Management of Head and Neck Vascular Lesions

This book provides a simple, step-by-step guide to the identification and sequential management of vascular lesions in the body. Since most vascular lesions occur in the head and neck area, the surgical interventions present challenges with regard to facial growth, airway management and reconstruction options. This book explores the treatment of head and neck vascular malformations and tumors from the perspectives of various specialties, such as otolaryngology, and pediatric, maxillofacial and plastic surgery. 

It covers surgical anatomy, pathophysiology, molecular basis, medical treatment, current embolization guidelines and surgical resection and reconstruction options for each type of tumor. It also discusses interventional and diagnostic radiological techniques. Written by leading international specialists, the book is a valuable resource for craniofacial, pediatric, maxillofacial, head and neck, and plastic surgeons as well as pediatricians and otolaryngologists.

Dr. Sanjiv Nair graduated from Trivandrum Medical College, Kerala and completed his post-graduate degree in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the same institution. He completed higher surgical training in maxillofacial surgery at the North Manchester General after successfully completing the FFD RCS (Ireland). Dr. Nair is an internationally renowned and widely published maxillofacial surgeon with over thirty years’ experience in vascular malformation. He is an expert on ablative head and neck surgery and reconstruction, surgical management of oral cancers, other benign and malignant lesions of the head and neck region, and salivary gland pathology. He currently serves as a Professor and Chair of the Maxillofacial Surgery Division at B.M. Jain Hospital, Bangalore. He also holds an academic appointment at the Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore and coordinates the fellowship program in aesthetic facial surgery for Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. A contributing author for the textbook Maxillofacial Surgery by Peter Ward Booth, Schendel and Hausemen, he also heads the Center for Vascular Lesion Management across Asia. 

Dr. Srinivasa Rama Chandra is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and a head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgeon at the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. He previously served at the University of Washington, Seattle; Harborview Medical Center; University of Washington Medical Center; and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. He is a surgical trainee of Drs. Nair, Nayak and Fernandes. Prior to joining the University of Washington, Dr. Chandra completed a head & neck oncologic surgery & microvascular fellowship at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville. Dr. Chandra holds a post-doctorate diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of England with extensive training received at various maxillofacial units in the US, England and India. He has held teaching positions on three continents and currently has a practice niche in vascular lesion management, with H&N reconstruction as a tertiary referral. He is a member of numerous professional associations, and has published in several journals and books.