OBJECTIVE To analyse patients with cholesteatoma undergoing canal wall down mastoidectomy together with ossicular reconstruction with a titanium prosthesis, in order to identify factors associated with hearing outcomes. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of 97 cases undergoing single-stage surgical management. METHODS All patients underwent canal wall down mastoidectomy. Kurz titanium ossicu...

The inner ear, which manages our senses of hearing and balance, has mechanosensitive hair cells, which convert vibration into electronic signal to depolarize auditory or vestibular neurons. Inner ear functions depend largely on hair cells, their associated neurons and cochlear lateral wall, and defects in these cells result in hearing loss and deafness. Although some investigations indicated ha...

BACKGROUND The principal objective of ossiculoplasty is to reconstruct the sound-conducting system in the ear to the best possible degree after the elimination of pathological lesions from the middle ear. The ossicular chain is reconstructed with the use of the patient's own properly modelled ossicles and synthetic prostheses. The objective of the study was to assess the degree of hearing impro...

HYPOTHESIS Ossiculoplasty using prosthetic reconstruction with a malleus assembly to the stapes head will result in better transmission of vibrations from the eardrum to the stapes footplate than reconstruction with a tympanic membrane assembly to the stapes head. Both types of reconstruction will be affected by tension of the prosthesis. BACKGROUND Theories (and some clinical studies) that t...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To prospectively evaluate surgical findings and hearing results in children undergoing surgery for congenital oval or round window malformations (class IV malformations). STUDY DESIGN A nonrandomized, nonblinded, case series of prospectively collected data. METHODS Fourteen consecutive pediatric patients who underwent 17 surgical procedures for congenital oval or round...

implant-supported craniofacial prostheses are made to restore defective areas in the face and cranium. this clinical report describes a technique for fabrication of an orbital prosthesis with three adjacent implants in the left lateral orbital rim of a 60-year-old woman. selection of appropriate attachment system (individual magnetic abutments versus bar-clip attachment) for implant-supported o...

dental implants have provided exceptional rehabilitative options for edentulous and partially edentulous patients. however, as more implants come into play, the more the clinicians come across problems where specific considerations must be taken into account to meet expectations. the toronto bridge is a treatment modality proposed for restoring several teeth lost in patients with increased crow...

Techniques and biomaterials for reconstructive middle ear surgery are continuously and steadily developing. At the same time, clinical post-surgery results are evaluated to determine success or failure of the therapy. Routine quality assessment and assurance is of growing importance in the medical field, and therefore also in middle ear surgery. The exact definition and acquisition of outcome p...