The author reported a case of a 1-year old girl with Hand-Schueller-Csristian disease. She. had a history of ear discharge, cerebral nerve palsy, cerebral pressure symptoms, and exophthalmos.. Radical mastoidectomy was performed under the possible otogenic meningitis. Histological examination of the specimen taken from the site of operation area,,revealed that of Hand-Schueller-Christian diseas...

Forty-seven cases of cerebellar abscess have been reviewed, 93% of which were secondary to otogenic disease. There has been little change in the annual incidence during the period of time under review. The overall mortality was 41%, but with successive decades the mortality has increased. Three factors appear to be of importance in determining survival: the patient's ability to control his infe...

Introduction Posterior tympanotomy approach for cochlear implant (CI) surgery, has been the most commonly used worldwide with current 0.7% rate of facial nerve injury. Non-mastoidectomy CI approaches include the suprameatal approach (SMA) and its modifications, the transcanal approach and its modifications and the pericanal approach for electrode insertion. Objectives The objective of this stud...

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the frequency and management of complications chronic suppurative otitis media(CSOM).Patients Methods: Out 376 patients with CSOM, 44 (25 males, 19 females; mean age 48.5±3.5 years; range 21to 76 years) meeting criteria were enrolled in this descriptive cross sectional which was conducted at Department Ear Nose Throat, Head Neck Surgery. All newly diag...

BACKGROUND Mental practice, the cognitive rehearsal of a task in the absence of overt physical movement, has been successfully used in teaching complex psychomotor tasks including sports and music, and recently, surgical skills. The objectives of this study were, 1) To develop and evaluate a mental practice protocol for mastoidectomy 2) To assess the immediate impact of mental practice on a mas...

OBJECTIVE Despite evidence that therapeutic mastoidectomy does not improve outcomes in noncholesteatomatous chronic otitis media, it remains widely performed. An up-to-date systematic review is undertaken and conclusions drawn regarding the best evidence-based practice of its management. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Google Scholar, Medline Embase, Cochrane, and Web of Science. REVIEW METHOD A combi...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS On the basis of clinical observations, the shape of the osseous external auditory canal (OEAC) has often been seen as an etiological factor in troublesome cavities after modified radical mastoidectomy. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of CT scans. METHODS To assess the role of the shape of the OEAC in troublesome modified radical cavities using computed tomographic ...