Facial Paralysis: A Comprehensive Rehabilitative Approach - Hardcover

Mark K. Wax

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1597565601 ISBN 13: 9781597565608

Publisher: Plural Publishing, Inc., 2014

Synopsis

Facial Paralysis: A Comprehensive Rehabilitative Approach provides a thorough review of facial plastic surgery techniques utilized in various subspecialties. Through contributions from a range of experts facial plastic surgeons to head and neck oncologic reconstructive surgeons this text addresses ways to evaluate all aspects of facial nerve paralysis: diagnosis, individual etiology and management, surgical procedures, as well as preferred reconstructive modalities. Also included are full color images that demonstrate the surgical techniques used to repair or ameliorate the effects of the paralysis.
Spanning several surgical subspecialties, Facial Paralysis: A Comprehensive Rehabilitative Approach is a one-stop resource for any surgeon performing facial plastic surgery.

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About the Author

Mark K. Wax, MD, is a professor in the departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Oral-Maxillo Facial Surgery at Oregon Health and Sciences University. He is also the residency program director and the director of the microvascular and reconstructive surgery fellowship. Dr. Wax is a past president of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) and has been instrumental in the founding of a reconstructive committee for AHNS. As the co-coordinator for education for the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, he was responsible for the educational activities of the largest otolaryngology society in the United States. For more than a decade, Dr. Wax has had an interest in reconstructive surgery. He has more than 200 publications in the field and has been invited to present lectures on reconstruction in many different venues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Plural Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597565601
• ISBN 13: 9781597565608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280