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The editors have treated a significant number of patients with this condition and have collected objective and scientifically validated outcome measures, thus establishing a balanced and scientific approach to literature review and the material presented. This text aims to provide guidance, based upon a body of evidence, to enable readers to make informed decisions on management options.
Laryngeal and Tracheobronchial Stenosis covers new topics applicable to all populations, such as:
Objective outcomes assessment - a new field that has largely developed through the editors' effortsThe worldwide shift in a surgical emphasis toward endoscopic and office-based proceduresThe development of new tracheal replacement techniquesNew diseases that have emerged and disease managementClinically-accessible, significant background bodies of knowledge on histopathology and physiology
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About the author
Guri S. Sandhu, MD, FRCS, is a laryngologist at Imperial College London. He studied medicine at the University of London and received his surgical training in otolaryngology through the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear and Great Ormond Street hospitals. He is a pioneer and leading authority in the management of laryngotracheal stenosis. Having completed a doctorate of medicine in the causes and treatment of airway stenosis, he has published extensively on the subject and lectures nationally and internationally. Dr. Sandhu is the clinical lead for the National Centre for Airway Reconstruction, which is composed of a multidisciplinary team of airway specialists. He is also cofounder of the British Laryngological Association.
S.A. Reza Nouraei, MD, PhD, is the chief resident in otolaryngology at the National Centre for Airway Reconstruction at Charing Cross Hospital, London. He received his bachelors degree in physiology from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and obtained his medical degree from the University of Cambridge in 2002. Dr. Nouraei completed his basic surgical training through the Hammersmith Surgical Rotation, London, and was one of the first surgeons to be appointed into academic higher surgical training in otolaryngology. His early clinical interest in adult laryngotracheal stenosis led to his career in otolaryngology. Dr. Nouraei has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and was awarded a doctorate from the University of Bath in laryngotracheal physiology and another in the field of health informatics and clinical outcomes.
