Cavity Obliteration with Cartilage
Fig. 971 Primary total obliteration of the cavity after classic intact canal wall mastoidectomy using autogenous cartilage and a Palva flap. After a canal wall–up mastoidectomy with a completely intact…
Mastoid Tip Removal
Fig. 794 Guilford’s mastoid tip removal. After a canal wall–down mastoidectomy has been performed in an endaural approach and it has been recognized that the air cells and the pathology…
Tympanomeatoplasty with Preservation of the Bony Bridge (Wigand)
Fig. 533 Tympanomeatoplasty with preservation of the bony bridge (Wigand). Example of extensive removal of the bony ear canal wall, apart from a small displaced bridge. A large atticoantrotomy is…
Transmeatal Anterior Atticotym panotomy and Transcortical Mas toidectomy (Farrior)
Fig. 552 Transcanal anterior atticotympanotomy and cortical mastoidectomy (Farrior). A Farrior modification with the retroauricular approach is performed with removai of the ear canal skin, except between the 12-o’clock and…
Simple (Cortical) Mastoidectomy
Fig. 240 Antrotomy with drainage of the antrum as an open procedure: The lateral mastoid cells are removed. The antrum is opened with a curette, and the granulation tissue is…
Classification of Reconstruction Methods
Fig. 719 The classification of mastoidectomies and reconstructive methods proposed by Müsebeck. a Antrostomy with opening of the antrum, leaving most of the ear canal intact. b Mastoidectomy with a…
Obliteration with a Fat Graft
22 Obliteration with a Fat Graft Fat is rarely used as an obliteration material in middle ear surgery, whereas in translabyrinthine acoustic neuroma surgery, fat is the only material used…
Neck Abscesses and Deep Neck Infections
Nodal group Location Common areas draining to nodal group Submental Inferior to chin, superior to hyoid Lower lip, floor of mouth, apex of tongue Submandibular Inferior to mandible, superior to…
Infected Congenital Neck Lesions
Fig. 15.1 Thyroglossal cysts typically present as midline neck masses at the level of the hyoid bone. (Reprinted from Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, Vol.15, Foley DS, Fallat ME, Thyroglossal duct…
Complications of Sinusitis
Fig. 8.1 Orbital cellulitis . Contrast CT (a) axial (b) coronal. Black arrow demonstrating fat stranding and edema involving the medial and inferior recti muscle on the right with no…
