Practical Rhinology PDF

Preface

This book is not meant to be an all encompassing encyclopaedia of rhinological conditions. It is meant to be practical and relevant to most doctors treating rhinological conditions.

In all honesty it was my intention to compile a book that addressed the difficulties which are posed by the variety of ways patients present with different nasal symptoms, and give guidance on how to arrive at a correct diagnosis. It is thanks to Scott Graham that this proposal was, in part, jettisoned as he convinced me that few surgeons would be interested in such a text. He suggested that I approached some of the world's leading rhinologists and put together a text that incorporates most of the current relevant problems that rhinologists face and present this in, what we hope is, a digestible format. So please forgive omissions of some of the less common conditions and the absence of a structured evidence based approach, although we have tried to include the evidence base where it exists. We hope you will find this of use in your day to day work.