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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300216103321

Autore

Mansour Salah

Titolo

Tympanic Membrane Retraction Pocket [[electronic resource] ] : Overview and Advances in Diagnosis  and Management / / by Salah Mansour, Jacques Magnan, Hassan Haidar, Karen Nicolas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-13996-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (94 p.)

Disciplina

617.8

617.85

Soggetti

Otorhinolaryngology

Otolaryngologic surgery

Surgery

Head and Neck Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.