Introduction: To reduce incidence of residual cholesteatoma following ear surgery; and to reduce the need for second look “open” mastoidectomy using endoscopic mastoidotomy. Ten-year retrospective chart review of 249 primary cholesteatoma cases (1994-2004) with a minimum follow-up of two years.  The first objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of otoendoscopy in reducing the incidence of “...

in middle ear surgery. Concurrent improvements in the operating microscope made it possible to visualize middle ear structures in amazingly clear detail, and revealed to the ear surgeon the possibilities of preserving or restoring hearing in the surgical treatment of chronic middle ear infections. Since 1952 many articles have appeared describing various techniques of reconstructive surgery of ...

The advantages and limitations of the microscope have defined postauricular access as the surgical intervention of choice for the treatment of diseases of the middle ear. The wide-angle view provided by the endoscope enables transcanal access to the tympanic cavity, and its otherwise difficult-to-reach extensions: The attic, sinus tympani, facial recess, and hypotympanum. These areas are the pr...

A three-generation family with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome and an isolated case are presented. The proband presented with conductive hearing loss. His mother and grandmother showed minor features of the syndrome including conductive hearing loss. Symptoms of the craniosynostosis syndromes can include stapes ankylosis, a fixed ossicular chain in a too small epitympanum, and small or even absent mas...

The use of an endoscope with varied angulations has allowed the surgeon to explore areas that were often not visualized using standard microscopic procedures. The endoscope has improved knowledge of the complex anatomy of mucosal fold and improved functional interventions in middle ear inflammatory disorders during middle ear surgery; intraoperative evaluation of middle ear anatomy during endos...

Eustachian tube maintains middle ear pressure equal to that of atmospheric pressure and its functions is deranged due to various nasal, nasopharyngeal and palatal causes. Nasal polypi cause post nasal drip which is considered to cause Eustachian tube dysfunction. The present cross sectional study comprises of a total of 39 patients of Antrochoanal polyp with the aim to see the effect of antroch...

OBJECTIVE. In children aged less than 10 years, to assess whether adenotonsillectomy has some permanent or transitory effect on middle ear pressure. MATERIAL AND METHODS. 20 children aged 4 to 9 years old (13 girls and 7 boys) participated in the study. The day before surgery and on days 1, 7, 14 and 21 after adenotonsillectomy both tympanometry and pure tone audiometry were performed. During s...