Symptom Oriented Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery - Volume 1

Zahoor Ahmad MBBS MS FRACS Consultant, Otolaryngologist—Head & Neck Surgeon, University of Auckland Hospitals, New Zealand, Vice-Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand Randall P Morton MBBS MSc FRACS Chief of ORL Department, Counties-Manukau DHB, Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand Malcolm Giles MB chB FRACS Otolaryngologist, Otolaryngology Clinic, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton West, New Zealand

Volume 1



Section One:  Head and Neck





Clinical Anatomy of the Mouth
Clinical Anatomy of the Pharynx and Oesophagus
Clinical Anatomy of the Neck
Clinical and Surgical Anatomy of the Major Salivary Glands
The Patient presenting with a Mucosal Lesion in the Oral Cavity
The Patient presenting with a Suspicious Ulcer or Massin the Oral Cavity
The Patient with a Swelling or Cyst of the Jaw (maxilla / mandible)
The Patient with an Submucosal Cyst or Mass in the Oral Cavity
The Patient Presenting with a Taste Disorder
The Patient Complaining of a Dry Mouth
The Adolescent Presenting with a Naso-pharyngeal Mass: A Teenager +/- Early Adult Presenting with Nasal Obstruction +/- Recurrent Epistaxis
The Patient Presenting with a Cyst in the Neck
The Patient Presenting with Recurrent / Persistent Diffuse Parotid Swelling
The Patient Presenting with a Mass in the Parotid Gland
The Patient with Recurrent Painful Submandibular Gland Swelling
The Patient Presenting with a Persistent/ ProgressiveSubmandibular Mass
The Patient Presenting with Enlarged Cervical Lymph Nodes
The Patient Presenting with Recurrent or Persistent Sore or Irritable Throat
The Patient Presenting with Difficulty in swallowing
The Toxic Patient with Sore Throat and/or Painful Neck
The Patient Presenting with a Thyroid Mass
The Patient Presenting or Referred with a Cranial Nerve Lesion
The Patient Presenting or Referred with Trismus
The Patient Presenting with Facial Pain and Headache
The Patient Presenting with a Probable Skin Cancer (Head & Neck)
The Patient Presenting with Facial Trauma
The Patient Presenting with Penetrating Neck Trauma
The Patient Referred with Hyper-Parathyroidism
The Patient Presenting or Referred with "Frey’s Syndrome"
The Patient Presenting or Referred with “First Bite Syndrome"
The Patient Complaining of Halitosis


Section Two: Laryngology





Anatomy of the Larynx and Tracheobronchial Tree
Physiology of the Larynx
Assessment of the Difficult Airway
Objective Evaluation of the Voice
Patient with Pain in the Larynx (no swelling)
Stridor and Airway Obstruction
Laryngeal Trauma – Blunt Injury
The Patient withan Unremitting Rough or HuskyVoice
The Patient with a Weak, Breathy Voice
The Professional Voice- Assessment and Care
Chronic Cough
LP Reflux
Patient with Haemoptysis
Request for Gender Voice Change
Voice Rehabilitation after Laryngectomy
The Troublesome Tracheostomy
The Patient with Intermittent or Recurrent Hoarseness
The Patient Presenting with an Impacted Foreign Body
The Patient Referred with Aspiration