In light of much public scrutiny concerning the possible risks and unfavorable outcomes of surgical procedures, this timely book addresses important issues in error prevention and safety for otologic and skull base surgery. Written by internationally recognized experts in the field, this text presents standards of care as well as in-depth review of critical preoperative considerations to develop a safe and effective procedure.

I. Introduction to Routine and Advanced Ear Surgery1. General Requirements for Anesthesia in Routine Ear and Skull Base Operations2. Audiometric Requirements Prior to Ear Surgery: Pitfalls3. Intraoperative Monitoring of Cranial Nerves During Otological Surgery: Prevention and Limitation of Inadvertent InjuryII. Surgery for Hearing4. Imaging of the Temporal Bone5. Correction of Congenital Malformations6. Risks and Complications of Tympanoplasty7. Evaluating Blunt Temporal Bone Trauma8. Prevention of Complications in Stapes Surgery9. Ossicular Chain Reconstruction: Maximizing Success and Minimizing Errors10. Avoiding Complications of Cochlear Implant SurgeryIII. Surgery for Vertigo/Dizziness11. Surgery for Benign Paroxysmal Postural Vertigo12. Meniere's Disease: Diagnosis and Management13. Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Dizziness and Vertigo14. Meniett Device and Chemical Labyrinthectomy For Unilateral Cochleovestibular Meniere's DiseaseIV. Surgery for Infection15. Temporal Bone Pathology Related to Chronic Ear Disease16. Intact Canal Wall Tympanomastoidectomy17. Philosophy of Cholesteatoma Management18. Obliteration Operations19. Cholesterol Granuloma20. Complications of Cholesteatoma and Chronic Otitis Media with EffusionV. Tumors of the Temporal Bone and Related Skull Base21. Management of Acoustic Neuromas22. Middle Ear and Skull Base Glomus Tumors: Tympanic and Tympanojugular Paragangliomas23. Rarer Tumors of the Middle Ear and Temporal BoneVI. Surgery of the Facial Nerve24. Tumors of the Facial Nerve25. Surgery in Bell's Palsy and in Traumatic Facial Paralysis26. Facial Reanimation and Eye CareVII. Newer Trends in Ear Surgery27. Office-based Minor Surgery: Otoendoscopy and Inner Ear Perfusion28. Neuronavigation in the Temporal Bone29. The Implantable Middle Ear Amplifier30. Intratympanic Therapy for Sudden Hearing Loss