ISBN-13: 9783131450913 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 448 str.
Written by a pioneering master in the field, Cartilage Tympanoplasty: Classification of Methods-Techniques-Results, is a comprehensive reference for all the
currently used methods of cartilage tympanoplasty. In the opening chapters of
the book, Mirko Tos provides a thorough overview of this class of procedures,
including a classification of 23 original cartilage tympanoplasty methods. Each
of the following chapters offers a detailed exposition of a different method,
presenting its definition, indication, graft harvesting and shaping, surgical
technique, and an analysis of the anatomical and functional results based on a
review of the literature and on personal experience. In the closing chapters,
the author discusses long-term outcomes and compares the results of the various
cartilage tympanoplasty methods.