Tympanic membrane retraction pocket : overview and advances in diagnosis and management / Salah Mansour, Jacques Magnan, Hassan Haidar, Karen Nicolas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mansour, Salah, author.

Magnan, Jacques, author.

Haidar, Hassan, author.

Nicolas, Karen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tympanic membrane--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Tympanic membrane.

Tympanic membrane--Diseases--Treatment.

Diseases.

Diagnosis.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 87 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This book reviews current knowledge of the etiopathogenesis, pathophysiology, and molecular biology of tympanic membrane retraction pockets and provides clear guidance on clinical assessment and treatment. A new diagnostic approach based on clinicoradiologic correlations is presented, and the ability of computer tomography to offer objective criteria for improved differentiation between stable and unstable or unsafe retraction pockets is explained. Surgical options are discussed, and on the basis of their own clinical and surgical experiences the authors propose a novel procedure, masto-atticotomy with anterior epitympanotomy (AER surgery), which addresses the causative factors underlying a retraction pocket. This surgery aims to restore adequate aeration routes for the middle ear compartments situated above the tympanic diaphragm; it results in better control of the pathology and in most cases prevents its recurrence. The book will assist otologists and surgeons in ensuring that retraction pockets are effectively diagnosed and treated, avoiding progression to cholesteatoma.

Contents:

Introduction

Prevalence

Etiology and Pathogenesis

Histopathology of a Retraction Pocket

Molecular Biology of the Retraction Pocket

Fate of Retraction Pockets

Ossicular erosion in retraction pockets

Classification of Retraction Pockets

Clinical features

Clinical description of retraction pocket

Retraction pocket Imaging

Treatment

Our Clinical Experience

Conclusion

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 3, 2015).

ISBN:

9783319139968

3319139967

3319139959

9783319139951

OCLC:

904281132

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.