New edition of a text dealing with the specialty of head and neck surgery. The format contains key features such as consistent and balanced chapter elements, heavy use of summary tables, illustrations, end-of-chapter summaries, and multiple-choice questions for self- testing. One hundred ninety-four contributions discuss basic science/general medicine, pediatric otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, otology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and miscellaneous topics. Main editors are Byron J. Bailey, MD and Karen H. Calhoun, MD, FACS, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas at Galveston. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR