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The present volume is concerned with bone surgery in the area of the facial skeleton. We find this branch of maxillofacial surgery espe- cially challenging because in our work within the Surgical Depart- ment of the University of Basle, we are constantly being confronted with the principles of internal fixation - in the care of poly- 1 traumatized patients, in organizing joint AO-ASIF courses or dur- ing trauma conferences. The problems of fracture disease and the unpleasant sequelae of unanatomical healing are by no means alien to maxillofacial surgery. Our main aim is to broaden our experience of the basic principles of stable anatomical fixation and early function in this branch of trauma and corrective surgery. It soon became apparent that pri- mary healing of fractures and osteotomies, as well as undisturbed re- vascularization of bone transplants and long-term tolerance of inert implants and joint prostheses depend on the stability of fixation un- der preload.

In 1938 the League of Nations Health Organization published an Atlas Illustrating the Division of Cancer of the Uterine Cervix into Four Stages (edited by J. Heymann, Stockholm). Since this work appeared, the idea of visual representation of the anatom­ ical extent of malignant tumours at the different stages of their development has been repeatedly discussed. At its meeting in Copenhagen in July 1954, the UICC adopted as part of its programme "the realization of a clinical atlas". However, the time to publish the planned book of illustrations was not ripe until the national committees and international or­ ganizations had officially recognized the 28 classifications of malignant tumours at various sites as presented in the third edi­ tion of the TN M Booklet edited by M. Harmer (TNM Classifica­ tion of Malignant Tumours, 1978). This was all the more impor­ tant since publication of the Booklet was followed in 1980 by publication of A Brochure of Checklists, edited by A. H. Sellers, a further aid in the practical application of the TNM system. The TNM Atlas (first edition 1982, second edition 1985) was the third of the aids intended to fulfil the one ultimate purpose of making the classification of the anatomical extent of malignant tumours as much a routine procedure as histological typing and grading.

Die TNM-Klassifikation ist die weltweit am häufigsten verwendete und international einheitliche Klassifikation der anatomischen Ausbreitung maligner Tumoren. Sie hilft 1. dem Kliniker bei der Behandlungsplanung, 2. bei der Stellung der Prognose 3. bei der Auswertung der Behandlungsergebnisse, 4. beim Informationsaustausch zwischen Behandlungszentren, und 5. die kontinuierliche Erforschung der menschlichen Krebserkrankungen zu verbessern. Im TNM-Atlas werden die Regeln für die Klassifikation der verschiedenen Tumoren durch schematische bildliche Darstellungen veranschaulicht und es wird somit die praktische Anwendung des TNM-Systems erleichtert. Die 3. Auflage enthält alle Neuerungen der letzten Jahre einschließlich neuer Klassifikationen für Dünndarmkarzinome und Pleuramesotheliom sowie die neuen ICD-O-Code-Nummern. Eine aktualisierte Kurzfassung der T- und N-Kategorien liegt in Form einer handlichen Broschüre bei.