Book description
By focusing on how to establish clear indications for surgery and how
to improve surgical approaches in endoscopic paranasal sinus surgery,
this practical operating manual appeals to the beginner as well as to
the practicing surgeon. Techniques covered range from simple procedures
to the most advanced applications, including tumor and trauma surgery,
and procedures involving the anterior skull base. Based on their
clinical and considerable teaching experience, the authors have chosen
an approach that responds directly to patients concerns and which is set
within a simple framework based on the questions of Who? When? Why? and
How?:Who? offers guidelines on patient selection and dealing with
patients' expectations,When? discusses optimizing the diagnosis and
medical management as well as the timing of surgery,Why? evaluates
realistic surgical goals with regard to patients' symptoms and their
quality of life,How? describes surgical techniques step-by-step,
explains terminology, discusses surgical modifications and alternatives,
and offers guidelines for the management of complications. Nearly 1,000
illustrations of exceptional quality and a 3-hour DVD of surgical
procedures and interviews with patients supplement the step-by-step
instructions and practical tips in the text. "The photography is
outstanding and is enhanced even more by the excellent printing typical
of Thieme books. The pièce de résistance of this book is the DVD.
...Recommend[ed]. [The book] covers the gamut of the field for the
novice to the more advanced sinus surgeon. The authors are excellent
teachers and this comes across in their current efforts."--The
Laryngoscope_x000D_ _x000D_ "Provides an extensively illustrated,
step-by-step approach to...procedures in endoscopic sinus surgery...a
very useful step-by-step illustrative atlas of endoscopic sinus
surgery...combined use of photography and schematic illustrations
effectively depict surgical technique." --Doody's Book
Review_x000D_ _x000D_ "Experienced surgeons Simmen and Jones guide
the reader from the fundamentals to advanced techniques." --SciTech
Book News Professor, ENT Center, The Hirslanden Clinic, Zurich,
Switzerland Professor, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck
Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK
