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Having spent our lives developing and teaching algorithms specialties that deal with introductory principles in the same for the efficient and successful reconstruction of the face amount of detail as the Principles of Internal Fixation of the following trauma, congenital deformities, and tumor Craniomaxillofacial Skeleton for Trauma and Orthognathic removal, we are keenly aware of the Manual’s contribu- Surgery. Traditionally, each specialty has had its own areas tion, and what it represents in terms of work, effort, and of interest and expertise. This textbook is different in that surgical experience. We cannot help wondering what it it combines and focuses the expertise and competence of would have meant to have such a textbook at the begin- There are no facial fracture textbooks in any of the involved different specialties on the entire craniofacial skeleton, resulting in a comprehensive work of considerable breadth. It serves as a tribute to the many individuals who have taught as faculty in AO courses and symposia over the last 50 years. Their efforts and individual hard work are sum- marized in this volume. They have sought to make operative sense of the complexity of the cr...