introduction: otosclerosis is a disease of bony labyrinth. structural changes in the labyrinth often cause ossicular fixation, and thus conductive hearing loss. the purpose of this study was to evaluate middle ear exploration findings and frequency of ossicular and footplate area anomalies in patients with suspected otosclerosis referred to amiralmomenin and golsar hospitals in rasht, iran.   m...

Introduction: Cholesteatoma is traditionally diagnosed by otoscopic examination and treated by surgery. The necessity for imaging in an uncomplicated case is controversial. This study was planned to investigate the usefulness of a preoperative high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scan in depicting the status of middle ear structures in the presence of cholesteatoma and also to compare the...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Throughout the latter portion of the 19th and early 20th centuries, pneumomassage devices were widely used by otologists to treat a variety of ear diseases. The so-called eardrum massagers produced a regular, repetitive, oscillatory movement through modifying the air pressure in the ear canal. The goal of this study was to trace the invention, clinical use, technological d...

At the Sint Augustinus Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium, all children with cholesteatoma are operated by a canal wall up approach and immediate reconstruction with a rympano-osslcular allograft. In the majority of the cases, a second stage is performed after I year. This paper presents the results ofa retrospective review ofthe charts of 103 consecutive children treated between 7979 and 1995. The mea...