Tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, and stapes surgery, 2d ed.9783131377029 Tympanoplasty tympanoplasty /tym·pa·no·plas·ty/ (tim´pah-no-plas?te) surgical reconstruction of the tympanic membrane and establishment of ossicular continuity from the tympanic membrane to the oval window. , mastoidectomy Mastoidectomy Definition Mastoidectomy is a surgical procedure to remove an infected portion of the bone behind the ear when medical treatment is not effective. This surgery is rarely needed today because of the widespread use of antibiotics. , and stapes stapes /sta·pes/ (sta´pez) [L.] the innermost of the auditory ossicles; it articulates by its head with the incus and its base is inserted into the oval window sta·pes n. pl. surgery, 2d ed. Fisch, Ugo. Thieme Medical Publishers 2008 396 pages $149.95 Hardcover RF220 Drawing on many decades of experience in ontology surgery, Fisch (medicine, University Hospital, Zurich) provides a clear and accessible text along with his own drawings of procedures, clinical photographs and imagery to provide an admirable classroom text and professional reference. He begins with closed cavity procedures (tympanoplasty), including preoperative and postoperative care for myringoplasty, meatoplasty, canaloplasty, ossiculoplasty and specailty applications such as transcanal myringotomy with a ventilating tube. He explains open cavity (mastoidectomy) procedures, including epitympanectomy and special applications suhc as reconstruction and cochlear implants. Stapes surgical techniques include stapedotomy and stapedectomy Stapedectomy Definition Stapedectomy is a surgical procedure in which the innermost bone (stapes) of the three bones (the stapes, the incus, and the malleus) of the middle ear is removed, and replaced with a small plastic tube of stainless-steel wire (a and applications such as missing stapes and stapes surgery with other surgeries. He includes a significant amount of images of conventional and multi-planar high-resolution computed tomography high-resolution computed tomography Imaging CT at slice–collimation scan interval widths of ≤ 4 mm, which is narrower than the usual 1-3 cm interval 'slices' obtained in conventional CT imaging. Cf Spiral computed tomography. of the temporal bone, tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy and stapes surgery, pointing out potential outcomes in temporal bone surgery. Appendices list useful instruments and operating room equioment. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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