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Healthcare Disparities in Otolaryngology
The topic of this book seems timely given the increasing focus in recent years on equality and prevention of discrimination. But my initial reaction was, do we need a 300-page textbook on this topic? Is there so much to say?...
Cochlear Implants - Basic Textbook
The book has been written by the sole author Dr Sandro Burdo MD. He is based at the Circolo Hospital in Varese where he has established his practice and wealth of experience. As the title indicates, this is an encompassing...
Imaging Handbook on Anatomy of Cochlea
Imaging Handbook on Anatomy of Cochlea by Neeraj Suri is a specialised medical text that serves as a comprehensive guide for radiologists, otolaryngologists and cochlear implant surgeons in training. In the initial chapters, this book also provides a brief review...
Another paper advocating resection templates
Resection in the head and neck region leads to complex defects with significant impairment in function. Reconstruction is even more difficult and to improve the accuracy of both resection and reconstruction a number of aids are used. With the improved...
Inferior alveolar nerve recovery after ORIF fractured mandible
Mandibular fractures are quite common facial injuries, but aetiology varies with country and age. Common treatment options are open reduction and internal fixation via an intra-oral or extra-oral incision. Nerve injury or dysfunction is often seen preoperatively and may also...
All about velopharyngeal dysfunction
The velopharynx functionally separates the oral from the nasal cavities. Inadequate or abnormal function of this muscular valve affects speech and swallow. Velopharyngeal dysfunction can be subdivided into insufficiency, incompetence and mislearning. This is a review paper and indeed a...
A modification of the crescentic flap for nasal skin reconstruction
Non-melanoma skin cancers are the most frequent skin tumours and in over 25% of cases affect the nose. Following excision, the reconstruction may be challenging. Reconstruction aims to preserve the anatomical units, nasal functions and also an aesthetic final outcome....
Total lower lip reconstruction: a review
Total or near total defects of the lower lip may result from trauma, cancer ablation or congenital causes. Defects usually involve the full thickness and include skin, muscle and mucosa. There are a number of techniques for the one stage...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and flap reconstruction: does it help?
This is a multicentresite retrospective review from four clinics in the USA on patients who received radical debridement and free flap reconstruction for osteoradionecrosis (ORN) between 1 Jan 1995 and 30 June 2011. Patients were stratified divided based on having...
One stage nasal reconstruction with local flaps
This is an excellent and authoritative review of an often difficult and controversial (as there are so many options or so few) clinical subject. Better education and earlier diagnosis of skin tumours allows defects with limited size and depth to...
Forward-going sound pressure wave with hearing thresholds
This article discusses an important and well-known point regarding the differences between coupler sound pressure measurements, used to calibrate earphones, and actual pressures delivered to the ear due to individual variances across patients. The study purports to suggest a new...
