Ebook: Manual of Temporal Bone Exercises

This lavishly illustrated manual includes extraordinary artwork and offers a unique overview of all important structures of, and surgical techniques for, the middle ear and the temporal bone, including:

• Outer aspects of the temporal bone
• Mastoid preparations
• Mastoidectomy
• Posterior tympanotomy
• Cochleostomy
• Facial nerve decompression
• Mastoid cavity
• Labyrinthectomy
• Middle ear preparations
• Exercises in tympanoplasty
• Approaches to the internal auditory canal
• Topographical studies of the temporal bone

This manual provides the reader with the knowledge necessary to start operating on patients. It also supports experts to improve and teach their skills.

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Every resident in otolaryngology has to practice on temporal bones before operating on patients. Whilst the systematic training includes use of the microscope and surgical instruments, heavy emphasis is also placed on knowledge of the surgical anatomy of the middle ear and the temporal bone. This lavishly illustrated manual offers an overview of all such important structures and provides the reader with a helpful approach to gain the knowledge necessary to start operating on patients. It also supports experts to improve and teach their skills.