorsum, Mid: Bilateral Advancement Flap
5.3 Nasal Sidewall and Nasomelal Fold: Island Advancement Flap
5.4 Nasal Sidewall and Supratip: Bilobed Transposition Flap, Lateral Pedicle
5.5 Nasal Tip, Mid: Bilateral Rotation Flap
5.6 Alar Crease, Anterior: Full-Thickness Skin Graft, and Scarabrasion
5.7 Alar Crease, Anterior: Island Advancement Flap
5.8 Alar Crease and Posterior Nasal Ala: Rhombic Transposition Flap
5.9 Anterior Nasal Ala: Bilobed Transposition Flap, Medial Pedicle
5.10 Nasal Ala: Free Cartilage Grafting and Second-Intention Healing
5.11 Right Nasal Sidewall and Alar Crease: Melolabial Transposition Flap
5.12 Full-Thickness Defect of the Lateral Tip and Soft Triangle: Repair With Cheek-to-Nose Interpolation Flap (and Nasal Alar Defect Repaired With Island Variant of Cheek-to-Nose Interpolation Flap)
5.13 Larger Defects on the Nasal Tip or Distal Nose: Paramedian Forehead Flap
5.14 Nasal Tip, Supratip, and Dorsum: Dorsal Nasal Rotation Flap
6. Lip Reconstruction
6.1 Left Upper Cutaneous Lip: Side-to-Side Repair
6.2 Right Upper Lip: Advancement Flap
6.3 Upper Lip: Rotation Flap
6.4 Alar Sill: Island Advancement Flap
6.5 Midupper Lip Vermilion and Midlower Lip Vermilion: Vermilionectomy and Mucosal Advancement Flap
6.6 Midlower Lip Vermilion: Bilateral Vermilion Rotation Flap
6.7 Midupper Lip Vermilion and Philtrum: Island Advancement Flap and Bilateral Vermilion Rotation Flap
6.8 Midupper Lip Vermilion and Philtrum: Island Advancement Pincer Flap and Mucosal Advancement Flap
6.9 Midupper Lip: Bilateral Advancement Flap
6.10 Lower Lip: Melolabial Transposition Flap (Inferior-Based Pedicle)
6.11 Lower Lip: Wedge Excision
6.12 Upper Lip: Abbe–Estlander (Lip-Switch) Flap
7. Ear Reconstruction
7.1 Helical Rim: Side-to-Side Repair
7.2 Medial Pinna: Transposition Flaps (Rhombic and Bilobed)
7.3 Tragus (and Conchal Bowl): Preauricular Transposition Flap
7.4 Conchal Bowl (and Triangular Fossa): Second-Intention Healing
7.5 Conchal Bowl (and Triangular Fossa): Postauricular Pull-Through Flap
7.6 Antihelix: Full-Thickness Skin Graft
7.7 Helical Rim: Helical Rim Advancement Flap
7.8 Helical Rim: Wedge Excision Repair
7.9 Helical Rim: Staged Postauricular Transposition Flap
8. Eyelid Reconstruction
8.1 Lower Eyelid: Side-to-Side Repair
8.2 Lower Eyelid: Wedge Excision Repair
8.3 Lower Eyelid: Advancement Flap (and Full-Thickness Skin Graft)
8.4 Medial Canthus (and Nasal Root): Rotation Flap
8.5 Lateral Canthus: Rhombic Transposition Flap (and Medial Canthus Repaired by Rhombic Transposition Flap)
8.6 Lower Eyelid and cheek (and Lateral Canthus in Second Patient): Complex Linear Repair and Adjacent-Tissue Full-Thickness Skin Graft
1. Principles, Design, Completion
1.1 Principles of Reconstruction
1.2 Anatomical Considerations
1.3 Patient Considerations
1.4 Design Repair
1.5 Surgical Technique
1.6 Execution of Repair
1.7 Wound Care
Part II Practice 15
2. Practical Aspects of Facial Reconstruction
2.1 Second Intention Healing
2.2 Side-to-Side Repair
2.3 Advancement Flaps
2.4 Rotation Flaps
2.5 Transposition Flaps
2.6 Island Advancement Flaps
2.7 Skin Grafts and Cartilage Grafts
2.8 Delayed or Staged Interpolation Flaps
3. Cheek and Chin Reconstruction
3.1 Medial Cheek: Side-to-Side Repair
3.2 Medial Cheek: Advancement Flap
3.3 Medial Cheek: Island Advancement Flap
3.4 Nasomelal Fold: Island Advancement Flap
3.5 Infraorbital Cheek: Advancement Flap
3.6 Preauricular Cheek: Island Advancement Flap and Advancement Flap
3.7 Zygomatic Cheek: Rotation Flap
