Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Salient Features: Head and Neck Surgery is part of a comprehensive series entitled "Surgical Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery". Other atlases in this series are devoted to various specialties within the field, including Otologic and Neurotologic Surgery, Laryngeal Surgery, Pediatric Otolaryngologic Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Sinonasal Surgery.Twenty-six chapters are included in this volume. Separate sections cover sinonasal cancer, oral cavity and oropharynx, surgery of the larynx and hypopharynx, neck dissections, the thyroid, salivary and parapharyngeal space tumors, and surgery for skin cancer.
Procedures discussed include maxillectomy, anterior craniofacial resection, endoscopic anterior skull base resection, floor of mouth resection, mandibulotomy, mandibulectomy, microlaryngeal laser excision, transoral robotic surgery for the larynx, radical and selective neck dissections, thyroidectomy, parotidectomy, submandibular gland excision, and others. Specific disorders covered include lip cancer, oral tongue cancer, larynx cancer, tumors of the parapharyngeal space, carotid body paraganglioma, non-melanoma cutaneous malignancies of the head and neck, and melanoma. Numerous intraoperative photographs and illustrations are included. This volume is a practical guide for otolaryngologists of all levels.