REVIEW IN “ANNALS OF OTOLOGY, RHINOLOGY & LARYNGOLOGY”

Endoscopic Colour Atlas of Ear Diseases                      Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd      Author : Khan Mubarak, Parab Sapna                                                                  ISBN: 978-93-5025-166-9 PRICE: $ 65 EDITION: 1/e / 2011 PAGES: 190 SIZE: 8.5"×11" http://www.annals.com/toc/auto_article_process.php?year=2011&page=422&id=15724&sn=0

REVIEW IN “ANNALS OF OTOLOGY, RHINOLOGY & LARYNGOLOGY”

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Endoscopic Color Atlas of Ear Diseases is a first edition comprehensive review of common ear diseases.  The pictorial narrative of more than 250 photographs includes variations of normal otoscopic anatomy. Khan and Parab use minimum prose and preface each section with a brief overview of pathogenesis and tympanic membrane morphology accompanied by references for the interested reader to pursue in other sources. It is clear that the atlas is intended to supplement rather than replace more comprehensive otoscopic atlases.

This text is a valuable resource for residents seeking a basic tour of endoscopic pathology in otologic disease processes. Deeper discussion of pathogenesis in select areas would have bolstered the utility of this photo atlas. Sufficient explanation of pathology is provided in each introductory section, and normal-anatomy section is equally important to orient the reader.

David Conrad , MD

John Bent, MD

Bronx, New York

REVIEW OF BOOK IN JIMA

JIMA, Volume 110, Number o1, January 2012

 
Book Review"Endoscopic Color Atlas of Ear Diseases" by Dr Mubarak 

                              Khan and Dr Sapna Parab.

 THE book contains endoscopic photographs of almost all thediseases of external ear and middle ear. The number of endoscopic photographs is 271-quite large.The atlas is well documented with excellent illustrations covering rare as well as common ear diseases and will be helpful as a reference book for all the undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, consulting ENT surgeons and general practitioners.

The photographs are of good quality except a few ones which needs improvements.

The authors deserve heartiest congratulations for such a useful and novel presentation.

---- Utpal Jana,

      Asso Professor,

      NRS Medical College Kolkata

REVIEW OF OUR BOOK" ENDOSCOPIC COLOR ATLAS OF EAR DISEASES" BY PROF. UGO FISCH

for review. I apologize for having taken so much time to give my opinion on
your excellent book.

I have enjoyed very much your well printed extensive collection of
endoscopic images of the external ear.The quality  (sharpness and color) of
the pictures is not always perfect but the material you have accumulated
through the years is so exentensive and complete to make it a very valid
otologic reference book.

I have had some difficulty with the text explaining the illustrations
because our classification of ear diseases differs from yours (s. our
book:Tympanoplasty,Mastoidectomy,ans Stapes Surgery U.Fisch, J.May, Th.
Linder Thieme 2008).

"Skin in the wrong place"  becomes (according to H.Schuknecht) a
cholesteatoma only when there is an associated "accumulation of keratin".The
evidence of accumulated keratin is therefore essential to diagnose the
presence of a cholesteatoma on an otoscopic image.
In chronic suppurative otitis media we divide perforations of the tympanic
membrane  only in "central and marginal". A postero-superior marginal
peforation carries a high risk of development of a secundary acquired
cholesteatoma.No perforation is "safe".

These are only two exemples of a different evaluation of the otoscopic
pictures due to a (well understandable) difference in the definition of ear
deseases.

In the pre- and postoperative cases it would have been helpful to have some
indications on the hearing results. In general I would have also expected
some remarks on the extent of pneumatization of the temporal bones,
particularly in cases requiring open or closed cavities. Radiologic Imaging
for us is indispensable for a correct evaluation of middle ear infections.

Altogether your have produced a very valuable Atlas documenting nearly all
possible ear diseases and you deserve for this accomplishment a lot of
recognition.

