Written by a pioneering master in the fi eld Cartilage Tympanoplasty: Classifi cation of
Methods-Techniques-Results is a comprehensive reference for all the currently used methods of
cartilage tympanoplasty. In the opening chapters of the book Mirko Tos provides a thorough
overview of this class of procedures including a classifi cation of 23 original cartilage
tympanoplasty methods. Each of the following chapters offers a detailed exposition of a
different method presenting its definition indication graft harvesting and shaping surgical
technique and an analysis of the anatomical and functional results based on a review of the
literature and on personal experience. In the closing chapters the author discusses long-term
outcomes and compares the results of the various cartilage tympanoplasty methods.
