1st Edition
Manual of Contemporary Otological Practice
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
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Foreword
Contributors
SECTION I: HEARING LOSS: APPROACH TO THE PATIENT AND MANAGEMENT
1. Hearing Loss in Children
Mary John
2. Hearing Loss in Adults
Amit Sood
3. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Atul Gupta
4. Single-Sided Deafness: A Long-Neglected Entity in Otology
Garima Upreti and Uma Patnaik
SECTION II: THE DISCHARGING EAR: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
5. The Discharging Ear: Differential Diagnosis and Management
Anandita Gupta
SECTION III: APPROACH TO A PATIENT WITH OTALGIA
6. Approach to a Patient with Otalgia
Rohit Singh, Amit Sood and N Ramakrishna
SECTION IV: CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING IN THE VERTIGINOUS PATIENT: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
7. Vertigo in Children and Adults
Anupam Kanodia and Hitesh Verma
8. Vertigo in Elderly
Gunjan Dwivedi and Uma Patnaik
SECTION V: TINNITUS SYMPTOMATOLOGY: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
9. Tinnitus Symptomatology: Diagnosis and Management
Abha Kumari and Uma Patnaik
SECTION VI: FACIAL PALSY IN OTOLOGY: APPROACH TO A PATIENT
10. Facial Palsy in Otology: Approach to a Patient
SK Singh, Sunil Goyal and Roohie Singh
SECTION VII: NEOPLASMS IN OTOLOGY: GUIDE TO DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
11. Malignant Neoplasms in Otology
Smriti Panda, Amit Chirom Singh and Uma Patnaik
12. Benign Neoplasms in Otology
Smriti Panda, Amit Chirom Singh and Uma Patnaik
SECTION VIII: OTOLOGY AT THE FRONTIERS
13. Endoscopes in Otology
Sasikanth CM and Manikandan
14. Anaesthesia Techniques in Otology
Deepak Dwivedi and Gunjan Dwivedi
15. Imaging in Otology
Virender Malik, Dhanalakshmi B and Abha Kumari
16. Tools and Technology in Otology
Sabarigirish K and Uma Patnaik
SECTION IX: RECORD KEEPING IN OTOLOGY
17. Record Keeping in Otology
Amit Sood and D Raghavan
Index
Biography
Dr Uma Patnaik is Professor and Head of Department, Department of ENT at Command Hospital (SC), Pune, India.
Wg Cdr Amit Sood is Gd Spl (ENT) at Command Hospital (SC), Pune, India.
Dr Sabarigirish K is Professor, Department of ENT at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India.
Surg Cmde Dilip Raghavan is Professor and Head of Department, Department of ENT at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India.