Atlas of Ossiculoplasty, 1e (True PDF)

This book is on “Atlas of Ossiculoplasty”. The aim of this book is to compile and explain every possible situation in ossicular chain disease and then with a purely logical and methodical approach, decide every possible technique available for that single situation with optimum results and surgical outcome in mind. The book has been prepared in great details showing meticulously executed surgical steps through pictures and hand drew diagrams. Many factors play an important role in the final outcome of hearing for the patient, such as the cause and extent of the disease, the material and technique used for that particular situation, and the situations favoring or disfavoring the surgical intervention. The first aim of surgery is the complete eradication of disease, at the same time we must try to bring the postoperative hearing level closest to the normal hearing. Ossiculoplasty is one of the most difficult and the finest procedures with a special thrill in each case because, at the end, our extra efforts are going to be rewarded in the form of better hearing for the patients. This book is comprised total 13 chapters. This book provides lucid and comprehensive understanding of the history and different materials used in the past and present, anatomy and mechanism of hearing, etiology and factors affecting the result of ossiculoplasty, radiological correlation with anatomy, basic situations, common otosurgical procedures in ossiculoplasty, basic situation I: malleus with stapes, basic situation II: malleus with mobile footplate, basic situation II: malleus with fixed footplate, basic situation III: only stapes, tympanosclerosis, revision ossiculoplasty and endoscopic ossiculoplasty.