Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, MD(Bridgeport Hospital)

This book describes the bony architecture of the face and how it influences the overlying soft tissues before delving into the planning options and repair techniques for maxillofacial deformities.

Dr. Mani and his coauthors elucidate surgical techniques that have been beneficial and reproducible for the correction of complex facial deformities.

The author, a maxillofacial surgeon, has volumes of experience and wished to impart his knowledge to fledgling surgeons as well as to those practicing facial esthetic surgery.

Commencing with the evolution of the face and the identification of facial beauty, the book then goes into the origins of facial deformities. The ensuing chapters target anatomy, anesthesia, cleft lip and palate repairs, facial asymmetries, surgical manipulation of the facial skeleton, rhinoplasty orthographic surgery, and various accompanying procedures to support or reshape the facial bony structures. The book is resplendent with diagrams, charts, and smatterings of intraoperative photographs. The author has spent many years to develop a book to impart to his successors the understanding of how to care for facial deformities.

This is not a standalone book on the treatment of complex injuries to the face, but rather an excellent primer for those who require an overall understanding of the subject and for those who seek to become better acquainted with this area of expertise.