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Written in the proven Secrets® question-and-answer format, this pocket-sized clinical guide is an authoritative source for the effective and safe practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery. It is the ideal preparation tool for clinical rotations, exams, and board certification in oral and maxillofacial surgery. 

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Table of Contents

 I Patient Evaluation

CHAPTER 1 ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR SURGERY ROTATION? 11

Tabetha R. Harken, Alden H. Harken  

CHAPTER 2 PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION 15

Harry Dym, Naveen Mohan, Joseph Zeidan, A. Omar Abubaker  

CHAPTER 3 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM 27

Richard D’Innocenzo, Ruben Figueroa, T.J. Dyer 

CHAPTER 4 LABORATORY TESTS 45

Joel M. Friedman, Emery Nicholas, Maryam Farag  

CHAPTER 5 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FOR THE ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL

SURGERY PATIENT 62

Sonali A. Rathore, A. Omar Abubaker  

II A nesthesia

CHAPTER 6 LOCAL ANESTHETICS 77

Ravi Agarwal, George Obeid, A. Omar Abubaker, Kenneth J. Benson  

CHAPTER 7 INTRAVENOUS SEDATION 87

Jason A. Jamali, A. Omar Abubaker

CHAPTER 8 INHALATION ANESTHESIA AND NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS 94

Matthew Cooke  

CHAPTER 9 ANESTHESIA FOR DIFFICULT PATIENTS 104

Stuart Lieblich  

III Perioperative Care

CHAPTER 10 FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES 111

Alia Koch  

CHAPTER 11 NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT 119

Hani F. Braidy, Vincent B. Ziccardi  

CHAPTER 12 POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS 123

Amber Johnson, Dean M. DeLuke  

CHAPTER 13 INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND ICU CARE 129

Alia Koch  

CHAPTER 14 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT, ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT, AND ADVANCED

TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT 131

Robert A. Strauss, Amber Johnson, Robert C. Lampert, Shahid R. Aziz, John Wessel    

CHAPTER 15 TRACHEOSTOMY AND CRICOTHYROTOMY 155

Andrew Yampolsky, Shahid R. Aziz, A. Omar Abubaker   

IV Management Considerations for the Medically-

Compromised Patients

CHAPTER 16 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, MYOCARDIAL

INFARCTION, AND VALVULAR HEART DISEASE 167

David W. Lui, A. Omar Abubaker    

CHAPTER 17 RESPIRATORY DISORDERS 183

Yedeh Ying, Zachary S. Peacock, Osama Soliman  

CHAPTER 18 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LIVER DISEASES AND HEMATOLOGICAL

DISEASES 192

Roman G. Meyliker, Helen Giannakopoulos, Osama Soliman  

CHAPTER 19 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RENAL DISEASES 202

Samir Singh, Mark A. Oghalai  

CHAPTER 20 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS TO PATIENTS WITH ENDOCRINE DISEASES

AND THE PREGNANT PATIENTS 208

Sidney Eisig, Vincent Carrao  

CHAPTER 21 MANAGEMENT OF THE DIABETIC PATIENT 218

Samir Singh, Bradley A. Gregory  

CHAPTER 22 THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED SURGICAL PATIENT 229

Ludmils Antonos Jr., Osama Soliman, Noah Sandler, A. Omar Abubaker  

V O ral and Maxillofacial Surgery

CHAPTER 23 APPLIED OROFACIAL ANATOMY 243

A. Omar Abubaker, Kenneth J. Benson  

CHAPTER 24 WOUND HEALING 262

Din Lam  

CHAPTER 25 DENTOALVEOLAR SURGERY AND PREPROSTHETIC SURGERY 264

Dean M. DeLuke, Vincent J. Perciaccante, James A. Giglio  

CHAPTER 26 DENTAL IMPLANTS 274

George R. Deeb, Graham H. Wilson, Kenneth J. Benson  

CHAPTER 27 TRIGEMINAL NERVE INJURY 283

David W. Lui, A.Omar Abubaker, Kenneth J.  

