Otolaryngology: A Surgical Notebook

K.J. Lee and E.H. Toh, eds. New York: Thieme; 2007, 336 pages, 79 illustrations, $59.95.

For those whose radiology practices involve a considerable amount of head and neck imaging, a readily accessible and convenient source of basic surgical otolaryngology information is desirable. In an easily portable (fits in one's lab coat) paperback publication, Drs. Lee and Toh have addressed such a need with their 336-page book, Otolaryngology: A Surgical Notebook. The book is composed of 43 brief chapters, many, but not all, containing line drawings of the surgical techniques involved. For the radiologist, there is valuable information in most of the book—for example, in functional endoscopic and image-guided surgery of the paranasal sinuses; in surgical approaches to base of skull masses; in surgery for neck and thyroid masses; and in the whole realm of temporal bone lesions, hearing restoration, and CSF leaks. It is always good for the radiologist to know, at least to a moderate extent, how the ear, nose, and throat surgeons approach those abnormalities that we identify at imaging. This short tome fills the bill.

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