IN Part I Mr. Gordon Smyth has paid tribute to those who have gone before us and pioneered the advances which he has just described for the middle ear and which I am going to describe for the inner ear, and I would like to add my tribute to his. SYMPTOMS These are tinnitus, vertigoi and deafness, occuring either singly, in pairs, or all together. 1. Tinnitus This is always associated with some ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate the efficacy of image-guided surgical navigation (IGSN) in otologic surgery and establish practice guidelines. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. METHODS Between January 2003 and January 2010, all patients requiring complicated surgery for chronic otitis media, glomus jugulare, atresia, cerebrospinal fluid leak with or without encephalocele, and cholesterol gr...

This first 62 pages are taken up with the anatomy of the ear. It is a curious omission that no connected description of the tympanic cavity is attempted, though every other part of the ear is so described. A short chapter on the physiology of the ear is followed by others on its bacteriology and on the causation of its diseases. The diseases themselves are the subject of the rest of the volume....

Objectives (1) Measure temperature variations achieved by common otomicroscopes. (2) Raise awareness about possible thermal injury during otologic procedures with the advent of newer, high-powered otomicroscopes. (3) Describe optical technology that aims to reduce the potential for thermal injury. Methods A variety of otomicroscopes, with different light sources (ranging from 100W halogen to 30...

t to|ogy in this country, together with laryngology, began c? develop as a specialty in the middle of the 19th ^.entury under the influence of men 'like Yeansley and ?Vnbee, and later Sir Morel MacKenzie and Sir Felix erTion. They had a struggle to obtain recognition and ? 9reat German surgeon, Bilroth said of Otology calls for a certain amount of heroism in a man to J^rifice himself to this (t...