Full Description
Discover the definitive guide to modern otolaryngology with the groundbreaking 9th edition of Scott Brown's seminal work on Otorhinolaryngology. This thoroughly updated reference, arriving eight years after its predecessor, presents a streamlined, two-volume authoritative resource that maintains its position as the cornerstone text in ear, nose, and throat surgery.
This edition delivers:
A condensed, high-impact format focusing on essential clinical knowledge
Seamlessly integrated basic science within each clinical specialty Section
Comprehensive coverage spanning otology, skull base surgery, rhinology, facial plastic surgery, paediatrics, laryngology, and head and neck surgery
New dedicated sections on lateral and anterior skull base surgery, reflecting major advances in these fields
Enhanced coverage of laryngology covering both benign and malignant disease
The two Volume Set includes both print and an e-code that provides Instant digital access to the complete text thus enhancing searchability and navigation
The VitalSource e-version provides the ability to highlight, take notes, and create custom study tools together with lifetime access to your digital library
This authoritative resource combines nearly a century of otolaryngology excellence with contemporary clinical approaches. Perfect for training, examination preparation, and consultant practice, the 9th edition upholds Scott Brown's legacy while embracing modern medical education needs through concise and accessible chapters.
Whether you're a resident, fellow, or experienced practitioner, this essential reference provides the depth and breadth of knowledge required for excellence in contemporary ENT practice.
Contents
Section One: The Ear
1. Physiology of hearing
2. Physiology and Assessment of Balance
3. Hearing Tests
4. Prevention of hearing loss
5. Age-Related Sensorineural Hearing Impairment
6. Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Related Conditions
7. Single-sided deafness
8. Auditory Neuropathy / Auditory Dys-synchrony in adults and children
9. Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
10. Menière's Disease
11. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
12. Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence
13. Vestibular Neuritis
14. Vestibular Migraine
15. Vestibular Rehabilitation
16. Auditory Processing Disorder across the age span
17. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Vestibular Disorders
18. Anatomy and Embryology of the External and Middle Ear
19. Anatomy of the Cochlea and Vestibular System: Relating Ultrastructure to Function
20. Clinical Examination of the Ears and Hearing
21. Endoscopic ear surgery (EES)
22. Otalgia
23. Perichondritis of the External Ear
24. Acquired Atresia and Exostosis of the External Ear
25. Otitis externa and necrotising otitis externa
26. Keratosis Obturans and External Auditory Canal Cholesteatoma
27. Myringitis
28. Mucosal (suppurative) chronic otitis media
29. Squamous Chronic Otitis Media
30. Ossicular chain pathology and reconstruction
31. Otosclerosis
32. Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
33. Systemic inflammatory conditions of the middle ear
34. Ototoxicity
35. Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
36. Ear Trauma and Osteoradionecrosis of the Temporal Bone
37. Bone-Conduction Hearing Devices
38. Cochlear Implants
39. Middle Ear Implants
40. Auditory Brainstem Implantation
Section Two: Lateral Skull Base
41. The Anatomy of the Lateral Skull Base and Infratemporal Fossa
42. Clinical Assessment and Evaluation of a Lateral Skull Base Patient
43. Radiological Evaluation of the Lateral Skull Base
44. Surgical approaches to the Lateral Skull Base and Infratemporal Fossa
45. Vestibular Schwannoma Presentation and Natural History
46. Vestibular Schwannoma Management: Watch Wait and Rescan, Radiotherapy and Surgery
47. NF2-Related Schwannomatosis
48. Non- Vestibular Schwannoma Tumours of the Cerebello-pontine Angle
49. Middle Fossa Surgery
50. Jugular Foramen Lesions and Their Management
51. Petrous Apex lesions
52. Temporal Bone Neoplasms - Benign and Malignant
53. Necrotising Otitis Externa and Skull Base Osteomyelitis
54. Non-Neoplastic Facial Nerve Disorders and Temporal Bone Trauma
55. Lateral temporal bone CSF leak
56. Reconstruction of Lateral Skull Base Defects
57. Complications of lateral skullbase surgery
Section Three: Rhinology
58. Anatomy of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses
59. Physiology of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses
60. Radiological Investigations Used in Rhinology
61. Outpatient Assessment- Nose and Sinuses
62. Nasal Airway Objective Measurements
63. Relationship Between the Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract: Single Airway
64. Olfaction and Abnormalities of Smell
65. Rhinitis
66. Acute Rhinosinusitis
67. Rhinosinusitis: Definitions, Classification and Diagnosis
68. Fungal Rhinosinusitis
69. Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
70. The Frontal Sinus
71. Complications of Rhinosinusitis
72. Mucocoeles of the Paranasal Sinuses
73. Diagnosis and Management of Facial Pain
74. Management of Enlarged Turbinates
75. Nasal Septum and Nasal Valve
76. Nasal Septal Perforation
77. Treatment of Nasal and Facial Fractures
78. Epistaxis
79. Granulomatous Conditions of the Nose
80. Benign Sinonasal Tumours
81. Lacrimal Dysfunction
82. History of Modern Rhinology
Section Four: Anterior Skull Base
83. Anterior Cranial Fossa Anatomy
84. Imaging of the Anterior Skull Base
85. Endoscopic Anterior Skull Base Approaches
86. External Approaches to the Anterior Cranial Fossa
87. Evaluation of the anterior skull base patient
88. Complications of Anterior Skull Base Surgery
89. CSF Rhinorrhoea
90. Endoscopic Management of Malignant Skull Base Neoplasms
91. Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
92. Pterygopalatine Fossa (PPF) and Infratemporal Fossa (ITF): Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Pterygopalatine and Infratemporal fossae Lesions
93. Pituitary and Parasellar lesions
94. Endoscopic Approach and Management of the Clivus & Posterior Fossa
95. Craniovertebral Junction
96. Orbit-Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery
97. Transorbital Approaches
98. Nasopharyngeal Endoscopic Resection
99. Endoscopic Management of Petrous Apex Pathology
100. Anterior skull base reconstruction
101. Anterior Cranial Base Surgery: Past Present & Future
Section Five: Facial Plastic Surgery
102. Assessment for functional and aesthetic Septorhinoplasty
103. Endonasal Surgery in the 21st Century
104. Revision Rhinoplasty
105. Aesthetic Dorsal Reduction Rhinoplasty
106. External Rhinoplasty
107. Nasal Reconstruction
108. An approach to Pinnaplasty
109. Auricular Reconstruction
110. Blepharoplasty
111. Surgical Rejuvenation of the Face
112. Non-Surgical Rejuvenation of the Ageing Face
113. The Surgical Management of Facial Paralysis
114. Grafts and Local Flaps in Head and Neck Cancer
115. Rhinoplasty in the ageing patient
116. Preservation Rhinoplasty
117. Nasal Reconstruction in Vasculitis
118. Rhinoplasty in the Ethnic Patient
119. Paediatric septal surgery
120. Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
121. Nasal valve surgery
