This book is full of operative pearls and details that are not only instructive for the trainee but a refreshing review for those experienced in managing maxillofacial trauma. It is a comprehensive dissertation of facial fracture repair and certainly will be valued by anyone who practices in the repair of facial fractures. -- Amit Dave Bhrany, MD, Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery//Buttresses are the basis for reduction and repair of craniomaxillofacial fractures and are essential for determining the optimal location, for placement of reparative plates and screws. Craniomaxillofacial Buttresses: Anatomy and Operative Repair endorses surgical anatomy as a basis for operative intervention.//Special Features://The first book to bring together experts in the five surgical areas involved in craniomaxillofacial (CMF) reconstruction after trauma: plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, ophthalmology, and neurosurgery//Parallels between architecture and CMF anatomy, basic biomechanics, and advanced finite analysis depict the distribution of impact and the modern principles of operative repair//Algorithms and illustrations, by renowned artist William Winn, reinforce a logical sequence of clinical management//Compelling preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative photographs and supplemental text illustrate exemplary repair//From the frontal boss to the lower jaw, this book brings together history, applied surgical anatomy, and operative techniques in the CMF region in a way not seen since the classic by Reed O. Dingman and Paul Natvig in 1964. An educational reference for medical students, residents, fellows, and clinicians, Craniomaxillofacial Buttresses: Anatomy and Operative Repair simplifies board review-and-study.