10.1055/b-0039-169066 1 Introduction and History of Sleep Apnea Surgery Abstract Symptoms and surgical procedures for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are known from antiquity especially from Greece, where uvulas…
10.1055/b-0039-169067 2 Pathophysiology Abstract Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is diagnosed more frequently now than in the past. The characteristics of this potentially life-threatening disorder are (socially) disturbing snoring, excessive daytime…
10.1055/b-0039-169411 7 Canal Wall Down Tympanoplasty Indications Cholesteatoma in cases of Contracted mastoid Large epitympanic erosions Recurrence after the closed tympanoplasty Bilateral cholesteatoma Cleft palate and Down’s syndrome Only hearing…
10.1055/b-0039-169415 11 Obliteration of the Middle Ear (Subtotal Petrosectomy) in Cholesteatoma Surgery Indications Cholesteatoma in dead ear. Cholesteatoma with heavily infiltrated labyrinth. Unilateral advanced cholesteatoma with mental retardation. Canal wall…
10.1055/b-0039-169410 6 Canal Wall Up Tympanoplasty Indications Following are the indications for canal wall up tympanoplasty: Cholesteatoma in children and in patients with highly pneumatized mastoids. Minor epitympanic erosion. Mesotympanic…
10.1055/b-0039-169412 8 Congenital Cholesteatoma of the Middle Ear Congenital cholesteatoma is defined as an epidermoid cyst that develops behind an intact tympanic membrane in a patient with no history of…
10.1055/b-0039-169406 2 Diagnosis of Cholesteatoma Cholesteatoma is an epidermal inclusion cyst localized in the middle ear, whose capsule and matrix is formed from stratified squamous epithelium. The desquamating debris includes…
10.1055/b-0039-169414 10 Problems and Solutions in Middle Ear Cholesteatoma Surgery 10.1 Labyrinthine Fistula In our experience, labyrinthine fistulas complicate about 10% of cholesteatomas we operated on (▶Fig. 10.1). In all…
10.1055/b-0039-169416 12 Cochlear Implantation in Cholesteatoma Surgery Patients with profound hearing loss were once considered untreatable. The fitting of a cochlear implant is an innovative technique that totally changed therapeutic…
10.1055/b-0039-169413 9 Cholesteatoma of the External Auditory Canal Cholesteatoma of the external auditory canal is a rare entity, comprising 1 out of 1,000 cases of all otologic patients. A typical…