CHAPTER 28 OROFACIAL INFECTIONS AND ANTIBIOTIC USE 290

A. Omar Abubaker  

CHAPTER 29 DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF DENTOALVEOLAR INJURIES 319

Jason A. Jamali, A. Omar  

CHAPTER 30 MANDIBULAR TRAUMA 323

Hani F. Braidy, Vincent B. Ziccardi, A. Omar Abubaker  

CHAPTER 31 MANAGEMENT OF ZYGOMATICOMAXILLARY COMPLEX AND

ORBITAL FRACTURES 329

Siavash Siv Eftekhari, Tuan Bui, Michael J. Grau Jr., Deepak G. Krishnan  

CHAPTER 32 MIDFACIAL FRACTURES: NASAL, NASOETHMOIDAL, AND LE FORT

FRACTURES 340

A. Omar Abubaker, Deepak G. Krishnan, Michael J. Grau Jr.  

CHAPTER 33 FRONTAL SINUS FRACTURES 347

A. Omar Abubaker  

CHAPTER 34 MANAGEMENT OF SOFT TISSUE FACIAL INJURIES 353

Sapna Lohiya, Jasjit Dillon, Bashar Rajab  

CHAPTER 35 CRANIOFACIAL SYNDROMES 362

Michael Jaskolka, Renie Daniel, Lewis Jones  

CHAPTER 36 OROMANDIBULAR DYSOSTOSIS 370

Daniel J. Meara, Renie Daniel, Lewis Jones, Michael Jaskolka  

CHAPTER 37 SYNDROMES AFFECTING THE OROFACIAL REGION 376

Dean M. DeLuke, A. Omar Abubaker, Kenneth J. Benson  

CHAPTER 38 CLEFT LIP AND PALATE 382

Jennifer E. Woerner, A. Omar Abubaker  

CHAPTER 39 ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY 391

David M. Alfi, Ariel Farahi, A. Omar Abubaker, Bashar M. Rajab  

CHAPTER 40 DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS 401

Din Lam  

CHAPTER 41 SLEEP APNEA AND SNORING 404

Robert A. Strauss, Kenneth J. Benson, Roman G. Meyliker  

CHAPTER 42 FACIAL PAIN AND MYOFASCIAL DISORDERS 410

Bhavik S. Desai, Steven G. Gollehon, Gregory M. Ness  

CHAPTER 43 TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND SURGICAL

TREATMENT 414

David W. Lui, Renato Mazzonetto, Steven G. Gollehon, Daniel B. Spagnoli, Gregory M. Ness  

CHAPTER 44 ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL CYSTS AND TUMORS 422

David Webb, Cody L. Christline  

CHAPTER 45 CANCER OF THE ORAL CAVITY 427

David L. Hirsch, Lauren G. Bourell, Ray Cheng  

CHAPTER 46 SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES 434

Christos A. Skouteris  

CHAPTER 47 VASCULAR ANOMALIES 439

Shelly Abramowicz, Arin K. Greene  

CHAPTER 48 OSTEORADIONECROSIS/OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAWS 443

Regina Landesberg, Lisa Marie Di Pasquale  

CHAPTER 49 NECK MASS 449

HuiShan Ong, Tong Ji, Chen Ping Zhang  

CHAPTER 50 BONE GRAFTING TO FACILITATE DENTAL IMPLANT PLACEMENT 452

George R. Deeb, Fahad M. Alsaad  CHAPTER 51 LOCAL AND REGIONAL FLAPS 458

Din Lam  

CHAPTER 52 RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FACIAL SUBUNITS 462

Melvyn S. Yeoh, Andrew T. Meram  

CHAPTER 53 MICROVASCULAR SURGERY 467

Srinivasa Chandra, Rui Fernandes, Jacob Yetzer  

V I Cosmetic Surgery

CHAPTER 54 EVALUATION OF THE AGING FACE 475

Faisal A. Quereshy, Sarah Naghibi  

CHAPTER 55 COSMETIC BLEPHAROPLASTY 478

Joe Niamtu III  

CHAPTER 56 RHYTIDECTOMY 484

Tirbod Fattahi  

CHAPTER 57 RHINOPLASTY 487

Shahrokh Bagheri, Behnam Bohluli 

CHAPTER 58 MINIMAL-INVASIVE COSMETIC SURGERY 496