Getting started in endoscopic ear surgery

Peter Ryan; Carolina Wuesthoff; Nirmal Patel

Journal of Otology (Mar 2020)

Getting started in endoscopic ear surgery

Peter Ryan,
Carolina Wuesthoff,
Nirmal Patel

Affiliations

Peter Ryan: Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
Carolina Wuesthoff: Kolling Deafness Research Centre, Macquarie University and University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nirmal Patel: Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia; Sydney Endoscopic Ear Surgery Research Group, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; Discipline of Surgery, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia; Corresponding author. Suite A12, 24 Lexington Drive, Bella Vista, NSW 2153, Australia.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 6 – 16

Abstract

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Endoscopic ear surgery (EES) is an exciting, rapidly developing and innovative field of otologic surgery. Technically and conceptually, EES is a significant departure from traditional microscopic transcanal approaches to the middle ear and canal that has shown very positive results with respect to patient outcomes. This review serves as a primer for the otologist and otology resident embarking on EES and discusses the theory surrounding the learning process, the optical chain for endoscopic surgery as well as other important underlying principles. Keywords: Endoscopic, Endoscopic Ear Surgery, Optical Chain

Published in Journal of Otology

ISSN: 1672-2930 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-otology/

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