Cummings otolaryngology: head and neck surgery

Part I: Measuring outcomes and performance. Outcomes research -- Interpreting medical data -- Evidence-based performance measurement -- Part II: General otolaryngology. History, physical examination, and the preoperative evaluation -- General considerations of anesthesia and management of the difficult airway -- Surgical management of the difficult adult airway -- Tracheotomy -- Overview of diagnostic imaging of the head and neck -- Deep neck and odontogenic infections -- Head and neck manifestations in the immunocompromised host -- Laryngeal and tracheal manifestations of systemic disease -- Oral manifestations of systemic diseases -- Otolaryngology in the elderly -- Pain management in the head and neck patient -- Sleep apnea and sleep disorders -- Part III: Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Section 1: Facial surgery. Aesthetic facial analysis -- Recognition and treatment of skin lesions -- Scar revision, keloids, and camouflage -- Facial trauma: soft tissue lacerations and burns -- Maxillofacial trauma -- Reconstruction of facial defects -- Hair restoration: medical and surgical techniques -- Management of aging skin -- Rhytidectomy and facial liposuction -- The aesthetic brow and forehead -- Blepharoplasty -- Mentoplasty -- Otoplasty -- Section 2: Rhinoplasty. The nasal septum -- Nasal fractures -- Rhinoplasty -- Special rhinoplasty techniques -- Non-Caucasian rhinoplasty -- Revision rhinoplasty -- Part IV: Sinus, rhinology and allergy/immunology. Allergy and immunology of the upper airway -- Olfactory function and dysfunction -- Objective assessment of nasal function -- Imaging of nose and sinuses -- Non-allergic rhinitis -- Acute rhinosinusitis: pathogenesis, treatment and complications -- Pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis -- Chronic rhinosinusitis: evidence based medical treatment -- Chronic rhinosinusitis: outcomes of medical and surgical treatment -- Primary sinus surgery -- Causes of failure, revision surgery for rhinosinusitis, and management of complications in endoscopic sinus surgery -- Management of the frontal sinuses -- Epistaxis -- Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea -- Sino-orbital interface -- Benign tumors of the sinonasal tract -- Systemic disease of the nose and sinuses -- Facial pain -- Part V: Laryngology and bronchoesophagology. Laryngeal and pharyngeal function -- Visual documentation of the larynx -- Voice evaluation and therapy -- Neurologic evaluation of the larynx and pharynx -- Neurologic disorders of the larynx -- The professional voice -- Laser surgery: basic principles and safety considerations -- Benign vocal fold mucosal disorders -- Acute and chronic laryngopharyngitis -- Medialization thyroplasty -- Arytenoid adduction and abduction -- Laryngeal reinnervation -- Chronic aspiration -- Laryngeal and esophageal trauma -- Surgical management of upper airway stenosis -- Diseases of the esophagus -- Transnasal esophagoscopy -- Zenker diverticulum -- Tracheobronchial endoscopy --;Part VI: Head and neck surgery and oncology. Section 1: General considerations. Fundamentals of molecular biology and gene therapy -- Biology of head and neck cancers -- Human papillomavirus (HPV) and the epidemiology of head and neck cancer -- Radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: radiation physics, radiobiology, and clinical principles -- Chemotherapy and targeted biologic agents for head and neck cancer -- Skin flap physiology and wound healing -- Free tissue transfer -- Integrating palliative and curative care strategies in the practice of otolaryngology -- The management of cutaneous head and neck melanoma -- Section 2: Salivary glands. Physiology of the salivary glands -- Diagnostic imaging and fine-needle aspiration of the salivary glands -- Inflammatory disorders of the salivary glands -- Benign neoplasms of the salivary glands -- Malignant neoplasms of the salivary glands -- Section 3: Oral cavity. Physiology of the oral cavity -- Oral mucosal lesions -- Odontogenesis, odontogenic cysts, and odontogenic tumors -- Temporomandibular joint disorders -- Benign tumors and tumor-like lesions of the oral cavity -- Malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity -- Reconstruction of the mandible and maxilla -- Prosthetic management of head and neck defects -- Malignancies of the paranasal sinus -- Section 4: Pharynx and esophagus. Benign and malignant tumors of the nasopharynx -- Malignant neoplasms of the oropharynx -- Transoral approaches to malignant neoplasms of the oropharynx -- Reconstruction of the oropharynx -- Swallowing function and implications in head and neck cancer -- Diagnostic imaging of the pharynx and esophagus -- Neoplasms of the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus -- Radiotherapy and chemotherapy of squamous cell carcinomas of the hypopharynx and esophagus -- Reconstruction of the hypopharynx and esophagus -- Section 5: Larynx. Diagnostic imaging of the larynx -- Malignant tumors of the larynx -- Management of early glottic cancer -- Transoral laser microresection of advanced laryngeal tumors -- Conservation laryngeal surgery -- Total laryngectomy and laryngopharyngectomy -- Radiation therapy for cancer of the larynx and hypopharynx -- Vocal and speech rehabilitation after laryngectomy -- Diagnosis and management of tracheal neoplasms -- Section 6: Neck. Differential diagnosis of neck masses -- Ultrasound imaging of the neck.