Wormald P-J (author), Valentine R (dissection photos). Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Anatomy, Three-Dimensional Reconstruction, and Surgical Technique. Third Ed. Thieme; 2012; 304 pgs.; 944 illustrations; $179.99

For those neuroradiologists who are deeply involved in head and neck imaging and who work closely with their otolaryngology colleagues, this book (Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Third Edition), written in its entirety by Dr. Wormald (Chair of ENT at the University of Adelaide in Australia), should be of interest.

The book is beautifully illustrated with intra-operative photographs, artists’ renditions of the surgical approaches, and anatomic specimens. Twenty-two chapters cover not only endoscopic surgery but discuss items of importance to our specialty—topics like CSF leak closure, endoscopic resection of pituitary tumors, orbital and optic nerve decompression, removal of tumors of the maxillary sinus and the surrounding area, and base-of-skull surgery.

Although there is just one short chapter devoted to imaging and its relationship to endoscopic sinus surgery, this is not a problem because imaging (majority with CT) is liberally scattered throughout the chapters. Much of the material is accompanied by a link to videos of various procedures.

You can see from the above that the title of the book underplays the various surgeries covered (the author should consider altering the title of the book for the fourth edition, if there is one planned).

To this reviewer, it is often as important to know the surgical implications and concerns as it is to identify the imaging abnormalities. Since few of us have the time or opportunity to go to the OR to watch these procedures, here is a fine way to understand these abnormalities from a surgical perspective.