Mastoid Cavity Obliteration

Dec 14, 2016 by in OTOLARYNGOLOGY Comments Off on Mastoid Cavity Obliteration

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…

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Soft-Wall Canal Reconstruction

Dec 14, 2016 by in OTOLARYNGOLOGY Comments Off on Soft-Wall Canal Reconstruction

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…

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Underlay and Related Techniques

Dec 14, 2016 by in OTOLARYNGOLOGY Comments Off on Underlay and Related Techniques

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…

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Surgical Anatomy Relevant to the Chronic Ear

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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…

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Tympanic Membrane Tissue Engineering

Dec 14, 2016 by in OTOLARYNGOLOGY Comments Off on Tympanic Membrane Tissue Engineering

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….

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