RT Book, Section A1 Weinberger, Paul M. A1 Terris, David J. A2 Doherty, Gerard M. SR Print(0) ID 1105485969 T1 Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071792110 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105485969 RD 2024/10/13 AB From hearing loss or nasal hemorrhage (epistaxis) to endocrine surgery and expert management of acute airway emergencies, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery is a surgical subspecialty which focuses on the management of a wide range of disorders of the head and neck. As a colleague once put it, “Otolaryngology pretty much covers everything above the clavicles except the eyes, the brain, and the spinal cord.” The limits inherent to a single book chapter preclude covering such a broad field comprehensively. Therefore this chapter will present an overview of selected disease processes in otolaryngology that are of importance to the general surgeon in training. Other important parts of otolaryngology such as surgical endocrine disorders of the neck (eg, thyroid and parathyroid), facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and facial skeletal trauma are covered in separate chapters.