3.8 Inferior Cheek: Rhombic Transposition Flap and Bilobed Transposition Flap
3.9 Mid Chin: Unilateral and Bilateral Rotation Flap
4. Forehead and Temple Reconstruction
4.1 Medial, Lateral, and Supraorbital Forehead: Side-to-Side Repair
4.2 Forehead (Eyebrow): Advancement Flap
4.3 Lateral Forehead: Advancement Flap
4.4 Lateral Forehead (Eyebrow): Full-Thickness Skin Graft
4.5 Lateral Forehead: O- to- Z Rotation Flap
4.6 Midforehead: Bilateral Advancement Flap
4.7 Midsuperior Forehead: Bilateral Rotation Flap
4.8 Temple: Second-Intention Healing
4.9 Temple: Advancement Flap
4.10 Temple: Rotation Flap
4.11 Temple: Rhombic Transposition Flap
5. Nose Reconstruction
5.1 Right Nasal Supratip, Rhombic Transposition Flap (and Nasal Dorsum/Sidewall Defect Repaired With Rhombic Transposition Flap)
5.2 Nasal Dorsum, Mid: Bilateral Advancement Flap
5.3 Nasal Sidewall and Nasomelal Fold: Island Advancement Flap
5.4 Nasal Sidewall and Supratip: Bilobed Transposition Flap, Lateral Pedicle
5.5 Nasal Tip, Mid: Bilateral Rotation Flap
5.6 Alar Crease, Anterior: Full-Thickness Skin Graft, and Scarabrasion
5.7 Alar Crease, Anterior: Island Advancement Flap
5.8 Alar Crease and Posterior Nasal Ala: Rhombic Transposition Flap
5.9 Anterior Nasal Ala: Bilobed Transposition Flap, Medial Pedicle
5.10 Nasal Ala: Free Cartilage Grafting and Second-Intention Healing
5.11 Right Nasal Sidewall and Alar Crease: Melolabial Transposition Flap
5.12 Full-Thickness Defect of the Lateral Tip and Soft Triangle: Repair With Cheek-to-Nose Interpolation Flap (and Nasal Alar Defect Repaired With Island Variant of Cheek-to-Nose Interpolation Flap)
5.13 Larger Defects on the Nasal Tip or Distal Nose: Paramedian Forehead Flap
5.14 Nasal Tip, Supratip, and Dorsum: Dorsal Nasal Rotation Flap
6. Lip Reconstruction
6.1 Left Upper Cutaneous Lip: Side-to-Side Repair
6.2 Right Upper Lip: Advancement Flap
6.3 Upper Lip: Rotation Flap
6.4 Alar Sill: Island Advancement Flap
6.5 Midupper Lip Vermilion and Midlower Lip Vermilion: Vermilionectomy and Mucosal Advancement Flap
6.6 Midlower Lip Vermilion: Bilateral Vermilion Rotation Flap
6.7 Midupper Lip Vermilion and Philtrum: Island Advancement Flap and Bilateral Vermilion Rotation Flap
6.8 Midupper Lip Vermilion and Philtrum: Island Advancement Pincer Flap and Mucosal Advancement Flap
6.9 Midupper Lip: Bilateral Advancement Flap
6.10 Lower Lip: Melolabial Transposition Flap (Inferior-Based Pedicle)
6.11 Lower Lip: Wedge Excision
6.12 Upper Lip: Abbe–Estlander (Lip-Switch) Flap
7. Ear Reconstruction
7.1 Helical Rim: Side-to-Side Repair
7.2 Medial Pinna: Transposition Flaps (Rhombic and Bilobed)
7.3 Tragus (and Conchal Bowl): Preauricular Transposition Flap
7.4 Conchal Bowl (and Triangular Fossa): Second-Intention Healing
7.5 Conchal Bowl (and Triangular Fossa): Postauricular Pull-Through Flap
7.6 Antihelix: Full-Thickness Skin Graft
7.7 Helical Rim: Helical Rim Advancement Flap
7.8 Helical Rim: Wedge Excision Repair
7.9 Helical Rim: Staged Postauricular Transposition Flap
8. Eyelid Reconstruction
8.1 Lower Eyelid: Side-to-Side Repair
8.2 Lower Eyelid: Wedge Excision Repair
8.3 Lower Eyelid: Advancement Flap (and Full-Thickness Skin Graft)
8.4 Medial Canthus (and Nasal Root): Rotation Flap
8.5 Lateral Canthus: Rhombic Transposition Flap (and Medial Canthus Repaired by Rhombic Transposition Flap)
8.6 Lower Eyelid and cheek (and Lateral Canthus in Second Patient): Complex Linear Repair and Adjacent-Tissue Full-Thickness Skin Graft
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