Current Concepts of Otitis Media and Recent Management Strategies

Otitis media is an infection of the middle ear and is particularly common in young children. This book is a concise guide to the most recent developments in the management of otitis media.

Beginning with an introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the middle ear, the next chapter discusses the Eustachian tube, the small canal that connects the middle ear to the back of the nose and upper throat; and its role in otitis media.

The following sections describe different aspects of otitis media and their management, including tympanoplasty (surgery to reconstruct the eardrum). Separate chapters discuss vaccination to prevent otitis media, local anaesthesia, and hearing aids.

This useful reference is enhanced by more than 100 clinical photographs, diagrams and tables.

Key points

• Guide to latest advances in treatment of otitis media
• Detailed discussion on tympanoplasty
• Covers vaccination, local anaesthesia and hearing aids
• Includes more than 100 clinical photographs, diagrams and tables

1. History of Otitis Media
2. Anatomy and Physiology of the Middle Ear
3. Eustachian Tube and its Role in Otitis Media
4. Acute Otitis Media
5. Chronic Otitis Media Associated with Effusion
6. Chronic Otitis Media
7. Chronic Otitis Media-Mucosal Disease
8. Microbiology of Acute Otitis Media
9. Microbiology of Chronic Otitis Media
10. Pathophysiology of Chronic Otitis Media
11. Prevention of Acute Otitis Media
12. Vaccination for Preventing Acute Otitis Media
13. Eosinophilic Otitis Media
14. Preoperative and Intraoperative Considerations
15. Classification of Tympanoplasty
16. Local Anesthesia for Middle Ear Surgery
17. Approaches for Tympanoplasty
18. Surgery of Tympanoplasty
19. Tympanic Membrane Reconstruction Using Cartilage
20. Ossicular Reconstruction
21. Hearing Aids

Anand Job DLO MS MNAMS
Professor

Paul L Emerson DLO MS (ENT)
ENT Consultant

Both at Department of ENT-I, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India