Trigeminal nerve injuries present complex clinical challenges and can be very distressing for patients, resulting in abnormal sensations of the oro-facial region, yet surgeons may lack the knowledge required for optimal patient management based upon the specific nerve injury. This textbook is the first to be devoted to the diagnosis and management of trigeminal nerve injuries. A wide range of topics are covered, including historical perspectives, demographics, etiology, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, clinical neurosensory testing, nonsurgical management, and surgical management and principles of microneurosurgery, specifically involving the inferior alveolar and lingual nerves. Algorithms and a glossary are provided that will assist in the clinical management of these complex scenarios. The authors include surgeons with considerable experience and expertise in the field who have previously published on the subject. This book will serve as an ideal clinical reference for surgeons with patients who sustain trigeminal nerve injuries.
Dr. Michael Miloro, DMD, MD, FACS, is Professor, Department Head, and Program Director of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Illinois. Dr. Miloro was born in New York, attended the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, and received his dental degree from Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his medical degree, completed a General Surgery internship, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Miloro is a dedicated academician who has held faculty positions at The Ohio State University, New York University, University of Maryland at Baltimore, and University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, a Faculty Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Miloro has clinical and research interests in nerve injury and neural regeneration. He has lectured nationally and internationally on many subjects, including trigeminal nerve injuries. He has published extensively in the medical and dental literature, has written several textbook chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology and the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is Editor of two major textbooks in the specialty, Peterson's Principles of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 3rd edition (PmPH-USA, 2012), and Management of Complications in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).
