Soft Tissue Injuries of the Head and Neck

2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-14914-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 189 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

This book provides a vividly illustrated description of a wide range of soft tissue injuries of the head and neck and their treatment, which forms part of the workload of both Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Cranio –Maxillofacial Surgery. Other medical and surgical disciplines are also involved, though to a lesser extent. It clarifies many topics, including the general principles of wound management, the treatment of various soft tissue injuries, burns, and wound healing disturbances.This book is intended for interns, residents and fellows of Plastic Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery as well as surgeons and physicians of other disciplines dealing with soft tissue trauma of the head and neck. It may also prove useful to theatre and A & E nurses as well as medical students with interests in head and neck traumatology. 

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ioannidis, Charilaos A.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Augenheilkunde, Optometrie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Mund-, Kiefer- & Gesichtschirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Plastische, Rekonstruktive & Kosmetische Chirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HNO-Heilkunde, Phoniatrie, Audiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Importance of normal and scarred facial appearance.- Epidemiology of soft tissue injuries of the head and neck.- General principles of wound management.- Injuries of the scalp, forehead and eyebrow.- Injuries of the eyelids, canaliculi and canthi.- Injuries of the nose.- Injuries of the cheek.- Injuries of the lips.- Injuries of the ears.- Injuries of the neck.- Burns of the scalp, face and neck.- Wound healing disturbances – The unfavourable result.

Über Autor(innen)

Charilaos  A. Ioannidis is a former Assist. Professor at the Radboud University of Nijmegen (former Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen), the Netherlands. He was appointed Assoc. Professor of Surgery (Head & Neck Surgery) at the University of Leuven (Katholieke Univesiteit Leuven), Belgium (1991) and later Consultant at the department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Middlesex Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust and honorary Consultant, the Whittington Hospital (1996), London, Great Britain. Since 2002 he has been practicing plastic and reconstructive surgery as a Consultant plastic surgeon in Athens, Greece. Besides trauma (head and neck, hand , soft tissues), his special fields of interest include head and neck surgery, skin cancer (melanoma and non-melanoma),soft tissue tumors, breast surgery (congenital deformities , oncology ), reconstructive surgery (microsurgery), necrotic soft tissue infections and aesthetic surgery.

 Heis, or has been, a member of numerous international scientific societies and associations, as well as numerous non – profit organizations. He is a fellow of the European Board of Cranio – Maxillofacial Surgery (FEBCMFS). He was awarded the Leibinger Prize of the European Association of Cranio- Maxillofacial Surgery for his experimental work on cartilage transplants (1988) and numerous medals and decorations for his scientific and clinical work.

Dr. Ioannidis has published over seventy five scientific papers in peer reviewed national and international journals, as well as four books. He has also published numerous articles in newspapers and magazines on Plastic Surgery, skin cancer, breast pathology, facial traumatology and other topics. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cranio- Maxillofacial Surgery (he has also served as section Editor for the same Journal). In addition, he has served as a reviewer for various other international surgical journals.