Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery

Providing a comprehensive reference for head and neck surgeons and those in related specialties, this CD-ROM covers anatomy, investigation, diagnosis, treatment decisions and approach, full operative details, postoperative management, complications and long- and short-term outcome.

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Instruction in surgical technique is focused on hands-on supervision experience - watching the expert and then performing under supervision. Books on surgical technique provides background reading and descriptive information with detailed illustration to prepare the trainee and refresh the surgeon for the operating room. However, the CD-ROM platform can offer surgeons selected "live" surgery sequences as well as detailed background information in an interactive format, bringing together the best of the book and video. This CD-ROM is a comprehensive reference for head and neck surgeons and those in related specialties. It covers anatomy, investigation, diagnosis, treatment decisions and approach, full operative details, postoperative management, complications and long- and short-term outcome. Approximately 50 video sequences will present difficult key procedures, accompanied by expert surgical tips on technique and pitfalls as optional voice-overs. The user will be able to access material by searching on anatomical site, condition, operative technique or procedure.
The interface will enable the user to enlarge images for closer inspection, and to save images in a "virtual slide box", which will allow sequences of pictures and text to be presented for teaching purposes. Shah's "Head and Neck Surgery" is a comprehensive reference of head and neck surgery, providing a detailed and visual step-by-step guide to operative procedures. The illustration is largely photographic, with explanatory graphics to explain difficult concepts and procedures, and to summarize incidence, prevalence and outcome data. McMinn's "Color Atlas of Head and Neck Anatomy, Second Edition", provides detailed anatomy through high-quality prosections. Surgeons need a complete and thorough anatomical knowledge of the site on which they are operating, knowledge that is particularly important in the head and neck region, which is perhaps the most anatomically complicated and sensitive region of the body. Together these two books provide the core information resource for the head and neck surgeon.
The multimedia and interactive capabilities of the CD-ROM platform - video, sound, text searching and interactive labelling - will provide a learning and reference package for head and neck surgery.