ENT and Head and Neck Procedures: An Operative Guide PDF

Preface

There are a number of excellent operative textbooks available, which provide detailed specialist and subspecialist knowledge. However, we feel there is a need for a clear, concise, step-by-step operative guide, to which the junior trainee can refer for an overview of core Otolaryngology, Head and Neck, and Facial Plastics procedures. This book hopes to provide comprehensive information to allow the trainees to perform the operations themselves under appropriate supervision, and is designed to be small enough to carry with you day to day.

As a team of authors, we have drawn on our experience, both at trainee and consultant level, and from colleagues within the specialty to put together a practical guide of how to make an operation succeed. Although different surgical approaches can provide equally good outcomes, this is beyond the scope of this textbook. We have simply described tried and tested techniques, which we find work.

Similarly, while we have included an easy reference table of complications that should be discussed with the patient when obtaining consent, we have not included a discussion on the surgical anatomy, indications, or benefits.

We are extremely grateful to our coauthors, and would like to thank them for their help and contributions, as outlined below. In addition, special thanks go to Nikos Papadimitriou for his help in the early stages of writing, and to Alasdair Mace for his invaluable help with reviewing this book.