Tympanoplasty, Mastoidectomy And Stapes Surgery
This successor to the author's standard-setting, problem-solving manual on tympanoplasty contains step-by-step illustrations of surgical techniques that have proven valuable during 30 years of experience. The illustrations were drawn by the author himself and provide the details essential for a firm understanding of each procedure. The book describes the principles underlying the surgical techniques in detail, and results are presented and discussed.
Features:
Updated coverage of titanium prostheses, new meatoplasty techniques, malleostapedotomy, cochlear implants, and the use of imaging techniques for planning and evaluating surgical procedures
Bullet-point lists of surgical highlights
850 simple line drawings to demonstrate technical maneuvers and surgical concepts in a step-by-step fashion
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Especialidad
- Otorrinolaringología
This successor to the author's standard-setting, problem-solving manual on tympanoplasty contains step-by-step illustrations of surgical techniques that have proven valuable during 30 years of experience. The illustrations were drawn by the author himself and provide the details essential for a firm understanding of each procedure. The book describes the principles underlying the surgical techniques in detail, and results are presented and discussed.
Features:
Updated coverage of titanium prostheses, new meatoplasty techniques, malleostapedotomy, cochlear implants, and the use of imaging techniques for planning and evaluating surgical procedures
Bullet-point lists of surgical highlights
850 simple line drawings to demonstrate technical maneuvers and surgical concepts in a step-by-step fashion
- Part 1 Tympanoplasty (Closed Cavity)
- Chapter 1 Tympanoplasty
- General Considerations
- Definitions
- Aims of Tympanoplasty
- Preoperative Care
- Postoperative Care
- Anesthesia
- Facial Nerve Monitoring
- Instrumentation
- Rules and Hints
- Chapter 2 Myringoplasty, Meatoplasty, and Canalplasty
- General Considerations
- Definitions
- Surgical Approaches
- Selection of Surgical Approach
- Grafting Technique
- Specific Surgical Techniques
- Transcanal Approach
- Endaural Approach
- Retroauricular Approach
- Antrotomy
- Meatoplasty
- Complications of Myringoplasty
- Results
- Rules and Hints
- Chapter 3 Ossiculoplasty
- General Considerations
- Basic Situations in Ossiculoplasty
- Specific Surgical Techniques
- Basic Situation I: Malleus and Stapes Present, Incus Missing
- Basic Situation II: Footplate and Malleus
- Basic Situation III: Stapes Only
- Basic Situation III1, III2, III3: Stapes Only in Closed Cavity
- Basic Situation III4, III5, and III6: Stapes Only in Open Cavity
- Factors that Improve the Results of Ossicular Reconstruction
- Results of Ossiculoplasty
- Rules and Hints
- Chapter 4 Special Applications with Tympanoplasty
- Transcanal Myringotomy with Ventilating Tube
- Temporary Access to the Round Window
- Canalplasty for Exostosis
- Canalplasty for Otitis Externa Obliterans
- Congenital Aural Atresia
- Rules and Hints
- Part 2 Mastoidectomy (Open Cavity)
- Chapter 5 Mastoidectomy and Epitympanectomy
- General Considerations
- Definitions
- Cholesteatoma
- Classification of Cholesteatoma
- Surgical Treatment of Acquired Cholesteatoma
- Specific Surgical Techniques for Cholesteatoma Removal
- Closed Mastoido-Epitympano with Tympanoplasty
- Open Mastoido-Epitympanectomy with Tympanoplasty
- Tympanoplasty in Open Mastoido-Epitympanectomy
- Exteriorization of Open Cavity
- Meatoplasty
- Wound Closure and Packing
- Results of Surgery for Cholesteatoma
- Rules and Hints
- Chapter 6 Special Applications of Mastoidectomy
- Reconstruction of an Open Cavity
- Cochlear Implant
- Active Middle Ear Implants and Bone Anchored Hearing Aids
- Results
- Rules and Hints
- Part 3 Stapes Surgery
- Chapter 7 Stapedotomy and Stapedectomy
- General Considerations
- Stapedotomy versus Stapedectomy
- Specific Surgical Techniques
- Stapedotomy
- Incus-Stapedotomy
- Malleo-Stapedotomy
- Stapedectomy
- Rules and Hints
- Chapter 8 Special Applications of Stapes Surgery
- Obliterative Otosclerosis
- Floating Footplate
- Narrow Oval Window Niche
- Anomalous Facial Nerve
- Missing Stapes
- Revision Stapes Surgery
- Stapedotomy in Fenestrated Ears
- Stapes Surgery in Tympanosclerosis
- Alternative Procedure: Stapedectomy with Spandrel II and Fisch Titanium Total
- Connective-Tissue Graft for Repair of the Tympanomeatal Flap
- Results of Stapes Surgery
- Rules and Hints
- Part 4 Imaging for Temporal Bone Surgery
- Chapter 9 Conventional and Multiplanar High-Resolution Computed Tomography of the Temporal Bone
- General Considerations
- Technical Aspects of High-Resolution Computed Tomography
- Why High-Resolution Computed Tomography?
- Pneumatization
- Anatomic Configuration of the Temporal Bone
- Specific Pathologic Changes of the Temporal Bone
- Evaluation of High-Resolution Computed Tomography
- Axial High-Resolution Computed Tomography
- Coronal High-Resolution Computed Tomography
- Chapter 10 Imaging for Tympanoplasty and Mastoidectomy
- Tympanoplasty (Closed Cavity: Tympano - antrotomy and Tympanomastoidectomy)
- Pneumatization
- Condition of the Mastoid Cells
- Air in the Protympanum
- Bone Destruction
- Myringoplasty
- Pneumatization
- Ossiculoplasty
- Preoperative Scans
- Postoperative Scans
- Titanium Incus
- Titanium Total Prosthesis
- Titanium Neomalleus with Stapedotomy
- Special Applications with Tympanoplasty
- Exostosis, Otitis Externa Obliterans, and a Narrow External Auditory Canal
- Congenital Aural Atresia
- Mastoidectomy (Open Cavity)
- Open Mastoido-Epitympanectomy with Partial Obliteration (METO)
- Special Applications of Mastoidectomy
- Cochlear and Middle Ear Implants
- Chapter 11 Imaging for Stapes Surgery
- Incus-Stapedotomy and Malleo-Stapedotomy
- Diagnosis of Otosclerosis
- Titanium Stapes Prosthesis
- Chapter 12 Rules and Hints
- General
- Tympanoplasty and Mastoidectomy
- Ossiculoplasty
- Titanium Incus
- Titanium Total
- Stapedotomy
- Atretic Ear
- Middle Ear and Cochlear Implants
- Part 5 Appendix
- Chapter 13 Microsurgical Equipment
- Instruments and Prostheses
- Instruments
- Middle Ear Prostheses
- Drill (Motors, Handpieces, and Burrs)
- Motors
- Handpieces
- Burrs
- Operating Room Equipment
- Microscope
- Ocular Loop
- Operating Table
- Surgeon’s Chair
- References
- Suggested Reading
- Books
- Brochures for Surgical Courses
- Abbreviations











