A superbly illustrated atlas of cartilage tympanoplasty methods

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.

"Mirko Tos has written a remarkable book...The entire community of otologic surgeons will benefit from this contribution."--From the foreword by John Dornhoffer, MD, FACS

1 History of Cartilage Tympanoplasty
2 Classifications and Definitions
3 Approaches and Harvesting of Cartilage
4 Cartilage Palisades in Underlay Tympanoplasty Techniques
5 Cartilage Palisades in On-lay Tympanoplasty Techniques
6 Tympanoplasty with Broad Cartilage Palisades
7 Cartilage Strips in Underlay Tympanoplasty Techniques
8 Cartilage Strips in On-lay Tympanoplasty Techniques
9 The Dornhoffer Cartilage Mosaic Tympanoplasty
10 Underlay Tympanoplasty with Cartilage Foils and Thin Plates
11 On-lay Tympanoplasty with Cartilage Foils and Thin Plates
12 On-lay Tympanoplasty with Thick Cartilage Plates
13 Underlay Tympanoplasty with Thick Cartilage Plates
14 Superior (or Attic) Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Island Graft Tympanoplasty
15 Posterior Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Island Graft Tympanoplasty
16 Superior and Posterior Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Island Graft Tympanoplasty
17 Total Pars Tensa Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Island Graft Tympanoplasty
18 Annular Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Graft Tympanoplasty
19 "Crown Cork" Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Graft Tympanoplasty
20 Cartilage Shield T-Tube Tympanoplasty
21 Underlay Tympanoplasty Techniques with Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Island Graft
22 In-lay Underlay Tympanoplasty Techniques with Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Island Graft
23 On-lay Tympanoplasty Techniques with Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Island Graft
24 In-lay On-lay Tympanoplasty Techniques with Cartilage Perichondrium Composite Island Graft
25 In-lay Butterfly Cartilage Tympanoplasty
26 Composite Chondroperichondrial Clip Tympanoplasty: The Triple "C" Technique
27 The Fate of Implanted Cartilage Grafts
28 Clinical Research in Cartilage Tympanoplasties