Cartilage Tympanoplasty: Classification of Methods - Techniques - Results - Hardcover

Mirko Tos

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3131450916 ISBN 13: 9783131450913

Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

A superbly illustrated atlas of cartilage tympanoplasty methods

Written by a pioneering master in the field, Cartilage Tympanoplasty: Classification of Methods-Techniques-Results, is a comprehensive reference for all the currently used methods of cartilage tympanoplasty. In the opening chapters of the book, Mirko Tos provides a thorough overview of this class of procedures, including a classification of 23 original cartilage tympanoplasty methods. Each of the following chapters offers a detailed exposition of a different method, presenting its definition, indication, graft harvesting and shaping, surgical technique, and an analysis of the anatomical and functional results based on a review of the literature and on personal experience. In the closing chapters, the author discusses long-term outcomes and compares the results of the various cartilage tympanoplasty methods.

"Mirko Tos has written a remarkable book...The entire community of otologic surgeons will benefit from this contribution."--From the foreword by John Dornhoffer, MD, FACS

About this title

About the Author

Professor emeritus and Former Chairman, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark; and Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Faculty, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

From the Back Cover

Written by a pioneering master in the field, "Cartilage Tympanoplasty: Classification of Methods-Techniques-Results," is a comprehensive reference for all the currently used methods of cartilage tympanoplasty. In the opening chapters of the book, Mirko Tos provides a thorough overview of this class of procedures, including a classification of 23 original cartilage tympanoplasty methods. Each of the following chapters offers a detailed exposition of a different method, presenting its definition, indication, graft harvesting and shaping, surgical technique, and an analysis of the anatomical and functional results based on a review of the literature and on personal experience. In the closing chapters, the author discusses long-term outcomes and compares the results of the various cartilage tympanoplasty methods.

"Mirko Tos has written a remarkable book...The entire community of otologic surgeons will benefit from this contribution."--From the foreword by John Dornhoffer, MD, FACS

Edition details

• Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3131450916
• ISBN 13: 9783131450913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432