Full Description
This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date general information and evaluation of the diagnostic and therapeutic options available to individuals suffering from neurotologic diseases. Neurotology is a fast-developing area of science. Even fundamental terminology, such as the meaning of vestibular symptoms, has only recently been established due to the rapid development of vestibular research.
This volume discusses the fundamental sciences, and the clinical application of treatments in neurotology, as well as the most recent research. It is aimed at assisting physicians in making the most effective judgments regarding the management of care for their patients. Diagnosing patients with vestibular symptoms such as vertigo, dizziness, unsteadiness, and oscillopsia requires consideration of symptoms and indicators of neurotologic illnesses. The majority of diagnoses may be made right at the patient's side. A grasp of important diagnostic concepts is vital for all practicing neurologists, who regularly assess whether such patients merit immediate diagnostic testing or hospital admission.
This book emphasizes understanding how to take a focused medical history and perform a thorough physical examination on a patient experiencing vestibular symptoms or suspected of having a neurotologic condition.
This up-to-date reference should be part of the collections of all otolaryngologists, head and neck surgeons, audiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and residents interested in providing the best possible care for patients.
Contents
Part I. VESTIBULAR SYSTEM ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGIES.- 1. Peripheral and Central Vestibular System Anatomy.- 2. Vestibular System Embryology.- 3. Physiology of Peripheral and Central Vestibular System.- 4. Bedside Evaluation of Vertigo Patients.- 5. Laboratory Test Methods and Principles in Vestibular Evaluation.- 6. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.- 7. Meniere's Disease.- 8. Superior canal dehiscence syndrome.- 9. Vestibular Neuritis.- 10. Vestibular Migraine.- 11. Vestibular Paroxysmia.- 12. Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness.- 13. Labyrinth Infections.- 14. Management of Pediatric Vertigo.- 15. Vestibular Rehabilitation.- 16. Presbystasis (Presbyvestibulopathy).- 17. Central vestibular disorders.- Part II. AUDIOLOGY.- 18. Cochlear Implantation: Perspectives on Audiological Evaluations.- 19. Cochlear Implant Outcomes: Assessing Success and Challenges.- 20. Approaches and Outcomes of Auditory Brainstem Implants.- 21. Audiological approach in bone anchored hearing aid applications.- 22. Audiological Approach to Middle Ear Implant Applications.- 23. Ototoxicity: Cochleotoxicity and Vestibulotoxicity.- Part III. NEUROTOLOGY.- 24. Genetics of Sensorineural Hearing Loss.- 25. Radiological Evaluation in Cochlear Implant.- 26. Cochlear Implantation Surgery.- 27. Cochlear Implant Surgery in Inner Ear Malformations.- 28. Cochlear Implants: Future Directions.- 29. Bone-Conducted Implants.- 30. Active Middle Ear Implants.- 31. Auditory Brainstem Implant.- 32. Temporal Bone Fractures.- 33. Facial nerve anatomy.- 34. Facial Nerve Paralysis.- 35. Reanimation techniques in facial paralysis.- 36. Basic Techniques in Neurotologic Surgery.- 37. Microsurgery of Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors.- 38. The Non-surgical Approaches in Cerebellopontine Angle Tumours.- 39. Temporal Bone Tumors, New Perspective in Systemic Treatment.- 40. Postoperative Care and Follow-up After Neurotologic Surgery.- 41. Temporal Bone Tumors.- 42. Current state of the art of vestibular implants.
