Anatomy of the Head and Neck Textbook: Evidence-Based Approaches to Skull Base Foramina, Neurovascular Pathways, & Surgical Correlation for Medical Students - Couverture souple

Houle MD, Anthony S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798190717822

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Trace Every Nerve, Vessel, and Space Before It's Tested

Built for medical and dental students in the head and neck block, and for otolaryngology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, ophthalmology, radiology, and anesthesia trainees, this textbook connects craniofacial embryology and skull base osteology to the nerve, vessel, and space relationships that decide outcomes at the bedside and in the operating room. It moves from the pharyngeal arch origins that explain adult nerve distributions through the skull base, orbit, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, ear, and neck, treating every foramen, duct, and fascial plane as a named passage with one answer: what travels through it, and where it goes next.

Introducing The Structural Passage System, a five-part callout applied to more than forty passages and consolidated in a cross-referenced Atlas, so nothing here is memorized in isolation.

From the Cadaver Lab to the Consult, You Will

• Localize facial nerve palsy correctly — the forehead-sparing rule that separates a stroke from Bell palsy, plus the danger zones that keep the nerve intact during parotid surgery.

• Read the skull base like a map — foramen-by-foramen cranial nerve tracing that turns Vernet and Collet-Sicard syndromes into exit-point logic.

• Protect the recurrent laryngeal nerve — its full course to the ligament of Berry, including the non-recurrent variant that catches surgeons assuming normal anatomy.

• Predict where infection spreads — the ostiomeatal complex, danger space, and parapharyngeal space mapped as one system, from sinusitis to Lemierre syndrome.

• Localize a neck mass before you biopsy it — triangle- and level-based differentials and the congenital anomalies that change management in a younger patient.

• Perform regional blocks with confidence — the surface and bony landmarks behind the facial, dental, and sphenopalatine passages this book traces in full.

Open it before the rotation, the block, or the case — trace the passage, not just the name.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798190717822
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 198
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible