In the year 1887 I reported in this Journal1 a case of septic thrombosis and phlebitis of lateral sinus following middle-ear disease, which went on to a fatal termination, as all cases of the kind did at that period. But in the preceding year Mr. Victor Horsley had made the valuable suggestion 2 that ligature of the internal jugular vein might arrest the flow of septic material into the blood; ...

With the recent breakthrough of science and technology, revolutionary changes are taking place in the medical environment. There has been much progress in the field of otology. Recently, endoscopic ear surgery technique has expanded the application and scope of the technique [1,2]. The development of information technology (IT) also affects medical education systems. Surgical training and medic...

INTRODUCTION Medical publication continues to be important to academicians, physicians in private practice, researchers and corporate sponsors. This article provides valuable dos and don'ts for authors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Literature review and personal experience of the author. RESULTS Advice is provided for understanding the publishing world, the peer-review process, duplicate publicati...

Otology concerns the biological study of ear alterations and diseases, solely. So, the diagnosis of audiovestibular diseases tends to be idiopathic or is based on theoretical concepts such as idiopathic sudden deafness, Ménière disease, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, tinnitus, hyperacusis, or idiopathic facial paralysis. The treatment for these pathologies is symptomatic. Otosociology ta...

ERRATUM article Front. Neurol., 13 July 2023Sec. Neuro-Otology Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1253462

Introduction: We assess early hearing preservation (HP) outcomes of patients implanted with the new Slim 20 lateral wall array (CI624);compare HP and without real-time electrocochleography (RT-ECochG);and explain role RT-ECochG feedback to improve HP. believe this abstract is suitable for a late-breaking as we are first report electrode (CI624). Since CI624's release in May 2020, it becoming in...

The European Academy of Otology and Neurotology (EAONO) has previously published a consensus document on the definitions and classification of cholesteatoma. It was based on the Delphi consensus methodology involving the broad EAONO membership. At the same time, the Japanese Otological Society (JOS) had been working independently on the "Classification and Staging of Cholesteatoma." EAONO and J...