Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America: Evidence-Based Procedures in Facial Plastic Surgery

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Lisa E. Ishii, Travis T. Tollefson, and J. Regan Thomas, eds. Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America: Evidence-Based Procedures in Facial Plastic Surgery . New York, NY: Elsevier, 2015. ISBN-10: 0323393322, ISBN-13: 978-0323393324. $99.00. ![Graphic][1] In our new era of evidence-based medicine, the editors and authors attempt to lay down the current state of best evidence for a number of subjects in facial plastic surgery, including; skin care, lasers, rhinoplasty, facial fractures, facial reanimation, microvascular surgery, cleft lip and palate, and infantile hemangiomas. They also include a primer on systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and evidence-based medicine itself. Drs Ishii, Tollefson, and Thomas are clearly leaders in the field of facial plastic surgery. They are well equipped to bring together this distinguished group of contributors to create an important first step at documenting the levels of evidence on which others can build to bring higher levels of evidence into this field of research. The chapters are clearly written and … Corresponding Author: Dr Donald Lalonde, Dalhousie University, Suite C204, 600 Main Street, Saint John, NB E2K 1J5, Canada E-mail: drdonlalonde{at}nb.aibn.com [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif