State of the Art in Craniofacial Surgery
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery/Aesthetic Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2022) | Viewed by 41352
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plastic and reconstructive surgery, particularly craniofacial surgery, microsurgery, and general reconstructive surgery.
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Dear Colleagues,
The craniofacial region comprises the most complex and intricate anatomical structures in the human body. As a result of developmental defects, traumatic injury, or neoplastic tissue formation, the functional and aesthetic intricacies of the face and cranium are often disrupted. While reconstructive and aesthetic surgical techniques have long been innovated in this field, there are crucial limitations to the surgical restoration of craniomaxillofacial form and function. Fortunately, the rise of regenerative medicine and surgery has expanded the possibilities for patients affected with hard and soft tissue deficits, allowing for the controlled engineering and regeneration of patient-specific defects. Innovative advances made in material science, including scaffold-based delivery systems for precision tissue engineering, now offer new avenues for stimulating bone and soft-tissue formation at the site of the surgical correction of deficient craniofacial anatomy. This Special Issue aims to highlight the current state of the art in craniofacial surgery, spanning all areas of innovation within the specialty. Therefore, researchers (clinicians and scientists) in the fields of plastic and reconstructive surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology—head and neck surgery, and neurosurgery are encouraged to submit original articles or reviews to this Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine. We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Dr. Michael S. Hu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Craniofacial
- Maxillofacial
- Cleft lip/palate
- Orofacial cleft
- Orthognathic
- Osteogenesis
- Reconstruction
- Aesthetics
- Craniosynostosis
- Cranioplasty
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