Illustrated Manual of Orthognathic Surgery: Combined Bimaxillary Osteotomies in the Facial Skeleton

The third volume of a multi-volume series considers the gain in experience and knowledge in orthognathic surgery through preoperative 3D planning and postoperative control using established and new clinical protocols in orthognathic maxillofacial surgery. Standard techniques in orthognathic oral and maxillofacial surgery are contrasted with alternatives based on years of experience and knowledge. Orthognathic oral and maxillofacial surgery has experienced a renaissance in recent years, mainly due to three-dimensional radiologic imaging, digital planning and computer-aided manufacturing techniques.

The book is deliberately structured in such a way that the clinical situation is supplemented with graphic illustrations for better understanding, which are intended to point out special situations that can in turn positively influence the surgical planning of the procedure in order to avoid undesirable results in individual cases. Volume III deals with the bimaxillary approach for the correction of facial deformities. The book will have a reduced text section but with many clinical images to show the logic of the surgical approach in a simple and clear way to the surgeon who is image-oriented. Illustrations must help where radiological images fail. The structure of the book will nevertheless be classic, as the variations of the established techniques can only be understood on the basis of historical development.

A corresponding book that combines clinical situations with pre- and postoperative radiological and clinical evaluation and graphic explanation does not exist to date. It will appeal to  a broad readership of students and professionals working within Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, and Otorhinolaryngology.

Peter A. Kessler is Professor and Head of the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands. Dr. Kessler completed his studies in dentistry and medicine at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1986 and 1994 respectively (Prof. Dr. Emil Steinhäuser), where he habilitated in 2001. He finished his training under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nicolas Hardt at the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland. He qualified as Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1999 under Prof. Dr. F.W. Neukam and holds a qualification in plastic surgery (2003). From 1999 to 2007 he worked as a specialist at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen (Prof. Dr. Neukam); he then became Senior Lecturer and Vice-Director at the clinic before taking up his current position in Maastricht in 2007.

Nicolas P. Hardt was Professor and Head of the Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Kantonsspital, Lucerne (LUKS), Switzerland from 1974 until 2005. Dr. Hardt graduated in Dentistry and Medicine at the University of Bonn, Germany, and subsequently completed a residency at the Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery in Bonn (Prof. Dr. Eberhard Krüger). In 1970 he was appointed Senior Assistant in the Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Berne in Switzerland (Prof. Dr. Otto Neuner). In 1973 he was visiting maxillo-facial surgeon in the Centre for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery / Queen Mary’s-Hospital - Roehampton/London (Sir Norman Rowe). He then qualified by Prof. Dr. Emil Steinhäuser (Erlangen/Nürnberg) as a Specialist for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery in Switzerland (1974) and Germany (1975) and the EU (1979) and holds a qualification in plastic surgery (1980). Dr. Hardt completed his Habilitation by Prof. Dr. Hugo Obwegeser (University Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery of Zürich) in 1981 and became a Full Professor at the University of Zurich in 1990.

Kensuke Yamauchi is Professor and Head of Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Dr. Yamauchi graduated in Dentistry at Tohoku University in 2001 and completed a residency at the Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital in Kagawa (Dr. Masaharu Mitsugi). He was appointed assistant professor at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery of Kyushu Dental College (Prof. Tetsu Takahashi) until 2012. He also visited the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center (Prof. Dr. Peter Kessler) from 2011 to 2012. He moved to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University (Prof. Tetsu Takahashi) in 2012, and became a Lecturer and Vice-Director of Dental Implant Center in 2013. From 2017 until 2022 Dr. Yamauchi was appointed associate professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, before taking up his current position at Tohoku University in 2022.