Abstract
Joel E. Pessa, Rod J. Rohrich Facial Topography: Clinical Anatomy of the Face. St Louis, MO: Quality Medical Publishing, 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1576263440 ![][1] Joel Pessa is a surgical anatomist who has published many detailed studies of human anatomy, particularly of the face. I believe that the book he has coauthored with Rod Rohrich, Facial Topography: Clinical Anatomy of the Face —which I will review in detail here—will take its proper place aside other classic studies of human microcirculation in the trunk and extremities, namely those of Manchot,1 Salmon,2,3 and Taylor and Plamer.4 The basic premise of the book, and what makes it stand out from other texts in the field, is that subunits of the face are partitioned by fascial planes. The presumed purpose of these planes is to protect the embedded vascular and nervous structures from shear forces. The fascial protection of vessels and nerves coursing through movable tissue was previously noted by both Manchot1 and Salmon.2,3 … [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif
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