Repair of Cleft Lip and Palate, 4th Edition

Author: Liu Chunming
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Publish Date: 2003-03-05
Features: This book contains approximately 900,000 words, with over 100 illustrations, and is divided into 4 parts.
Part 1: General Theory. Discusses the occurrence, mechanisms, causes, preventive measures, classification, and treatment principles of cleft lip and palate.
Part 2: Cleft Lip. Covers the repair of cleft lip, nasal deformity repair, and the repair of secondary deformities.
Part 3: Cleft Palate. Discusses the repair of cleft palate, palatopharyngoplasty, prosthetic treatment, and speech therapy.
Part 4: Craniofacial. Covers the repair of alveolar cleft, preoperative orthopedics, surgical correction of maxillofacial deformities, distraction osteogenesis for skeletal deformities and defects, and craniofacial clefts.
The 4th edition, based on the 3rd edition (1980), not only adds the 4th part but also includes:
① A detailed history of cleft lip and palate repair;
② Highly refined applied anatomy of cleft lip and palate;
③ New concepts and methods that break through the traditional approaches to cleft lip and palate repair over a century.
Based on the author's over 50 years of practical experience in repairing cleft lip and palate, the new methods added to this book can achieve better lip-nose morphology compared to currently used cleft lip repair surgeries, and more excellent speech outcomes compared to conventional cleft palate repair surgeries. The research and preliminary clinical practice of distraction osteogenesis hold the promise of correcting current shortcomings in cleft palate and maxillofacial surgery.
The discussion of each topic in this book progresses from simple to complex, making it helpful for novice doctors to learn and also serving as a reference for experienced oral surgeons and plastic surgeons.