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
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
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