ABSTRACT

Practice of otology today, requires a contemporary knowledge base, coupled with concurrent skill sets, and tempered with familiarity of the technological advances. This manual has been designed to address these three domains, making it a ready reference to guide specialists on the standards of care in practice. The chapters explore the current concepts, with a background of past practices, touching upon the basics of anatomy and physiology before dealing with clinical conditions and their management, covering specific clinical scenarios to develop a patient-oriented approach in the readers using evidence-based guidelines.

Key Features

  • Focuses on clinical scenarios, decision making and current concepts, providing patient-based scenarios which are relevant to all surgeons practicing otology.
  • Serves as a companion guide to standards of care for Otologists, neurotologists, otorhinolaryngologists, young surgeons and senior residents.
  • Discusses various controversies in this field and provides a general consensus/guideline which is likely to be acceptable to most practitioners

section Section I|74 pages

Hearing Loss: Approach to the Patient and Management

section Section II|22 pages

The Discharging Ear: Differential Diagnosis and Management

section Section III|12 pages

Approach to a Patient with Otalgia

section Section IV|28 pages

Clinical Decision-Making in the Vertiginous Patient: Differential Diagnosis and Management

chapter 8|16 pages

Vertigo in Elderly

section Section V|16 pages

Tinnitus Symptomatology: Diagnosis and Management

section Section VI|22 pages

Facial Palsy in Otology: Approach to a Patient

section Section VII|38 pages

Neoplasms in Otology: Guide to Diagnosis and Management

section Section VIII|40 pages

Otology at the Frontiers

section Section IX|10 pages

Record Keeping in Otology

chapter 17|9 pages

Record Keeping in Otology