Oxford Textbook of Anaesthesia for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

by Shaw, Ian; Kumar, Chandra; Dodds, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780199564217
• ISBN10: 0199564213
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Anaesthesia series, Oxford Textbook of Anaesthesia for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is an authoritative, evidence based textbook on oral, dental, and maxillofacial surgery.Oral, dental, and maxillofacial surgery represents one of the most common indications for anaesthesia worldwide. The anaesthetist can be called upon to provide anaesthesia for patients presenting with impacted or carious teeth, infections of the mucosa and adjacent structures, facial injuries, headand neck cancers, salivary gland disease, facial disproportion, temporomandibular joint disorders, cysts, and tumours of the jaws. Anaesthetists may also be involved in managing patients experiencing chronic and intractable facial pain. An understanding of this subject matter is fundamental to thesafe practice of anaesthesia.This book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of all aspects of anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery. Designed for both consultants and trainees with an interest in this area, chapters cover the anatomy, pre-assessment, difficult airway, regional anaesthesia, imaging, and allclinical aspects for complex area.

Author Biography

Dr Shaw was born and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland. Before studying medicine at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, he graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Pharmacology from the University of Bradford and was subsequently awarded a PhD by Cambridge University. He trained in anaesthesia and intensive care in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and the teaching hospitals of Newcastle upon Tyne. For the past 20 years Dr Shaw has been a Consultant Anaesthetist and an honorary Clinical Lecturer in the teaching hospitals of Newcastle upon Tyne. His areas of clinical practice include: anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery; ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery; and upper gastrointestinal surgery, in particular major oesophageal surgery. For the past eleven years Dr Shaw was a Royal College of Anaesthetists Final Fellowship examiner and chairman of the Final Fellowship Clinical Science Oral examination. Professor Chandra Kumar is a Consultant Anaesthetist based at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK. His interests include ophthalmic, regional, elderly and colorectal anaesthesia. He has edited 5 textbooks and published widely in peer review journals in all aspects of anaesthesia. He has lectured and conducted master classes on ophthalmic regional anaesthesia in all the continents and prestigious organisations such as World Congress of Anaesthesiology, World Congress of Regional Anaesthesia, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland and many others. He founded British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society (BOAS) and is its current President and International President, 3rd World Congress of Ophthalmic Anaesthesia (Turkey). He is also examiner for the Final FFARCSI examinations for The College of Anaesthetists, Dublin.

Table of Contents

1. History of dental anaesthesia, Gary Enever
2. Pre-assessment of the oro-maxillofacial patient, Diane Monkhouse & Sanjiv Sharma
3. Medicolegal aspects of anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery, Christopher Heneghan
4. Recognition and management of the difficult airway, Steve Gayer & Charles Kayes
5. The surgical airway, Kaye Cantlay
6. Innervation of the head and neck, Bernard Moxham & Barry Berkovitz
7. Regional anaesthetic techniques in oral and maxillofacial surgery, John Meechan
8. Conscious sedation, David Craig
9. Anaesthesia for dental surgery, Sean Williamson
10. Anaesthesia for aesthetic surgery, Sandip Pal & Chandra Kumar
11. Anaesthetic implications of oral and maxillofacial infections, Ian Clement
12. Oral and maxillofacial related injuries and hazards during anaesthesia, Hilary Turner & Ian Shaw
13. Oral and maxillofacial imaging for the anaesthetist, Neal Heath & Iain Macleod
14. Anaesthesia for maxillofacial trauma, Joy Curran
15. Facial, oral, and airway thermal injuries and anaesthesia, Timothy Vorster
16. Anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial malignancy, Stephen Bonner & Anjum Ahmed-Nusrath
17. Adjuvant therapy for head and neck malignancy, Charles Kelly
18. Anaesthesia for orthognathic surgery, Viki Mitchell
19. Anaesthesia for paediatric maxillofacial surgery, Ann Black & Senthil Nadarajan
20. Hypotensive anaesthesia, Andrew Jones
21. Anaesthesia for nasal and antral surgery, Judith Wright & Sanjiv Sharma
22. Orofacial pain, Tara Renton & Joanna Zakrzewska
23. Sleep apnoea, Chris Dodds
24. Postoperative nursing considerations for the maxillofacial surgical patient, Lindsay Garcia