1st Edition

Manual of Contemporary Otological Practice

Edited By Uma Patnaik, Amit Sood, Dilip Raghavan, Sabarigirish K Copyright 2021
    290 Pages 101 Color & 33 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    290 Pages 101 Color & 33 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    290 Pages 101 Color & 33 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    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.