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Plastic Surgery. a Concise Guide to Clinical Practice
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neuroses, tropical ophthalmology, and ocular therapeutics. The scope of the book is indeed that of a reference text. The ambitions of this all-inclusive work might be further pursued by adding infor mation about hereditary and metabolic disor ders. With the advent of diagnosis (and, not infrequently, therapy) by gene, and, particu larly, in a text aimed at medical students, de scriptions of the ocular findings in chromo somal aberrations, in hereditable metabolic and degenerative disorders, and those in other developmental defects might be consid ered for inclusion in the fourteenth edition. Other features of this volume are the care taken with its contents and organization as reflected by an accurate and usable index. The handy dimension of the manual is not an unimportant feature. There are few, if any, books that cover all the subjects con tained within this desirable addition to a reference shelf. Marvin L. Sears
PLASTIC SURGERY. A CONCISE GUIDE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE. Edited by William C.
Grabb and James W. Smith. Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1968. Paperbound, 890 pages, index, 521 figures in black and white. Price: $11.50. Surgery of the eyelids and orbit is the do main of ophthalmologists. There is, however considerable pressure exerted by less es tablished groups to expand their operative field into the orbital and periorbital area. Such intrusion is usually justified by claims that ophthalmologists are not familiar with the techniques of plastic surgery and there fore their results are less pleasing cosmetically than those obtained by the best plastic surgeons. Therefore it behooves the ophthal mologist who is performing lid and orbital
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surgery to be well versed in plastic tech niques. This manual familarizes the novice with the basic principles and techniques important in plastic repair. As stated in the preface, the main objective of this book is to make available an inexpensive text for medical students, interns and residents, at the same time presenting a current guide to the clini cal practice in the field. This aim has been accomplished admirably by the editors. The book presents the opinions of 43 contribu tors and provides a comprehensive point of view on specific phases of plastic and recon structive surgery. At the end of each chapter a detailed bibliography permits the interested reader to pursue the given subject in greater detail. Only about one-quarter of this rather thick volume is of ophthalmic interest. The first part of the book, which deals with gen eral principles and techniques of plastic sur gery, describes clearly and concisely the available methods and approaches to plastic repair, pointing out the pitfalls of these tech niques. This portion of the book should be of interest to all who do or intend to do plas tic surgery. The chapter dealing with the re construction of the eyelids and eyebrows is a synopsis of Mustardé's book on plastic re pair. This chapter, written by Dr. Mustardé in his clear, succinct style, describes the var ious rotating flap techniques which this au thor advocates for lid reconstruction. These parts of the book make its purchase well worthwhile, considering the modest price of the volume. Topics of ophthalmic interest such as blow out fractures, tarsorrhaphies, and repair of blepharochalasis are interspersed with nonophthalmic subjects throughout the volume. This book should be welcomed by all who wish to familiarize themselves with the prin ciples of plastic repair. Tibor G. Farkas
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neuroses, tropical ophthalmology, and ocular therapeutics. The scope of the book is indeed that of a reference text. The ambitions of this all-inclusive work might be further pursued by adding infor mation about hereditary and metabolic disor ders. With the advent of diagnosis (and, not infrequently, therapy) by gene, and, particu larly, in a text aimed at medical students, de scriptions of the ocular findings in chromo somal aberrations, in hereditable metabolic and degenerative disorders, and those in other developmental defects might be consid ered for inclusion in the fourteenth edition. Other features of this volume are the care taken with its contents and organization as reflected by an accurate and usable index. The handy dimension of the manual is not an unimportant feature. There are few, if any, books that cover all the subjects con tained within this desirable addition to a reference shelf. Marvin L. Sears
PLASTIC SURGERY. A CONCISE GUIDE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE. Edited by William C.
Grabb and James W. Smith. Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1968. Paperbound, 890 pages, index, 521 figures in black and white. Price: $11.50. Surgery of the eyelids and orbit is the do main of ophthalmologists. There is, however considerable pressure exerted by less es tablished groups to expand their operative field into the orbital and periorbital area. Such intrusion is usually justified by claims that ophthalmologists are not familiar with the techniques of plastic surgery and there fore their results are less pleasing cosmetically than those obtained by the best plastic surgeons. Therefore it behooves the ophthal mologist who is performing lid and orbital
JANUARY, 1969
surgery to be well versed in plastic tech niques. This manual familarizes the novice with the basic principles and techniques important in plastic repair. As stated in the preface, the main objective of this book is to make available an inexpensive text for medical students, interns and residents, at the same time presenting a current guide to the clini cal practice in the field. This aim has been accomplished admirably by the editors. The book presents the opinions of 43 contribu tors and provides a comprehensive point of view on specific phases of plastic and recon structive surgery. At the end of each chapter a detailed bibliography permits the interested reader to pursue the given subject in greater detail. Only about one-quarter of this rather thick volume is of ophthalmic interest. The first part of the book, which deals with gen eral principles and techniques of plastic sur gery, describes clearly and concisely the available methods and approaches to plastic repair, pointing out the pitfalls of these tech niques. This portion of the book should be of interest to all who do or intend to do plas tic surgery. The chapter dealing with the re construction of the eyelids and eyebrows is a synopsis of Mustardé's book on plastic re pair. This chapter, written by Dr. Mustardé in his clear, succinct style, describes the var ious rotating flap techniques which this au thor advocates for lid reconstruction. These parts of the book make its purchase well worthwhile, considering the modest price of the volume. Topics of ophthalmic interest such as blow out fractures, tarsorrhaphies, and repair of blepharochalasis are interspersed with nonophthalmic subjects throughout the volume. This book should be welcomed by all who wish to familiarize themselves with the prin ciples of plastic repair. Tibor G. Farkas