Restitutional Surgery of the Ear and Temporal Bone

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Thieme, 2011 M01 1 - 237 pages
The concept of restitutional surgery aims at surgery that restores natural function. This book introduces the author's own experience in the application of surgical strategies for treating otologic diseases that follow this priority.Main TopicsConcepts of restitutional ear surgery; Instrumentation; Anesthesia and monitoring; Otosurgical anatomy: A manual for the temporal bone dissection training; Injuries of the ear and the temporal bone; Malformations of the ear; Otosclerosis; External otitis; Acute otitis media and mastoiditis; Chronic otitis media and its complications; Petrositis and osteomyelitis of the temporal bone; Tumors of the external ear; Tumors of the middle ear and the temporal bone; Otologic nerve surgery; Cochlear and brainstem implants
 

Contents

External Otitis
117
Differential Diagnosis
123
Symptoms Signs and Diagnosis
130
Differential Diagnosis
187
Symptoms and Signs
195
Clinical Entity
283
Otological Nerve Surgery
299
Cochlear Implants and Auditory Brain Stem Implants R Laszig
325

Auricular Deformities G Rettinger
64
Congenital Stenoses of the External Auditory
86
Otosclerosis
108
Clinical Entity
109
Historical Comments
339
Indications for Surgery
345
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Professor emeritus and Former Director, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Friedrich Alexander University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany

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