Ossicular injury is a frequent complication of head trauma and temporal bone fractures. An isolated fracture of the malleus with lateral dislocation of the manubrium is extremely rare. High-resolution computed tomography is the method of choice for evaluation of ossicular trauma. Virtual endoscopy (VE) is a novel technique that provides a realistic surface rendering of various organs that can b...

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...

Besides eradication of chronic middle ear disease, the reconstruction of the sound conduction apparatus is a major goal of modern ear microsurgery. The material of choice in cases of partial ossicular replacement prosthesis is the autogenous ossicle. In the event of more extensive destruction of the ossicular chain diverse alloplastic materials, e. g. metals, ceramics, plastics or composits are...

BACKGROUND Bone conduction (BC) threshold depression is not always by means of sensory neural hearing loss and sometimes it is an artifact caused by middle ear pathologies and ossicular chain problems. In this research, the influences of ear surgeries on bone conduction were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted as a clinical trial study. The ear surgery performed on 83 pa...

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...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To prospectively evaluate surgical findings and hearing results in children undergoing surgery for congenital malformations of the ossicular chain with a mobile stapes footplate (Teunissen and Cremers class III malformations). STUDY DESIGN A nonrandomized, nonblinded, prospective case series. METHODS Fifteen consecutive pediatric patients who underwent 17 surgical proc...

"Boomerang" malleus-incus fusion deformity is identified on axial high-resolution CT in a subset of patients with congenital aural atresia, and it is associated with an absent incudostapedial joint and stapes capitulum and attachment of the incus to the tympanic segment of the facial nerve canal. Twelve patients with this deformity were identified on a retrospective review of imaging from a coh...