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Endoscopic Ear Surgery: Principles, Indications, and Techniques

Increasingly used as an adjunctive tool in the diagnosis and management of ear disease, middle ear endoscopy has the potential to decrease patient morbidity, prevent disease recurrence, and reduce costs. Its capacity to uncover "hidden" anatomy within the small dimensions of the ear has made it essential for functional surgery, allowing surgeons to preserve key anatomic structures such as the cochlea and facial nerve.

Now for the first time, the physicians who pioneered this groundbreaking minimally invasive technique review its indications, advantages, disadvantages, and surgical approaches:

Written by the foremost leaders in the field, all members of the International Working Group on Endoscopic Ear Surgery
Features nearly 1,000 intraoperative endoscopic images filmed with high-definition cameras, plus outstanding line drawings that aid in understanding all concepts
Comprehensively covers the field, including chapters on endoscopic and combined endoscopic-microscopic management of cholesteatoma, surgical restoration of middle ear ventilation, myringoplasty, Meniere disease, tympanoplasty and stapes surgery, revision surgery, and much more
Demonstrates state-of-the-art endoscopic procedures in 19 instructive videos

From the unique anatomy and pathophysiology of the middle ear through diagnosis, surgical indications, procedures, and instrumentation, this book is indispensable for all otolaryngologists and neurotologists. It offers a full picture of the field today, as well as exploring the future possibilities of ear endoscopes alone or in combination with operative microscopes for the most effective treatment of middle ear pathologies.

Contents:

1 Starting off with Endoscopic Ear Surgery

2 Principles of Endoscopic Ear Surgery

3 Ear Embryology

4 Endoscopic Middle Ear Anatomy

5 Ventilation and Physiopathology of the Middle Ear

6 Radiological Considerations for Endoscopic Middle Ear Surgery

7 Surgical Armamentarium

8 Endoscopic Diagnosis and Follow-up of Retraction Pockets and Cholesteatoma

9 Principles of Endoscopic Cadaveric Ear Dissection

10 Endoscopic Approaches to Middle Ear Cholesteatoma: Classification and Indications for Surgery

11 Combined Endoscopic-Microscopic Middle Ear Surgery for Cholesteatoma

12 Exclusively Endoscopic Treatment of Severe Attic Retraction and Epitympanic Cholesteatoma

13 Exclusively Endoscopic Treatment of Retrotympanic Cholesteatoma

14 Endoscopic Treatment of Cholesteatoma with Antral Extension

15 Endoscopic Myringoplasty

16 Endoscopic Transcanal Stapes Surgery (Stapedotomy)

17 Endoscopic Removal of Middle Ear Neoplasms

18 Exclusively Endoscopic Transcanal Approach to the Inner Ear and Petrous Apex

19 Combined Approaches to Petrous Apex and Inner Ear Diseases

20 Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Petrous Apex