Endoscopic Ear Surgery

Description

Endoscopic techniques have encouraged the development of minimally invasive procedures and have revolutionized many surgical specialties. Otology is no exception.

Endoscopic Ear Surgery explores the emerging role of endoscopy in the evolution of otologic surgery and details both basic and advanced endoscopic ear surgery techniques. Rich with color images, this text addresses commonly encountered difficulties in chronic ear surgery and explains how endoscope-assisted surgical techniques can help. The use of endoscopes has given rise to the concept of “functional endoscopic ear surgery,” which helps reduce cholesteatoma recurrence rates while allowing less invasive, more physiologic surgical approaches.

Key features include:

• Principles of endoscopic ear surgery, endoscopic lateral skull base surgery, office-based endoscopic otology, and cochlear endoscopy;
• Evolving concepts in middle ear physiology and ventilation routes;
• Tips and pearls on basic and advanced endoscopic ear surgery techniques by veteran surgeons who have helped define the field; and
• Hybrid microscopic-endoscopic surgical techniques.

Endoscopic Ear Surgery is the definitive resource for temporal bone surgeons and skull base surgeons who would like to acquire or fine tune their endoscopic ear surgery skills.

Review

Liam M Flood, FRCS, FRCSI, The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, (2014), (2014):
""The art of this book is to (very convincingly) demonstrate applications and indications for endoscopic ear surgery and to consider future developments. ... The content is of course superbly illustrated and the layout does make “cherry picking” one’s favourite topics easy. The description of the instrumentation and operating room set up I found thought provoking and, as a result, I detect the “Wind of Change” locally. ...Three chapters on CSOM will surely have the greatest relevance for our readers and there is excellent coverage of retraction pockets, sinus tympani cholesteatoma and the “Second Look” managed endoscopically. Later chapters range from “Office based” minor surgery to posterior fossa surgery. The latter is a lengthy chapter and the photography is superbly reproduced. ...This is an excellent book, tackling something a bit “different” and which should influence clinical practice.""

Contents

Foreword by John H. Krouse, MD, PhD
Foreword by Michael M. Paparella, MD
Acknowledgements
Contributors

1. Principles of Endoscopic Ear Surgery
   Natasha Pollak
2. Endoscopic Anatomy of the Middle Ear
   Glenn Isaacson
3. Instrumentation and Operating Room Setup
   Natasha Pollak
4. Fat Graft Myringoplasty
   Jean-Marc Thomassin and Badi Aldosari
5. Middle Ear Exploration and Tympanoplasty
   Hamed Sajjadi
6. Management of Chronic Otitis Media and Cholesteatoma
   Jean-Marc Thomassin and Badi Aldosari
7. Management of the Mastoid System in Chronic Ear Disease
   Hamed Sajjadi
8. Endoscopic Ear Procedures in the Office
   Herbert Silverstein and George Poulos
9. The Endoscope-Assisted Minimally Invasive Retrosigmoid Approach
   Jacques Magnan, Bhavin Parikh, and Hidemi Miyazaki
10. Cochlear Endoscopy
    Lüder A. Kahrs and Robert Labadie
11. The Future of Minimally Invasive Ear Surgery
    Natasha Pollak

Appendix A. CPT Codes for Common Otologic Procedures

Index

Authors

Natasha Pollak, MD, is an assistant professor of otolaryngology and vice-chair for quality and outcomes in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.