Manual of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Tumors in the head and neck region often present the trainee or non-specialist surgeon with major challenges given the complexity of the regional anatomy.

Manual of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology has been designed to provide trainee ENT Head & Neck surgeons and general surgeons with rapid access to the basic knowledge and principles required for management of the common tumors of the head and neck.

Introductory chapters on the principles of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and imaging are followed by chapters devoted to specific procedures such as neck dissection, maxillectomy and skull base surgery. The book also includes information on nutritional and speech & language considerations.

The chapters employ a consistent style to cover (1) the indications and preoperative considerations for each technique (2) a step by step guide to each procedure, using concise text, bullet-point lists and artworks which show the surgical approaches and (3) post-operative complications.

Manual of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology is the ideal guide for all surgeons seeking a practical, accessible guide to the management of tumors of the head and neck. 

• Concise, ‘how-to’ guide
• Focus on key principles and procedures
• Covers indications and contraindications, management principles and techniques, and complications and their avoidance

1. Head and neck cancer: aetiology and epidemiology
2. Imaging head and neck cancer
3. Nutritional/SAL requirements
4. Principles of chemotherapy
5. Principles of radiotherapy
6. Neck dissection
7. Laryngectomy
8. Tonsil/Soft palate surgery
9. Tongue base surgery
10. Medial maxillectomy via a lateral rhinotomy approach
11. Maxillectomy
12. Anterior cranial tumours including the pituitary fossa
13. Application of functional endoscopic sinus surgery in head and neck oncology
14. Glossectomy
15. Management of the mandible in oral squamous cell carcinoma
16. Parotid cancer
17. Skull Base Surgery and the Infratemporal Fossa 
18. Skull base surgery
19. Thyroid cancer
20. Head and neck skin cancer
21. Reconstruction of major defects

Nick Stafford MB ChB FRCS(Otol)
Professor of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery and Director of the Postgraduate Medical Institute
University of Hull, Hull, UK