RT Book, Section
A1 Weinberger, Paul M.
A1 Terris, David J.
A2 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105485969
T1 Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071792110
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105485969
RD 2024/04/19
AB From  hearing  loss  or  nasal  hemorrhage  (epistaxis)  to  endocrine  surgery  and  expert  management  of  acute  airway  emergencies,  otolaryngology/head  and  neck  surgery  is  a  surgical  subspecialty  which  focuses  on  the  management  of  a  wide  range  of  disorders  of  the  head  and  neck.  As  a  colleague  once  put  it,  “Otolaryngology  pretty  much  covers  everything  above  the  clavicles  except  the  eyes,  the  brain,  and  the  spinal  cord.”  The  limits  inherent  to  a  single  book  chapter  preclude  covering  such  a  broad  field  comprehensively.  Therefore  this  chapter  will  present  an  overview  of  selected  disease  processes  in  otolaryngology  that  are  of  importance  to  the  general  surgeon  in  training.  Other  important  parts  of  otolaryngology  such  as  surgical  endocrine  disorders  of  the  neck  (eg,  thyroid  and  parathyroid),  facial  plastic  and  reconstructive  surgery,  and  facial  skeletal  trauma  are  covered  in  separate  chapters.