Atlas of hearing and balance organs : a practical guide for otolaryngologists

Twenty years ago Andre Leblanc first walked into the depart­ to the next, and charming everybody from Chicago to ment to present his manuscript on the determination of the Singapore to Taiwan ... Not a month goes by without one of axes of the various foramens, canals, and sulci of the base of Andre Leblanc's new posters, more educational than ever, the skull, their tomographical investigation and their environ­ being added to the others to the walls of radiology practices ment, to my master, Professor Claude Libersa. The project or MRI centers. was thoroughly remodeled and enhanced by coupling classi­ cal anatomy with the exploding new imaging techniques. The book we present today, entitled "Atlas of Hearing and Balance Organs A Practical Guide For Otolaryngologists", is Only a curious, minute, inventive, and tireless worker like a model of its kind in terms of rigour, knowledge, and Andre Leblanc could make this ambitions project a success. aesthetics. The new perspectives that it offers will help each Thanks to his determination, he mobilized some of the best and everyone get a better grasp of the ear's organization and radiologists, clinicians, editors, and even anatomists, and identify the 70 elements that are said to compose it. "In order to show the position the organs of hearing and balance as accurately as possible, the author fenestrated the bony walls of the cochlea, vestibule and semicircular canals so that the different parts of Corti's spiral organ, the utricle and ampullary crests can be seen. Sections of the vestibule reveal the various internal orifices through which elements of the membranous labyrinth, such as the semicircular ducts, are conveyed. Both the endolymphatic system and the perilymphatic spaces are depicted. Illustrations are correlated to anatomical sections, CT and MRI views." "Designed to be original and educational, this atlas will reduce the long hours of tedious study and make the anatomy of the ear easier to master. Its publication is all the more timely, in that these organs are now beginning to be visualized by modern imaging techniques. A precious guide for otolaryngologists, neurologists, anatomists, neurosurgeons, radiologists, general practitionners, and medical students."--BOOK JACKET

The benefits of this book lies not in the association of anatomy with modern imaging techniques (CT and MRI), but also and predominantly in the numerous diagrams of bony fenestration of the cochlea, the vestibule and the semicircular canals. These views reveal the membranous labyrinth, the internal organs of balance and audition, and highlight their innervation, as well as the utricular and saccular nerves of the spiral organ of corti.

Annotated illustrations & MRI views of nerve structures, lymphatic system, auditory tube, labyrinth, outer ear.

The benefits of this book lie not only in the association of anatomy with modern CT and MR imaging techniques, but also and predominantly in the numerous diagrams of bony fenestration of the cochlea, the vestibule and the semicircular canals. These views reveal the membranous labyrinth, the internal organs of balance and audition, and highlight their innervation, as well as the utricular and saccular nerves of the spiral organ of corti. Front Matter....Pages II-XI Atlas of Hearing and Balance Organs....Pages 1-50 Back Matter....Pages 51-58