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

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