Atlas of Surgical Approaches to Paranasal Sinuses and the Skull Base

Description

This richly illustrated atlas, compiled by authors with extensive experience in the field, offers a step-by-step guide to the surgical treatment of tumors, and congenital diseases of the skull base and nasal sinuses. Particular attention is devoted to the various techniques employed for extirpation of tumors and reconstruction of the skull base and Paranasal Sinuses. In order to facilitate understanding of the different approaches, clear surgical illustrations are presented alongside the high-quality intraoperative photographs. Whenever appropriate, technical tips are provided and briefly discussed. This atlas will appeal to a broad audience of residents, fellows, and consultants in different fields of medicine, including surgeons (head and neck, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, ophthalmology, maxillofacial surgery) and oncologists.

Feature:

• Richly illustrated atlas offering a step-by-step guide to the surgical treatment of tumors, trauma, and congenital diseases of the skull base and nasal sinuses
• Covers all the procedures most commonly employed in standard practice
• An ideal guide for surgical trainees and mid-level practitioners in related fields, including otolaryngology, neurosurgery, maxillofacial surgery, and plastic surgery

Contents

The Cranial Base.- Anterior Skull Base: Imaging.- Operating Room Setup in Skull Base Surgery.- Open Surgical Approaches to the Paranasal Sinuses.- The Subcranial Approach to the Anterior Skull Base.- Surgical Approaches to the Lateral Skull Base.- Approaches to the Parapharyngeal Space.- The Translabryinthine Approach to the Internal Auditory Canal and Cerebellopontine Angle.- Cancer of the Temporal Bone.- Endoscopic Approaches in Skull Base Surgery and Their Indications.- Combined Approaches to Complex Skull Base Tumors.- Microsurgical Reconstruction of Skull Base Defects.- Complications After Skull Base Surgery.

Authors

Professor Dan M. Fliss has been nominated as Chairman of the Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Maxillofacial Surgery Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University and is a scientific staff member of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto and The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is also a teaching and visiting professor in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia and delivered the highly regarded Eugene N. Myers International Lecture on Head and Neck Cancer in 2008. Professor Fliss is a past president of The Israel Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. He is an editorial board member of several prestigious journals, including Head and Neck and Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, and is on the review board of six further journals. He is the author of some 160 clinical and scientific articles and 18 chapters in textbooks.

Dr. Ziv Gil is Associate Professor, Director of the Laboratory for Applied Cancer Research, and Director of the Head and Neck Surgery Unit at the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University. He has received various awards, including the Israeli Cancer Society Merit Award, the New York Head and Neck Society Merit Award, and the Landau Prize. Dr. Gil is an editorial board member on

Skull Base Surgery Journal and Open Otolaryngology Journal. He is the author of more than 100 scientific articles and book chapters.