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Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Head and Neck Cancer Patients

  • 1st Edition - April 13, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Pankaj Prakash Kharade
  • Language: English

The management of malignant tumors associated with the maxilla, tongue, floor of the mouth, mandible, and adjacent structures represents a difficult challenge for the surgical… Read more

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Description

The management of malignant tumors associated with the maxilla, tongue, floor of the mouth, mandible, and adjacent structures represents a difficult challenge for the surgical specialist and prosthodontist regarding both control of the primary disease and rehabilitation following surgical treatment. Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Head Neck Cancer Patients is an easy-to-read clinical guide covering the latest multidisciplinary approaches to the treatment of head and neck cancers — from effective surgical management to psychosocial aspects and improved quality of life.

Key features

  • Discusses rehabilitation of various defects in the head neck region due to surgical resection of tumors with newly available technology
  • Covers interdisciplinary surgical management, including both prosthetic treatment and psychosocial management related to craniomaxillofacial rehabilitation, with a focus on improving patients’ quality of life
  • Offers a multidisciplinary approach with valuable contributions from a variety of specialists with experience in head and neck cancer rehabilitation

Readership

Otolaryngologists, Head and Neck Surgeons

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Maxillofacial Rehabilitation

2. Anatomical Considerations in Maxillofacial Surgery and Rehabilitation

3. Tumors of Head and Neck Region: An Overview

4. History of Plastic Surgery and General Concepts of Reconstruction

5. Radiotherapy Treatment: Planning and Posttreatment Care

6. Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Mandibular Defects

7. Rehabilitation of Soft Palate Prosthesis

8. Tongue and Palatal Augmentation Prosthesis

9. Treatment Planning and Prosthetic Management of Ocular Defects

10. Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Orbital Defects

11. Facial Prosthesis

12. Tracheoesophageal Prosthesis

13. Rehabilitation of Cleft Palate Defects

14. Psychosocial Implications in Head-Neck Cancer Patients and Social Work Intervention

15. Regeneration of Hard and Soft Tissues

16. Applications of Various Tissue Grafts

17. Materials in Maxillofacial Prosthesis

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 17, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editor

PK

Pankaj Prakash Kharade

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

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