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01.10.2004 | Book Review
H. Spinelli: Atlas of aesthetic eyelid and periocular surgery
Saunders Philadelphia, December 2003, hard cover, pp 171, $95.00 US (ISBN 0-7216-8633-8)
verfasst von:
Leo Clodius
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Ausgabe 5/2004
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Excerpt
Should you buy this book, yes or no? The author, an expert on this problem, states: “Books of single authorship or limited authorship are the most popular”, and: “After all, the foundation of any surgical procedure is solidly grounded in the concepts of a basic understanding of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology. Additionally, excellent practical drawings, illustrations, and photographs of actual procedures, when organized and cross referenced, appear to provide the most salient teaching tool in any text.” And he continues: “A summary of each chapter, which delineates salient positive and negative points, technical aspects, and trouble spots within the concepts covered in each chapter, appears to be extremely useful in encapsulating the topics covered, and serves as a quick reference and refresher for the reader. With this in mind, I have compiled an atlas that combines a directed practical narrative by a single author with both illustrations, photographs...” How to write an plastic-surgical bestseller: the author has realized this in the thirteen chapters of his atlas and text. In just 171 pages, the anatomy and physiology as well as the pathophysiology are outlined as the necessary basis for understanding his therapy for both functional and esthetic problems of the orbital and periorbital area. …
