cholesteatoma, adhesive otitis and tympanosclerosis who underwent canal wall-down tympanomastoidectomy or canal wall-up tympanomastoidectomy. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective study in a tertiary referral hospital of operated 228 patients between April 2008 and June 2013. Using intraoperative findings, data were collected regarding the patients’ age upon presentation, gender, ...

Postopereative sternal dehiscence is one of the most important complications of median sternotomy which may cause pulmonary dysfunction and mediastinitis. We are reporting a patient with sternal dehiscence after coronary artery bypass surgery that underwent application of thermoreactive nitinol clips in addition to Robicsek procedure. Using thermoreactive nitinol clips method together with Robi...

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to examine the relationship between the air-bone gap (ABG) and the size of the superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) as measured on a computed tomography (CT) scan. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study design was a case series with chart review. Twenty-three patients (28 ears) from a tertiary referral centre were diagnosed with SSCD. The size of the dehiscence...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the cumulative incidence of vaginal cuff dehiscence in robotic-assisted total hysterectomies in our patients and to provide recommendations to decrease the incidence of vaginal cuff dehiscence. METHODS This was an observational case series, Canadian Task Force Classification II-3 conducted at an academic and community teaching hospital. A ...

PURPOSE To describe the CT findings characterizing dehiscence of the lamina papyracea. METHODS Axial and coronal CT scanning of the paranasal sinuses was performed on 783 patients. RESULTS Dehiscence of the lamina papyracea was noted incidentally in six patients. In all cases dehiscence was characterized by protrusion of orbital fat through a gap in the anterior ethmoid. The posterior limit...

Semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) is a pathological opening in the bony wall of the inner ear that can result in conductive hearing loss. The hearing loss is variable across patients, and the precise mechanism and source of variability are not fully understood. Simultaneous measurements of basal intracochlear sound pressures in scala vestibuli (SV) and scala tympani (ST) enable quantification...

Aim: To evaluate the factors influencing fascial wound dehiscence after midline laparotomy in the patients of perforation peritonitis with an emphasis on measurement of “intra-abdominal” pressure (IAP) and fascial transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). Methods: Hundred eligible adult patients with the diagnosis of perforation peritonitis who underwent emergency exploratory laparotomy were ...

AIM To investigate the relation between use of bone wax and postoperative sternal dehiscence after cardiac surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS Five thousnad three hundred and eighteen consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery between 1999 and 2009 were evaluated prospectively. Perioperative use of bone wax, perioperative data and outcome parameters were recorded. Multivariate logistic regr...