I am pleased to write the foreword for Practical ENT authored by Dr Vikas Sinha. This book gives a detailed and precise insight into clinical history taking, examinations, case studies, instruments and operative procedures. I would like to highlight the lucid language and comprehensive contents of the chapters which make the subject interesting. This book should also help the students in observing clinical techniques and patient rounds. I congratulate Dr Vikas Sinha for the tremendous efforts he has put in to make this book as complete as possible. The chapters are well planned and organized. I am sure this will be of immense help to all the medical students as well as aspiring surgeons.

It gives me great pleasure to write the foreword of the book Practical ENT written by Dr Vikas Sinha. This book is the result of a painstaking and laborious effort by the author to provide a systematic approach to the learning of the subject of otorhinolaryngology for the undergraduate students. The comprehensive chapters on importance of history taking and clinical examination of otorhinolaryngology will help the student imbibe the basics of ENT. The important topics for practical aspects of the undergraduate curriculum have been adequately dealt with in this book. Practical topics like different foramina of skull base, applied anatomy of skull bones, technique and intricacies in cranial nerve examination, audiology, calorimetry and study of X-rays relevant to ENT have been properly highlighted. I recommend this book to all the undergraduates to refresh their knowledge while preparing for their practical examinations. I feel this book will go a long way in fulfilling the pressing need for good undergraduate books in our specialty.

The medical branch is always changing and the changes are always very fast and rapid especially in medical science. A young doctor must know competencies of ENT which may be required in the medical field. In this new edition, I have tried to add certain competencies of ENT which are essential to know in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. The practical demonstration is always the best way to teach or learn and the clinical postings are the ideal process to learn clinical methods and competencies. The books are just supplement of it. My students are my best motivating factors and I always learn something new with them. I have made efforts in this edition to impart some extra knowledge to my students so that they are abreast in ENT with anybody and anywhere in the world. The effort has been made in this new edition to make students understand certain ENT competences in very simple, lucid language. I believe given any situation of practicing ENT, this will help the students to prepare themselves in better way for the practical situations. This will be another step forward to the students to learn certain basic ENT competencies in the vast field of ENT in a better way and in confident way.

There are many textbooks of ENT by the noted, distinguished and eminent otolaryngologists who command great respect from the ENT fraternity. Yet I believe there is a need for a genuine and short book of ENT dealing mainly with the history taking part, clinical examination and practical aspect of ENT where students can quickly go through the history and viva-voce aspect. This book is primarily meant for the undergraduate students, especially for those who have first posting in ENT. The postgraduates are advised to refer other referral and advanced books of ENT for better knowledge and understanding of the subject. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) is a chapter in which students can quickly revise the things while preparing for the examinations. It does not mean that only these types of questions are being asked in the examination. Students must go through the textbook for detailed knowledge of the subject. The Italic face of the text of this book is suggestive of theoretical aspect of the subject. It is not possible to include everything of otolaryngology as it is not a textbook and efforts have been made on my part to cover all the practical aspects and related questions of table viva. I might have missed many things but sincere efforts have been made to cover the larger portion.

I am thankful to the Government of Gujarat, India to allow me to use the clinical material from the hospital for writing and publishing this book. I am also thankful to KB Bhargava, SK Bhargava and TM Shah to allow me to use few illustrations from their book Short Textbook of ENT Disease, Sixth Edition 2002 to include in my book.