Semin Plast Surg 2010; 24(4): 337-338
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1269762
PREFACE

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Facial Trauma

Larry H. Hollier1 , 2
  • 1Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • 2Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas
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Publication History

Publication Date:
29 December 2010 (online)

It is with great pleasure that I introduce this issue of Seminars in Plastic Surgery focused on the treatment of facial trauma. This is one of my areas of particular interest and focus. I have long believed that too much of the literature in this area has focused on old paradigms. Over and over, the mantra of “anatomically reduce and stably fixate” is repeated. Though this is well and good, there are things that work and things that don't. Technologic improvements in both imaging and fixation have changed the way we treat facial trauma. Each of the articles in this issue focuses on practical aspects of managing the most common facial injuries. It is my hope that readers will learn practical ideas that they can translate into immediate improvements in the care of their patients.

Larry H HollierJr. M.D. 

Chief of Service, Ben Taub General Hospital

1709 Dryden, Suite 1600, Houston, TX 77030