Otologic Surgery,4/e


Now in brilliant full color, Otologic Surgery, 4th Edition, by Drs. Derald Brackmann, Clough Shelton, and Moses A. Arriaga, offers comprehensive, step-by-step coverage of the full range of surgeries of the ear and skull base. Through crisp line drawings, high-quality photographs, and more than 50 procedural videos online, it provides detailed visual guidance that highlights the clinical expertise of dozens of the most respected specialists in the field. From cover to cover, you’ll find the authoritative guidance you need to hone your surgical ss and ensure optimal outcomes for your patients.

New to This Edition

Detailed, color illustrations and photographs depict the full range otologic surgical techniques.


New sections cover pediatric aspects of numerous procedures and considerations for revision surgeries.


Meticulous s throughout reflect the latest surgical procedures and practices, including changes in existing techniques.
Key Features
Step-by-step coverage includes discussions of nate approaches and controversial issues, as well as patient evaluation, patient ion, and patient counseling for every procedure.

1.Otologic Instrumentation
2.Canalplasty for Exostoses of the External Auditory Canal and Miscellaneous Auditory Canal Problems
3.Malignancies of the Temporal Bone-Limited Temporal Bone Resection
4.Malignancies of the Temporal Bone-Radical Temporal Bone Resection
5.Cogenital Malformation of the External Auditory Canal and Middle Ear
6.Surgery of Ventilation and Mucosal Disease
7.Diagnosis and Management of the Patulous Eustachian Tube
8.Office Management of Tympanic Membrane Perforation and the Draining Ear
9.Tympanoplasty-Outer Surface Grafting Technique
10.Cartilage Tympanoplasty
11.Tympanoplasty-Undersurface Graft Technique: Transcanal Approach
12.Tympanoplasty-Undersurface Graft Technique: Postauricular Approach
13.Ossicular Reconstruction
14.Canal Wall Reconstruction Tympanomastoidectomy
15.Surgery of Acute Infections and Their Complications
16.Mastoidectomy-Intact Canal Wall Procedure
17.Mastoidectomy-Canal Wall Down Procedure
18.Tympanoplasty-Staging and Use of Plastic
19.Complications of Surgery for Chronic Otitis Media
20.Dural Herniation and Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
21.Total Stapedectomy
22.Laser Stapedectomy
23.Partial Stapedectomy
24.Laser Revision Stapedecomy
25.Special Problems of Otosclerosis Surgery
26.Avoidance and Management of Complications of Otosclerosis
27.Perilymphatic Fistula
28.Management of Bell?s Palsy and Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
29.Traumatic Facial Paralysis
30.Facial Nerve Tumors
31.Surgery for Cochlear Implantation
32.Implan Hearing Devices
33.The Bone-Anchored Cochlear Stimulator (Baha)
34.Surgery of the Endolymphatic Sac
35.Middle Cranial Fossa-Vestibular Neurectomy
36.Retrolabyrinthine and Retrosigmoid Vestibular Neurectomy
37.Translabyrinthine Vestibular Neurectomy
38.Posterior Semicircular Canal Occlusion for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
39.Cochleosacculotomy
40.Transcanal Labyrinthectomy
41.Chemical Treatment of the Labyrinth
42.Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Syndrome
43.Overview of Transtemporal Skull Base Surgery
44.Operations for Vascular Compressive Syndromes
45.Drainage Procedures for Petrous Apex Legions
46.Surgery for Glomus Tumors and Other Lesions of the Jugular Foramen
47.Rehabilitation of Lower Cranial Nerve Deficits after Neurotologic Skull Base Surgery
48.Middle Fossa Approach
49.Translabyrinthine Approach
50.Retrosigmoid Approach to Tumors of the Cerebellopontine Angle
51.Transotic Approach
52.Transcochlear Approach to Cerebellopontine Angle Lesions
53.Exted Middle Cranial Fossa Approach
54.Anterior and Subtemporal Approaches to the Infratemporal Fossa
55.Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches to the Skull Base and Paranasal Sinuses
56.Petrosal Approach
57.Neurofibromatosis
58.Auditory Implants for the Central Nervous System
59.Extreme Lateral Infrajugular Transcondylar Approach for Resection of Skull Base Tumors
60.Management of Postoperative Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
61.Care of the Eye in Facial Paralysis
62.Hypoglossal Facial Anastomisis
63.Facial Reanimation Techniques
64.Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring
65.Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Skull Base Tumors
66.Vascular Considerations in Neurotologic Surgery


Video TOC




Exostosis Repair

Temporal Bone Resection - Limited Temporal Bone Resection

Congenital Atresia

Patulous Eustachian Tube Reconstruction with Cartilage Graft Implants

Tympanoplasty

Cartilage Perichondrium Island Flap

Cartilage Palisade Technique

Tympanoplasty The Undersurface Graft Technique Transcanal Approach

Tympanoplasty (The Otology Group)

Incus Bridge Prosthesis

Ossicular Chain Reconstruction PORP1

Canal Wall Reconstruction Typmpanomastoidectomy

Mastoidectomy- Intact Canal Wall

Atticotomy

Canal Wall Down.

Dural Defect Repair

Right Lateral Canal Fistula Repair

Right Sigmoid Sinus

Encephalocle

Laser Stapedotomy

Revision Stapedectomy

Eroded Incus- Lippy Prothesis

Primary Scrapectomy

Laser Stapedotomy

Facial nerve Tumor

Left Pediatric Cochlear Implant

Soft Tissue Handling in Baha Surgery

Endolymphatic Mastoid Shunt

Endoscopic Assisted Left Suboccipital Vestibular Neurectomy

Right Retrolabyrinthine and Left Retrosigmoid Vestibular Neurectomy

Transmastoid Semicircular Canal Occlusion

Posterior Canal Occlusion for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Partial Labyrinthectomy for Skull Base Exposure

Transmastoid Superior Canal Occlusion for Dehiscence

Infracochlear Drainage of Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma

Infratemporal Fossa Approach to Glomus Jugulare

Left Middle Fossa Acoustic Tumor

Translabyrinthe Craniotomy

Right Retro Sigmoid Craniotomy

Transotic Approach

Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches to the Skull Base

Surgical Placement of the Nucleus Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI)

Blind Sac Closure of the Ear Canal and Obliteration of the Eustachian Tube

Hypoglossal Facial Anastomosis