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Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery
BOOK REVIEWS Edited by Mark J. Mannis, M.D.
Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery, ed. 2. Edited by Allen M. Putterman. Philadelphia, Pennsylva nia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1993. 412 pages, index, illustrated. $95 Reviewed by MICHAEL JEDRZYNSKI
Sacramento, California After 11 years, Dr. Putterman has released his longawaited second edition of CosmetOculoplastic 1C Surgery. The field OCULOPLASTIC has evolved re markably since his SURGERY first edition was published. By add ing new chapters, updating others, and deleting de scriptions of out dated techniques, Dr. Putterman has provided us with approxi mately 400 pages of state-of-the-art informa tion on the subject. Together with his own knowledge and experience, he calls on the ex pertise of over 20 contributing authors to teach us how to obtain the best results from cosmetic surgery of the eyelids and eyebrows. The editor realizes that obtaining consistent ly good results with cosmetic surgery requires proper patient examination and selection, the correct choice of procedure, and meticulous surgical execution. Keeping this in mind, he aims to produce much more than a surgical atlas, although there are 15 excellent chapters describing various surgical procedures in de tail. The first eight chapters include patient examination, selection of operation, psychiat ric issues, dermatopathology, anatomy, and pa tient satisfaction. There are also useful chapters on photography and cosmetics. The core of the book is a well-written, clearly illustrated, detailed atlas of cosmetic oculoplas tic surgery. The editor provides multiple varia tions for brow lift and upper and lower blepharoplasty, together with the rationale for each.
The surgical armamentarium is completed with excellent chapters on blepharoplasty in Asians, surgery for lacrimal gland prolapse, lower eye lid blepharoplasty in the presence of eyelid laxity, combined blepharoplasty with ptosis repair, chemical peels, and permanent eyeliner. Each chapter includes a brief description of the clinical abnormality being addressed, the pro cedure's indications, a thorough discussion of technique, postoperative care, expected results, complications, and pertinent references. Dr. Putterman begins each chapter with a statement of goals; he gives a cohesive over view and helps reduce the interchapter varia tion that plagues many multi-authored texts. Numerous illustrations provide additional con tinuity. These are drawn by a single illustrator. Although they are printed in black and white, the illustrations and photographs are clear and accomplish their purpose well. The book has no glaring weaknesses, although it might have benefitted from a discussion of eyebrow and forehead anatomy in the chapter on anatomy. As with his first edition, Dr. Putterman has accomplished his goal of providing a complete and detailed reference of cosmetic eyelid and eyebrow surgery. This book should be required reading for all ophthalmic and facial plastic surgery fellows and would be extremely useful to all students and practitioners of ophthalmol ogy and plastic surgery.
Color Atlas of Uveitis, ed. 2. Edited by Joseph B. Michaelspn. St. Louis, Missouri, Mosby Year Book, Inc., 1992. 158 pages, index, illustrated. $79 Reviewed by MARK MANNIS
Sacramento, California There are times during the course of a busy day of clinical practice when each of us may
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Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery, ed. 2. Edited by Allen M. Putterman. Philadelphia, Pennsylva nia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1993. 412 pages, index, illustrated. $95 Reviewed by MICHAEL JEDRZYNSKI
Sacramento, California After 11 years, Dr. Putterman has released his longawaited second edition of CosmetOculoplastic 1C Surgery. The field OCULOPLASTIC has evolved re markably since his SURGERY first edition was published. By add ing new chapters, updating others, and deleting de scriptions of out dated techniques, Dr. Putterman has provided us with approxi mately 400 pages of state-of-the-art informa tion on the subject. Together with his own knowledge and experience, he calls on the ex pertise of over 20 contributing authors to teach us how to obtain the best results from cosmetic surgery of the eyelids and eyebrows. The editor realizes that obtaining consistent ly good results with cosmetic surgery requires proper patient examination and selection, the correct choice of procedure, and meticulous surgical execution. Keeping this in mind, he aims to produce much more than a surgical atlas, although there are 15 excellent chapters describing various surgical procedures in de tail. The first eight chapters include patient examination, selection of operation, psychiat ric issues, dermatopathology, anatomy, and pa tient satisfaction. There are also useful chapters on photography and cosmetics. The core of the book is a well-written, clearly illustrated, detailed atlas of cosmetic oculoplas tic surgery. The editor provides multiple varia tions for brow lift and upper and lower blepharoplasty, together with the rationale for each.
The surgical armamentarium is completed with excellent chapters on blepharoplasty in Asians, surgery for lacrimal gland prolapse, lower eye lid blepharoplasty in the presence of eyelid laxity, combined blepharoplasty with ptosis repair, chemical peels, and permanent eyeliner. Each chapter includes a brief description of the clinical abnormality being addressed, the pro cedure's indications, a thorough discussion of technique, postoperative care, expected results, complications, and pertinent references. Dr. Putterman begins each chapter with a statement of goals; he gives a cohesive over view and helps reduce the interchapter varia tion that plagues many multi-authored texts. Numerous illustrations provide additional con tinuity. These are drawn by a single illustrator. Although they are printed in black and white, the illustrations and photographs are clear and accomplish their purpose well. The book has no glaring weaknesses, although it might have benefitted from a discussion of eyebrow and forehead anatomy in the chapter on anatomy. As with his first edition, Dr. Putterman has accomplished his goal of providing a complete and detailed reference of cosmetic eyelid and eyebrow surgery. This book should be required reading for all ophthalmic and facial plastic surgery fellows and would be extremely useful to all students and practitioners of ophthalmol ogy and plastic surgery.
Color Atlas of Uveitis, ed. 2. Edited by Joseph B. Michaelspn. St. Louis, Missouri, Mosby Year Book, Inc., 1992. 158 pages, index, illustrated. $79 Reviewed by MARK MANNIS
Sacramento, California There are times during the course of a busy day of clinical practice when each of us may
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