Contemporary Rhinology: Science and Practice

Andrew C. SwiftLiverpool Head and Neck CentreLiverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLiverpool, UKPresident of ENT UK and Consultant ENT surgeon and Rhinologist at the Liverpool Head and Neck Centre, Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University, and University of Liverpool until 2021.Qualified from the University of Sheffield in 1977; early surgical training in Bristol; specialist ENT training in Bristol and Liverpool. Research year (1984–85) to investigate the physiological effects of nasal obstruction, supported by an MRC research grant. Appointed as consultant at Walton Hospital, Liverpool, in 1989.One of the first ENT surgeons to introduce endoscopic sinus surgery to the UK (1989). Special interests include sinonasal papilloma, frontal sinus disorders, the endonasal repair of CSF leaks and septorhinoplasty. An enthusiastic teacher who has organised many courses and conferences.Previous examiner and Assessor for the Intercollegiate FRCS-ORL; European Board examiner for ORL; recent member of Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; Full honorary member of the German ENT Society.President of the Liverpool Medical Institution in 2004–5, President of the Section of Laryngology and Rhinology of the Royal Society of Medicine in 2011–12 and President of the British Rhinological Society 2009–2012; Co-President with Professor Valerie Lund - European Rhinologic Society conference, London April 2018.Sean Carrie, MDFreeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUniversity of NewcastleNewcastle upon Tyne, UKMr. Sean Carrie has been a Consultant ENT Surgeon at the Freeman Hospital and University ofNewcastle upon Tyne since 1999. His particular interests are disorders of the nose and sinuses in adults and children. He also has a pituitary and anterior skull base practice.Sean is Past President of both the British Rhinological Society and the European Rhinologic Society. He has had leadership roles in both undergraduate education locally and postgraduate education nationally. He was QA lead for the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Specialist Advisory Committee in Otolaryngology. He is also the chairman and convenor of both the Newcastle Sinus Surgery and Pituitary courses and is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Newcastle University.He has collaborative research interests in sinonasal inflammation. He is Chief Investigator of the NIHR funded ‘NAIROS’ multicentre RCT of septoplasty and is a co-recipient in the NIHR ‘NATTINA’ grant assessing clinical and cost effectiveness of adult tonsillectomy.Christopher de Souza, MDLilavati HospitalHoly Family HospitalHoly Spirit HospitalMumbai, MaharashtraIndiaDr. Christopher de Souza has been a Visiting Assistant Professor in Otorhinolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery since 1993 at both State University of New York, Downstate Health Sciences University and at Louisiana University Health Science Center in Shreveport. After teaching and pursuing otology, neurotology, and surgery training around the world—in India, the United States, and Italy—Chris was made a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1994. In the same year, he became the second person in the world to be awarded the Orbit Silver Medal for his seminal work on the nose and paranasal sinuses.In 2018, Dr. de Souza was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He received a second FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland in 2022. Heis the founder of the Hearing disability Clinic in Mumbai, India and deals with Implantable Hearing Devices and is the editor in chief of the International Journal of Head and Neck Surgery. Dr Christopher has published 40 postgraduate ENT Textbooks, many of which have gone into another edition.

“This book deserves a place among the useful and strong texts in rhinology – it provides enough comprehensive information for the trainees all the way to complementing the practice of tertiary university teaching hospital rhinologists. The proportion of contributors from the UK also makes it an appropriate text to refer to for both the FRCS examination and beyond.” (R Gohil, The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, November 1, 2023)

• Preface.- Part I: The Basic Science of Rhinology: Understanding the Nose and Sinuses.- Ch 1: Embryology of the nose and paranasal sinuses.- Ch 2: Applied anatomy of the nose and paranasal sinuses.- Ch 3:Physiology of the nose and paranasal sinuses: Nasal Air Flow.- Ch 4:Physiology of the nose and paranasal sinuses: Mucociliary clearance.- Ch 5:Immunology and the nose and paranasal sinuses.- Ch 6:Allergy and the nose.- Ch 7:Genetics and Disorders of the nose and sinuses.- Ch 8:The current concepts of Biofilms and Superantigens.- Ch 9:Bacteria, viruses and fungi in healthy and diseased paranasal sinuses.- Ch 10:Sleep disorders and the nose.  What is the Evidence-base?.- Ch 11:The nose and the effects of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.- Part II: The Assessment of the Nose and Sinuses.- Ch 12: Clinical assessment of the Nose and Olfaction.- Ch 13: Outcome metrics and measurement tools for rhinological treatment modalities.- Ch 14: Radiological Imaging in Rhinology.- Part III: Paediatric Sinonasal Disorders.- Ch 15: Congenital Sinonasal Disorders.- Ch 16: Paediatric Rhinosinusitis.- Ch 17: Paediatric Nasal Masses.- Ch 18: Paediatric Nasal Deformity.- Part IV: Inflammatory Sinus Disorders.- Ch 19: Non-allergic rhinitis.- Ch 20: Allergic Rhinitis.- Ch 21: Current Scientific Understanding of Rhinosinusitis.- Ch 22: New Innovations and Treatments for Rhinosinusitis.- Ch 23: Clinical Assessment and Management of Acute Rhinosinusitis.- Ch 24: Clinical Assessment and Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis without Nasal Polyps.- Ch 25: Clinical Assessment and Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps.- Ch 25: Primary Atrophic Rhinitis.- Ch 26: Fungal Sinus Diseases.- Ch 27: Frontal Sinusitis.- Ch 28: Complications of Rhinosinusitis.- Part V: Tumours.- Ch 29: Sinonasal Papilloma.- Ch 30: Benign Tumours of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses.- Ch 31: Malignant Tumours of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses.- Ch 32: Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma.- Part VI: Sinus and Skull Base Surgery.- Ch 33: Complications of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery.- Ch 34: Open Approaches to the Paranasal Sinuses.- Ch 35: Surgery of the Anterior Skull Base.- Ch 36: Transorbital endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses and skull base.- Ch 37: CSF rhinorrhea.- Part VII: MISCELLANEOUS.- Ch 38: Epistaxis.- Ch 39: Olfaction, Taste and its Disorders.- Ch 40: Headache and Facial pain: Diagnosis, Evaluation and Management.- Ch 41: Trauma to the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses.- Ch 42: Nasal obstruction: Septoplasty.- Ch 43: Nasal obstruction: The role and management of the Nasal Valve and the Inferior Turbinates.- Ch 44: Nasal Septal Perforation.- Ch 45: Granulomatous Vasculitis and the Cocaine nose.- Ch 46: Empty Nose Syndrome.- Ch 47: Management of Lacrimal and Orbital Disorders.- Ch 48: Rhinological Dilemmas and Questions from Clinical Practice.