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Thirty years of experience - in one comprehensive guidebook!
Middle Ear and Mastoid Microsurgery
Produced by leading experts in otosurgery, Middle Ear and Mastoid Microsurgery is the result of thirty years' experience in the field and 12,000 clinical cases. This groundbreaking, up-to-the-minute atlas is the very first book to comprehensively cover middle ear and mastoid microsurgery.
Beginning with a discussion of the anatomy of the temporal bone, Middle Ear and Mastoid Microsurgery next discusses the most efficient operating room layout, anesthesia and technical considerations, staging, ventilation-tube insertion, general surgical procedures, and pre- and post-operative care. In the bulk of the book, the authors provide_through careful description, elaborate photographs, and schematic computer illustrations_an exhaustive, step-by-step account of each type of middle-ear and mastoid microsurgery.
Key features of this landmark text include
-855 lavish computer illustrations and photographs_nearly three per page;
-quick-reference summaries at the end of each chapter that provide rules, -hints, pitfalls, problems, and evaluations for each surgical procedure; and
meticulous, step-by-step descriptions of state-of-the-art techniques in middle- ear and mastoid surgery.
All otologic surgeons, residents, and medical students will benefit from this essential atlas, which is sure to become the fundamental guide for beginners and a treasured standby for established surgeons.
Mario Sanna, M.D., is professor of otolaryngology at the University of Chieti in Chieti, and director of Gruppo Otologico in Piacenza and Rome, Italy. Hiroshi Sunose, M.D., is in the department of otolaryngology at the Tohoku University School of Medicine in Sendai, Japan. Fernando Mancini, M.D., is a physician with the Gruppo Otologico in Piacenza and Rome, Italy, and the Ospedale Koelleker in Turin, Italy. Alessandra Russo, M.D., and Abdelkader Taibah, M.D., are physicians with the Gruppo Otologico in Piacenza and Rome, Italy.
