Core Procedures Thyroid lobectomy and isthmusectomy Total thyroidectomy/near-total thyroidectomy Sistrunk procedure (resection of a thyroglossal duct cyst) Parathyroidectomy Subtotal parathyroidectomy and transcervical thymectomy Parathyroid autotransplantation Parathyroid cryopreservation Central neck dissection The thyroid gland takes its name from the Greek words…
Core procedures Outpatient Transnasal flexible diagnostic endoscopy Transoral rigid diagnostic endoscopy Vocal fold medialization injection Vocal fold biopsy via channelled endoscope Inpatient Diagnostic ± therapeutic rigid laryngoscopy/pharyngoscopy Laryngeal framework surgery Total laryngectomy/pharyngolaryngectomy Partial laryngectomy Outline of voice production The primary…
Core Procedures Tonsillectomy Transoral robotic surgery Adenoidectomy Nasopharyngectomy Embryology Lymphoid tissues develop at several sites around the oro- and nasopharynx. In each case the endodermal epithelium proliferates and grows into the surrounding neural crest mesenchyme as solid buds, which form…
Core Procedures Neck dissection (selective (also called functional), modified radical and radical) Submandibular gland excision Branchial cyst excision Lymph node biopsy Access for microvascular anastomosis The anterior neck extends from the skull base (inferior surface of the clivus) above to…
Core procedures Tympanoplasty Stapedectomy Cochlear implantation Mastoidectomy Labyrinthectomy Endolymphatic sac surgery Facial nerve exploration/transposition/repair Congenital malformations Petrosectomy The temporal bone contains the organs of hearing and balance. The facial nerve, internal carotid artery, sigmoid sinus and jugular bulb passage through…
Core Procedures Surgical approaches Transcanal Endaural Retroauricular Canaloplasty Osteoma/exostosis Middle meatal stenosis Tympanic membrane Myringotomy tube Myringoplasty. Tympanoplasty: small, medium and large perforations Ossiculoplasty Basic situation one: malleus and stapes present, incus missing Basic situation two: incus and stapes missing;…
Core Procedures Parotid gland: superficial parotidectomy, total parotidectomy Submandibular gland: excision of submandibular gland Sublingual gland: excision of sublingual gland, excision of ranula The salivary glands are exocrine glands that discharge saliva via a duct into the oral cavity. Grossly,…
Core Procedures Cleft lip and palate repair Submandibular calculi and sublingual gland removal Maxillary access for trauma or orthognathic surgery Mandibular orthognathic surgery and trauma surgery Anaesthesia for dentistry Embryology The oral cavity is demarcated as early as the fourteenth…
Core Procedures Closed Procedures Arthrocentesis Arthroscopy Open Joint Procedures Discectomy Disc plication Eminoplasty Total joint replacement Open reduction and internal fixation of fractured condyle The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a bilateral diarthrodial, ginglymoid synovial joint, which is mobile independent of…
Core Procedures Pathology in the Infratemporal and Pterygopalatine Fossae Biopsy Partial/selective excision Total clearance/compartment resection Route for more proximal surgery Open Approaches Lateral Anterior Inferior Superior Combinations Endoscopic Approaches Endonasal Transmaxillary Transpterygoid Combinations The space behind the maxilla (retro-maxilla) and…