Objectives: Mastoid obliterations are performed for a variety of indications, including chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma. One risk is of masking cholesteatomatous debris, which can subsequently proceed medially and cause suppurative complications. This study hypothesizes that autologous cranial bone graft used as bone pate (BP) in mastoid obliteration is of a lower density than surroundi...

The aim of this study was to retrospectively review the long-term hearing results and the impact of mastoid exclusion/obliteration in patients with cholesteatoma (102 ears) who underwent retrograde tympanomastoidectomy and in whom bone chips/paté were applied as the sole materials during the procedure. In 79 ears, this was combined with ossiculoplasty in a single-stage procedure. In >71% of ear...

OBJECTIVE To report the long-term results of cochlear implantation in cases with chronic otitis media or atelectasis using a single surgical technique performed in a single cochlear implant center. PATIENTS Nine patients who were implanted using the blind-pit closure of the external ear canal technique (4 patients with adhesive otitis media and 5 with radical mastoid cavities). Follow-up rang...

AIM To describe our surgical technique and compare the results of obliteration materials. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty patients over a 7-year period were evaluated retrospectively. Out of these 50 consecutive patients, 29 had recurrent chronic otitis media (COM) with or without cholesteatoma and 21 patients had old open cavities. Efficacy of mastoid obliteration was assessed by an electronic ch...

Clinically (Figure 1) a unilateral swelling, proptosis and obliteration of the nasolabial fold was noted. Intraoral examination revealed normal-appearing overlying mucosa. A pantomograph 2) demonstrates mixed diffuse expansile lesion thinning cortices affecting both jaws. 3D reconstruction 3) overview lesions' extent. CBCT interpretation (Figures 4 5) indicated engrossment frontal, parietal, te...

Abstract Background This study was designed to evaluate the effect of mastoid cavity obliteration with bone chips and reconstruction canal wall tragal cartilage after down tympanomastoidectomy ossiculoplasty in same session. Sixty-three patients cholesteatoma underwent technique mentioned above; were followed for 1 year postoperative. Results No problems, median preoperative air gap 32.86 ± 6.2...

Osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone is a very rare but potentially lethal complication of radiotherapy for head and neck or skull base tumors. Only two cases of osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone complicating cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorrhea have been reported in the literature. This report describes a case of CSF otorrhea and osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone in a patient with...