OBJECTIVE To determine predictive factors for residual disease and hearing outcomes of surgery for congenital cholesteatoma (CC). DESIGN Retrospective record review of surgery for CC from January 1, 1998, through December 31, 2010. The initial extent of CC was staged using the system as defined by Potsic et al. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Eighty-one children (82 ea...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To review surgical findings and hearing outcomes of incus footplate assembly (IFA) for the patients with conductive hearing loss due to missing stapes superstructure with a mobile stapes footplate. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case review and survey. METHODS Pre- and postoperative audiometric data and intraoperative findings were reviewed. Postoperative air-bone gap (ABG...

BACKGROUND Recently, a model of the ossicular chain for finite element analysis has been developed. However, the natural vibration characteristics of human ossicles have never been studied. Herein, we investigated the dynamic characteristics of the coupling of in-vivo ossicles using finite element analysis. METHODS The geometry of the ossicular chain was obtained by high-resolution computed t...

INTRODUCTION The use of ossicular graft material in ossicular chain reconstruction has significantly improved hearing results hearing after tympanoplasty and tympanomastoid surgery for chronic otitis media. Today, otologists have a wide array of tools from which to choose, but may find it difficult to know which middle ear implant works best. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study of 80 pa...

Anomaly of the ossicles is frequently seen in a patient with congenital anomalies of the head or face, such as congenital obstruction of the external ear canal, Treacher Collins syndrome or cephalopathy. Congenital anomaly of the ossicles however is not a rare occurrence even in a patient without anomalies of the head or face. Here, we would present our own experience with six cases of congenit...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the results obtained from hydroxyapatite bone cement repair of ossicular discontinuity between the incus and stapes during surgery of retraction pockets. DESIGN Clinical study of a case series. SETTING Otolaryngology Department, Tanta University Hospitals, Tanta, Egypt. PATIENTS A total of 62 previously untreated patients (82 ears) with retraction pockets. INTERVENT...

OBJECTIVE To describe and quantify growth patterns of cholesteatomas within the middle ear using a scaled rating system that characterizes patterns of ossicular erosion. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case review. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Patients undergoing first-time surgery for primary and secondary acquired cholesteatomas. INTERVENTIONS Intraoperative assessments of os...

In this study, 50 patients are included to analyze the incidence of incus erosion in chronic Suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma. Of these patients 64% were male and 36% were female. Young patients most commonly reported to E.N.T Out Patient Department. The majority of these patients were in between 10 to 30 years and 2% beyond 50 years. Most common presentation was hearing loss, ear di...