TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mansour,Salah
AU  - Magnan,Jacques
AU  - Haidar,Hassan
AU  - Nicolas,Karen
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Tympanic Membrane Retraction Pocket: Overview and Advances in Diagnosis and Management 
SN  - 9783319139968
AV  - RF1-547 
U1  - 617.51 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - medicine
KW  - Otorhinolaryngology
KW  - Otolaryngologic surgery
KW  - Surgery
KW  - Medicine & Public Health
KW  - Head and Neck Surgery
N1  - 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 features -- Clinical description of retraction pocket -- Retraction pocket Imaging -- Treatment -- Our Clinical Experience -- Conclusion -- References
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13996-8
ER  -