BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ACCORDING TO PREVIOUS REPORTS, PATIENTS WITH VESTIBULAR MIGRAINE (VM) DISPLAY VARIABLE RESULTS FROM VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS (VFT): central, peripheral, or normal. The aim of this study was to classify the VM patients into the three groups according to interictal VFT findings (central, peripheral or normal) and to clarify the relationship between VFT results and the c...

BACKGROUND To compare the frequency of appearance of complications, anatomical success and functional success after conventional endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomies (EN-DCRs) or EN-DCR with otologic T-Type ventilation tube combined with silicone tube intubation in repeated revision cases. METHODS Twenty-two patients who had epiphora and recurrent dacryocystitis after at least a previous failed...

OBJECTIVES To image cholesteatoma using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and correlate the results with clinical findings and conventional observations obtained using binocular microscopy and histology. OCT is a high-resolution optical imaging modality that generates cross-sectional images of turbid media, such as tissue with resolution approaching that of light microscopy. OCT relies on intr...

Tonsillectomy is the most common surgery performed by an ENT surgeon & it is the most risky surgery as its complications are sometime life threatening. So far not much effort has been focused in training the junior residents in tonsillectomy using the models, like temporal bone dissection for ear surgeries, whereas lot of live ENT surgical workshop are conducted other than tonsillectomy to trai...

Background. Hemoglobin SC disease is one of the most frequent hemoglobinopathy. Surprisingly, few studies were dedicated to this disease, currently considered as a mild variant of homozygous sickle cell disease. The aim of this study was to update our knowledge about hemoglobin SC disease. Design and Methods. We conducted this study in a monocentric series of 179 patients. Clinical and biologic...

INTRODUCTION This cross-sectional comparative study was carried out at the Diabetes outpatient clinic of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital (LTH) Ogbomoso, Nigeria. OBJECTIVE This study assessed patterns of otologic diseases and auditory acuity among type 2 diabetics and determinants of these findings among diabetics. METHODS Ninety-seven consenting patients with clinical diagnosis of diabetes melli...

UNLABELLED The first two years of life are critical for the acquisition and development of hearing and speaking skills. AIM This prospective study aims to verify the performance of infants with cleft lip and palate (CLP) with and without risk factors for hearing (RFH) in the verbal recognition test (VRT). MATERIAL AND METHOD The parents of 100 infants (9 to 18 months of age) with CLP were i...

ABSTRACT The most significant otologic symptoms, consisting of ear pain, tinnitus, dizziness, hearing loss and auricolar "fullness", generally arise within the auditory system, often are associated with extra auricolar disorders, particularly disorder of the temporo-mandibular joint. In our study we examined a sample of 200 consecutive patients who had experienced severe disabling symptom. The ...

Otosclerosis is an otologic disease characterized by disordered resorption and deposition of the otic capsule bone. It can lead to progressive conductive, mixed or sensorineural Hearing Loss (HL). In rare cases, it manifests itself with a tendency for massive bone subsequent formation cavities (“cavitating otosclerosis”). Cavities sometimes realize communication between Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF...