Dysfunction of chorda tympani after middle ear surgery.

The Chorda Tympani Nerve Role in Taste Impairment in Middle Ear Disease and after Ear Surgery

Berling Holm, K. 2017. The Chorda Tympani Nerve. Role in Taste Impairment in Middle Ear Disease and after Ear Surgery. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1306. 54 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9837-5. The chorda tympani nerve, also known as the taste nerve, runs uncovered through the middle ear cavity, a localizat...

Chorda tympani nerve function after myringoplasty.

This is a cross-sectional study design aimed to determine the prevalence of Chorda Tympani Nerve (CTN) injury and related symptoms following myringoplasty. Thirty patients were included in this study. The methods used were measuring taste thresholds using electrogustometer to map taste threshold on the anterior two-third of the tongue on the operated side with the non operated side as the contr...

[Chorda tympani neuroma].

This was a 45-year-old woman that initially consulted for a progressive hearing loss and dizziness of some 6 months of evolution. There were no notable relevant antecedents, while in the physical examination the otoscopy showed a greyish image that protruded in the posterior tympanic areas (Fig. 1a). The preoperative audiometry reflected a nixed right hearing loss with a mean loss in conversati...

Retaining Chorda Tympani Nerve Integrity During Cochlear Implant Surgery.

[Evaluation of loss of the chorda tympani function after myringoplasty].

OBJECTIVES Loss of taste function was studied pre- and postoperatively in patients who underwent myringoplasty. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-two patients who were diagnosed with chronic otitis media and underwent myringoplasty between May 2007 and May 2009 were included in the study. Regional taste test was performed preoperatively and two weeks after the operation in all patients planned to u...