Otosclerosis

Chris de Souza MS, DORL, DNB, FACS, is Honorary ENT and Skull Base Surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital and Consultant Otolaryngologist and Head Neck Surgeon at Lilavati Hospital and Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai, India. He is also a visiting assistant professor at SUNY Brooklyn and Louisiana State University for the past 15 years. His areas of expertise are otology, neurotology, rhinology, and skull base surgery. From 2010, he is the editor of the International Journal of Head and Neck Surgery. He is also an active member of several societies including the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), the American Neurotology Society (ANS), and he is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Marcos V. Goycoolea, MD, MS, PhD, completed medical school at the University of Chile and obtained his master's and doctoral degrees in basic sciences - as a Phi Beta Kappa graduate student - at the University of Minnesota. He also completed his Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) residency at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Goycoolea joined the University of Minnesota faculty as an associate professor in the Minnesota Ear, Head & Neck Clinic (currently the Paparella Clinic). He is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, the American Otological Society, the Collegium Otolaryngologicum (where he was a board member for 12 years), the Chilean Society of Otolaryngology, and is an honorary member of numerous societies, including the Otolaryngological Society of Spain. He has published more than 180 refereed peer-reviewed papers and numerous chapters, edited textbooks and surgical atlases, and been principal investigator of various research grants. Dr. Goycoolea has developed original surgical techniques, and has described new cell groups in the ear as well as a syndrome of musical memory. He is currently working at Clinica Las Condes in Santiago, Chile where he is an otologist and he is also a member of both the Academic Board and Board of Directors at this institution. Neil M. Sperling, MD, FACS, is in full-time otologic practice at the New York Otolaryngology Group in New York City. He is associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, New York, where he served as the director of otology from 1991 - 2010. He also serves on the teaching faculty at the Causse Ear Hospital in France, one of the most innovative and experienced centers in the world for ear surgery and stapedectomy surgery.

List of Videos Introduction Contributors Part I. Basic Science Chapter 1. Pathology of Otosclerosis Chapter 2. Genetics of Otosclerosis Chapter 3. Measles and Otosclerosis Chapter 4. Molecular Biology Part II. Investigations Chapter 5. Audiological Evaluation of the Patient with Otosclerosis Chapter 6. Radiological Imaging of Otosclerosis Part III. Cochlear Otosclerosis and Conservative Management of Otosclerosis Chapter 7. Cochlear Otosclerosis Chapter 8. Medical Treatment of Otosclerosis Chapter 9. Hearing Aids and Otosclerosis Part IV. Surgical Management of Otosclerosis Chapter 10. Stapedectomy Chapter 11. Stapedectomy Versus Stapedotomy Chapter 12. Lasers in Otosclerosis Chapter 13. The Stapedectomy Prothesis Chapter 14. Bilateral Otosclerosis Chapter 15. Revision Stapedectomy Part V. Complications of Stapedectomy Chapter 16. Post-Stapedectomy Perilymph Fistula Part VI. Miscellaneous Chapter 17. Obliterative Otosclerosis Chapter 18. The Learning Curve Chapter 19. Special Conditions and Complications in Otosclerosis Surgery Part VII. Atlas Chapter 20. The Art of Stapes Surgery Robert K. Jackler Christine Gralapp, Chapter Illustrator Chapter 21. Otosclerosis: Clinical Considerations Richard James Wiet Chapter 22. Obliterative Otosclerosis Neil M. Sperling and Robert Vincent Chapter 23. How to Do a Stapedotomy When the Facial Nerve is Dehiscent Thomas Linder and Christoph Schlegel-Wagner Chapter 24. Revision Stapes Surgery: Technique of Neil M. Sperling Neil M. Sperling Chapter 25. Revision Stapedectomy: Technique of John C. Goddard John C. Goddard and Audrey P. Calzada Chapter 26. Causes of Failure of Stapedectomy A. G. Pusalkar