Functional Reconstructive Nasal Surgery

Med J Malaysia Vol 59 No 5 December 2004 It is a honour and pleasure to introduce Dr Egbert H Huizing and Dr John A.M. de Groot’s textbook entitled "Functional Reconstructive Nasal Surgery". This 386 page textbook is an authoritative and comprehensive manual catering specifically to the needs of the ENT trainees, surgeons and the Facial-Plastic community as a whole. Dr Huizing and Dr de Groot is to be complemented on their topic selection of surgical technique that have faired well for them in their vast experience from Netherlands and the rest of the world. Their results are magnificent and their appreciation of the functional anatomy and physiology of the nose which has been dealt in great detail clearly shows their aims of achieving a natural nose. By using Dr Huizing and Dr de Groot’s analysis of problems and their solutions that are based on a strong understanding of the fundamentals of the nose, this valuable information will help and guide the ENT and the Facial-Plastic community towards excellence which should improve with experience. Both authors have quite appropriately pointed out that a rhinologist requires a lifetime dedication and learning and that all of us continue our post-operative patient review over a long period of time. Perfection should be the goal of the rhinologist. The two authors have to be congratulated for compiling the contributions and presenting them in a very reader friendly format. It is hoped that the value of this textbook will be preserved by periodic upgrading in the near future. Functional Reconstructive Nasal Surgery BOOK REVIEW