Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

The specialist handbook in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery delivers a comprehensive text, encompassing all the major subspecialist areas of ENT in a very concise, well-organised and easy-to-use portable text. It covers the major subspecialties of ENT and contains sections on evidence-based medicine, audit, breaking bad news and critical appraisal. Written in a simple bullet-text style, it can be used as a quick reference guide, useful in many situations. Particularly useful is the section on ‘ENT Numbers’, which provides important statistics, values and thresholds for a number of specific conditions and procedures in a well-displayed format. Each chapter contains a comprehensive range of clinical conditions in a more than adequate level of detail for an ENT registrar, complemented by relevant anatomy and physiology where appropriate. There are stepwise guides to common operative ENT procedures, which are useful for more junior trainees and those revising for exams. Thoughtfully, Oxford University Press has deliberately left blank sections within the text for the reader to add his or her own notes or key points from recent guidelines, trials or papers to provide a personal, up-to-date version. The portability, combined with the comprehensiveness of this text, makes this an excellent book, particularly suitable for the ENT registrar but also for the core surgical trainee with an interest in ENT. This handbook would serve as a very useful revision guide for both DOHNS and FRCS examinations. Overall, it is a useful companion for any ENT surgeon in training.