ILLUSTRATED MANUAL OF ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY

The second of a multi-volume set takes into account the deficit of experience and knowledge gained from 3D preoperative planning and postoperative control using new radiological protocols in surgical procedures, with corresponding consequences.

It contrasts the established standard techniques of orthognathic oral and maxillofacial surgery with alternatives that are based on years of experience and knowledge gained from better radiological analysis. Orthopaedic oral and maxillofacial surgery has experienced a renaissance in recent years, primarily due to three-dimensional radiological imaging.

What is the Content of "Illustrated Manual of Orthognathic Surgery"  ?

The book has deliberately been structured in such a way that the clinical situation is contrasted with a graphic representation for better understanding, which is intended to point out special situations that can in turn positively influence the surgical planning of the intervention in order to avoid undesirable results in the individual case. The book will have a reduced text part, but with a lot of illustrations, in order to show the surgeon, who works image-oriented, the logic of the surgical procedure in a simple and clear way.

The graphic illustrations will illustrate the three-dimensionality of the complex anatomy in the midface region close to the orbits and the skull base. Illustrations must help where radiological images fall short. The structure of the book will nevertheless be classic, as the variations of the established techniques can only be understood on the basis of historical development.

A corresponding textbook that combines clinical situations with pre- and postoperative radiological evaluation and graphic explanation does not exist to date. It will appeal to  a broad readership of students and professionals working within Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, and Otorhinolaryngology.

Who are the Authors of "Illustrated Manual of Orthognathic Surgery"?

Peter A. Kessler is Professor and Head of the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands. He qualified as Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1999 under Prof. Dr. F.W. Neukam and holds a qualification in plastic surgery (2003). From 1999 to 2001 he worked as a specialist at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen (Prof. Dr. F.W.Neukam); he then became Senior Lecturer and Vice-Director at the clinic before taking up his current position in Maastricht in 2007.

Nicolas P. Hardt was Professor and Head of the Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Kantonsspital, Lucerne (LUKS), Switzerland from 1974until 2007.  In 1973 he was visiting maxillo-facial Surgeon in the Centre for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery / Queen Mary’s-Hospital - Roehampton/London (Sir Norman Rowe). He then qualified by Prof. Dr. Emil Steinhäuser (Erlangen/Nürnberg) as a Specialist for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery in Switzerland (1974) and Germany (1975) and the EU (1979) and holds a qualification in Plastic Surgery (1980). Dr. Hardt completed his Habilitation by Prof. Dr. Hugo Obwegeser (University Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery of Zürich) in 1981 and became a Full Professor at the University of Zurich in 1990.

Kensuke Yamauchi is Professor and Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. He was appointed assistant professor at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery of Kyushu Dental College (Prof. Tetsu Takahashi) until 2012. He also visited the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center (Prof. Dr. Peter Kessler) from 2011 to 2012. He moved to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University (Prof. Tetsu Takahashi) in 2012, and became a Lecturer and Vice-Director of Dental Implant Center in 2013 and taking up his current position in Tohoku University in 2022.