Objective. Bilateral congenital cholesteatoma is a very rare condition. We describe the first case of an adult patient presenting with bilateral congenital cholesteatoma with labyrinthine fistula. Case report. We present a 34-year-old woman of bilateral congenital cholesteatoma with labyrinthine fistula, inducing leftsided mixed conductive-sensorineural hearing loss and vertigo, subsequently ac...

BACKGROUND/AIM This paper presents our operative method for hearing recovery after the previous radical tympanomasto-idectomy, radical trepanation of the temporal bone (trepanatio radicalis ossis temporalis--TROT) in eight patients submitted to operations for giant cholesteatotoma. METHODS All the patients were admitted to our clinic after TROT. There were no signs of cholesteatoma or infecti...

OBJECTIVES To present our experience in the surgical treatment of cholesteatoma in children. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective clinical trial. PATIENTS AND METHOD Charts of 114 patients who met the inclusion criteria of the study were examined. Surgical results were compared with respect to applied surgical methods. Cholesteatoma recidivism (CR) and hearing improvement were the main parameters whi...

An Observational Study was undertaken at Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, AIMSR from Jan 2019 - August 2020. The aim this study to observe the outcome endoscopic tympanomastoidectomy for attico-antral type CSOM. All patients attending ENT OPD within age group 11-60 yrs, irrespective sex with Attico-Antral CSOM either unilateral or bilateral were included in study. Howeve...

BACKGROUND Ambulatory surgery has become increasingly common in otolaryngology. Cost savings, minimized exposure to hospital-acquired infections, decreased disruption to patient and family routine, and allowing children to recover in more familiar settings are some potential advantages. However, concerns about safety, postoperative symptom management, and parental satisfaction have led many pra...

Abstract Introduction Actinomycosis, a rare infection of the middle ear, has less than 50 documented cases worldwide. Actinomyces are an anaerobic, filamentous bacterium causing granuloma formation and suppurative infection. Case We present young male with nine-month history unilateral, yellow coloured otorrhoea hearing loss. Swabs showed no growth, not responding to oral or topical antibiotics...

We conducted a prospective study of 24 patients to evaluate the evolution of intracranial complications resulting from otogenic infection and to correlate the course of the disease with surgical treatment. Almost half of the patients were younger than 18 years, and most were male. The most common intracranial complication was brain abscess, followed by meningitis, lateral sinus thrombosis, and ...