Overview
Elaborates on the various surgical treatment options for cleft palate repair
Provides evidence-based approach towards diagnosis and management of cleft palate and fistula
Presents simplified algorithms for the management of palatal fistula/dehiscence
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About this book
Globally there is a burden of approximately 1, 70,000 new cases of cleft lip and palate every year, yet there is no single comprehensive resource on this problem. This surgical atlas fills the gap in the knowledge of appropriately handling cleft palate cases; from Primary repair to management of palatal fistula. This pictorial resource has been compiled and edited by an expert who operates one of the highest cleft lip and palate correction programs in the world and his team has performed more than 44,000 surgeries, restoring Smile and good speech to thousands of patients across the globe. It covers all variants and different types of cleft palate cases, including both primary cases as well as in previously operated cases. It starts with an in-depth elaboration on anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the (normal) palate and cleft palate, moving towards classification and identification of different types of palatal fistula and their management with the help of clear flow charts and simple algorithms, enabling better diagnosis and decision making. With over 1500 high definition colored images and hand-drawn sketches, this atlas provides a detailed description of diagnosis, problems and the management of each and every type of cleft palate and palatal fistulae. . The underlying objective of such surgeries is to best restore a barrier between the nasal and oral cavities. and better speech production, which is highlighted amply in each chapter.
This atlas is a valuable resource for all plastic surgeons, pediatric surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, ENT surgeons and other medical professionals involved in cleft lip and palate surgeries.
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Table of contents (110 entries)
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Front Matter
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Basics of Cleft Palate
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Management of Cleft Palate Patient
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Ghulam Qadir Fayyaz M.B.BS, M.S (Plastic surgery) graduated from Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad in 1983. He is currently working as a chief Plastic Surgeon at CLAPP Hospital, Lahore Pakistan. He has worked as former professor & head of the department of plastic surgery at Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore. Dr. Fayyaz is the founder general secretary of CLAPP (Cleft Lip & Palate Association of Pakistan). He operates one of the highest cleft lip and palate correction programs in the world and his team has performed more than 42,000 cleft surgeries since 2003. He is also the life member, former president of Pakistan Association of Plastic Surgeons (PAPS 2020-22) and currently he is the chairman board of trustees of PAPS. He is the most sought international volunteer for free cleft lip & palate surgeries for Operation Smile International. Dr. Fayyaz is a well-recognized cleft surgeon across the globe and frequently performs cleft surgeries in high incidence countries such as Rwanda, Philippine, Mexico, Paraguay, Egypt, Malawi Ecuador and Morocco.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Surgical Atlas of Cleft Palate and Palatal Fistulae
Editors: Ghulam Qadir Fayyaz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8124-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Reference Module Medicine
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8123-6Published: 22 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-8124-3Published: 20 July 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 1053
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 1674 illustrations in colour
Topics: Head and Neck Surgery, Plastic Surgery