Thank you for having sent to me your book and very best wishes for 2012.

sicerely your's

Prof. U. Fisch

Our Technique of Primary Cartilage Tympanoplasty

My Innovative technique of Primary Cartilage Tympanoplasty published in september 2011, American Journal of Otolaryngology http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196070910001304 American Journal of Otolaryngology Volume 32, Issue 5, September-October 2011, Pages 381-387 doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.07.010 | How to Cite or Link Using DOI Permissions & Reprints Original contribution Primary cartilage tympanoplasty: our technique and results Purchase Mubarak M. Khan MBBS, DLO, DNB(ent), a, ,  and Sapna R. Parab MS, DNB(ent)a a Department of Otorhinolaryngology, MIMER Medical College, Pune, India Received 18 April 2010.  Available online 15 September 2010.  Abstract Cartilage has shown to be a promising graft material to close tympanic membrane perforations. However, due to its rigid quality, doubts are raised regarding its sound conduction properties. It has been suggested that acoustic benefit may be obtained by thinning the cartilage. We describe our innovative method for harvesting tragal cartilage from the same endaural incision and also describe preparation of the graft by slicing it. We present our 3-year experience of shield cartilage type 1 tympanoplasty using sliced tragal cartilage–perichondrium composite graft. Aim The aim of this study was to prove the success rate of our technique of shield cartilage tympanoplasty using sliced tragal cartilage graft in terms of functional and anatomic results. Study design Retrospective analysis of type 1 cartilage tympanoplasties using sliced tragal cartilage was carried out in MIMER Medical College and Sushrut ENT Hospital during May 2005 to January 2008 with a minimum follow-up of 2 years. Method and materials A total of 223 ears were operated by our technique. Results The overall success rate of our technique was 98.20% in terms of perforation closure and air bone gap closure within 7.06 ± 3.39 dB. The success rates in the various age group are as follows: 11 to 20 years, 97.67%; 21 to 40 years, 99.12%; and 41 to 60 years, 96.96%. Conclusion Our technique of type 1 cartilage tympanoplasty achieves good anatomic and functional results. Article Outline 1. Introduction 2. Materials and methods 2.1. Study population 2.2. Anaesthesia 2.3. Infiltration 2.4. Procedure of sliced shield cartilage tympanoplasty 2.5. Postoperative monitoring 2.6. Follow-up protocol 3. Results 4. Discussion 4.1. Age–sex distribution 4.2. Anatomic closure of the perforations 4.3. Air Bone Gap (ABG) closure 5. Conclusion References This study was not financially supported by external sources. Corresponding author. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, MIMER Medical College, Pune 410507, India. Tel.: +91 98226 46207(Mobile); fax: +91 2114 223916.  Purchase Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. American Journal of Otolaryngology Volume 32, Issue 5, September-October 2011, Pages 381-387

Review of my book by Dr .V.Anand

The Authors have collected large number of cases and have photographed the normal and pathological conditions of middle ear.

There are excellent endoscopic illustration of very rare conditions as well as common. But some photos are not clear

            

This books covers majority of topics to give wider dimension of ear pathologies.

            

The colour photographs are self explanatory, realistic and brilliant.

The footnotes are explanatory and crisp. This book will help budding otologists to learn from these illustrations. This work will help students of otology to diagnose middle ear pathology and to formulate proper management for the patients. This book also serves to emphasize on the importance of documentation.

          

 

Dr .V.Anand

MCV MEMORIAL ENT TRUST HOSPITAL, 115, PALGHAT ROAD, POLLACHI- 642001 .

Review of my book by Dr. R. S. Mudhol

This monogram Endoscopic Color Atlas of Ear Diseases, is a wonderful work done by both of you. I congratulate and compliment both the young otologists a very bright future. The atlas is well documented monogram which will help resident post graduate and young otologists. The colour photographs are excellent and self explanatory which will help the undergraduates, post graduates and even the general practitioners.

I hope and wish that this book will be appreciated by all the doctors.

I wish both of you best of luck to further continue the same work, so that you can bring  a bigger version of this atlas.

Dr. R. S. Mudhol

Professor and head
Department of ENT and HNS

KLE University’s

JN medical College

Belgaum, Karnataka

review of my book by Dr. Sachin Gandhi

All of us who are into ENT practice for long time now know the vast variations with which a patient with ear disease can present and this book fulfills a much needed demand of an atlas in this subject.

Authors Mubarak Khan and Sapna Parab have taken painstaking effort to collect photographs of most of Ear problems. The clarity of the pictures and lucid description along with will definitely be immense help to young ENT surgeons. This atlas will help the undergraduates to understand and create an interest in this subject. Some pictures really suggest the extreme minute details that the authors have went into in depiction majority of diseases. The presentation of the book is also in an excellent format. An additional commendable point for the author is that lengthy theoretical discussion has been avoided to keep the interest of the reader for the atlas.

Dr. Sachin S Gandhi
Director,Dept. Of laryngology,
Consultant Otolaryngologist,
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital,
Pune, India
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