Was ever a foreword requested for God's words? It is not indecent to write a preface for Hugo's "Growing Mandible"? After training in the Jaw's Old Testament, Hugo is writing the New One that he taught for 40 years long. Indeed, the last decade has been fertile in mechanical gadgets which have made diagnosis and surgery easier, such as, accurate CT 3-D images, and absorbable plating or osteodistraction, which brings a fine touch to treatment timing in children. However, all of this does not encompass the intellectual process, basic principles, tactics and procedures.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
I The Basics. - How I Became a Cranio-maxillofacial Surgeon. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Aetiology of Jaw Anomalies. - 3 Parts of the Facial Skeleton. - 4 Documentation for Diagnosis, Treatment Planning and Follow-up. . . - 5 Scintigraphy, a Diagnostic and Treatment Planning Aid. - 6 Principles in Treatment Planning of Facial Skeletal Anomalies. - 7 Philosophy of Corrective Surgery Planning. - 8 Mandibular Asymmetries. - 9 What Do We Know About Growth of the Mandible. - 10 Clinical Experience Regarding the Influence of the Condyle on the Growth of the Mandible. - II Condylar Hyperactivity. - 11 Condylar Hyperactivity. - 12 Hemimandibular Hyperplasia (H. H.). . - 13 Hemimandibular Elongation (H. E.). . . - 14 Hybrid (Mixed) Forms of H. H. and H. E. . - 15 Bilateral Combination Forms. - 16 Hemifacial Hyperplasia. - 17 Mandibular Growth Anomalies in Acromegaly. - 18 Histology of Condyles in Mandibular Growth Anomalies. - III Principal Surgical Procedures. - 19 Principal Standard Operation Techniques and Instruments. - 20 The Sagittal Splitting of the Mandible Procedure. - 21 The Le Fort I-Type Mobilization Procedure. - 22 The Transoral Chin Correction. - 23 Masseter Muscle Hypertrophy and Bony Surplus. - 24 Tongue Reduction. - 25 Instruments. - References.
