Atlas of Mandibular and Maxillary Reconstruction with the Fibula Flap

Section I Classification System.- Classification System for Mandibulectomy Defects.- Classification System for Maxillectomy Defects.- Section II Technique and Examples.- The Fibula Osseocutaneous Free Flap: Surgical Approach.- Section III Mandibular and Maxilla Reconstruction.- Use of Templates to Perform Osteotomies of the Fibula and to Shape the Neomandible or Neomaxilla.- Mandible: Lateral, Hemimandibular, Anterior.- Maxilla: Type I-IV.- Bone Augmentation.- Section V Evolution in Concepts.- Evolution in Indication.- Evolution in Preoperative Imaging.- Evolution in Bone Synthesis.- Endosseous Dental Implants.- Technique.- Assessment.- Section VII Adjunct Procedures.- Osteotomy to Correct Malocclusion and Second Vascularized Fibula Flap.- Secondary Procedures and Refinements.

Professor Giorgio De Santis finished his medical studies in 1979 at the University of Modena, Italy and continued working there as assistant consultant. From 1986 until 1988, he was a research fellow at the Bernard O`Brien Institute of Microsurgery at the University of Melbourne, Australia. In 1993, he specialized in Plastic, Reconstructive and Microvascular surgery at the University of Ancona, Italy. Currently, he is Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery and director of the training program in Plastic surgery at the University of Modena, Italy. Professor De Santis is the author of numerous scientific publications in national and international journals. He gave keynote lectures at the UCLA, Los Angeles and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA for example. He has been the president of the Italian Society of Microsurgery 2009-2010 and he has been presiden of the Italian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2015-2016, and he is currently Chairman of the WSRM (World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery) 2019 meeting (Bologna, June 2019 and is also an active member of the EURAPS, the WSRM and the ASRM amongst others.


Peter G. Cordeiro, MD, FACS is a renowned oncologic plastic surgeon with a special expertise in breast reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction, and microsurgical procedures. Within head and neck he has described several defect specific classification systems with algorithms pertaining to free flap reconstruction, particularly in the area of the midface, mandible and the oropharynx. Professor Cordeiro received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1979, M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1983, completed his general surgery residency training at the Harvard Surgical Service in 1989 and plastic surgery residency at New York University in 1991. He additionally completed fellowships in microsurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1991 and craniofacial surgery at the University of