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An unstable canal wall-down mastoidectomy cavity has the potential to impart a major negative impact on a patient’s quality of life due to the collective burden of chronic otorrhea, frequent…

Meticulous removal of disease is a requirement common to the various types of cholesteatoma surgery. Although this may be pursued via one of a variety of described techniques for surgical…

Although there are numerous procedures for external auditory canal wall reconstruction after its removal during cholesteatoma surgery, the soft-wall canal reconstruction (SWCR) technique, first reported by Smith et al in…

This chapter will cover the underlay tympanoplasty, defined as the reconstruction of the tympanic membrane via placement of graft material medial to the tympanic membrane defect, with the graft positioned…

Safe and effective surgery for chronic ear disease demands an understanding of temporal bone anatomy and its relevance to function and pathophysiology. Whereas knowledge of surgical anatomy informs the technical…

Several factors influence the results in ossiculoplasty, including the middle ear environment, the surgical technique, and the qualities of the prosthesis. There is no question that the first of these…

Anatomy The incudostapedial joint connects the incus and stapes and represents the smallest interosseous joint in the human body. Like any other joint, it comprises hyaline cartilage, a synovial membrane,…

The goal of surgery for the chronic ear is to create a safe, disease-free ear and improve the hearing as much as possible. With respect to the chronic ear, audiologists…

Split-thickness skin grafting has been an important tool in the kit of otologic surgeons for over 100 years. These grafts can be placed primarily at the time of tympanoplasty or…

Although various treatments for tympanic membrane (TM) perforation have been used, almost all of them, especially in cases of larger TM perforations, are surgical treatments, such as myringoplasty or tympanoplasty….