Cochlear implantation remains one of modern medicine’s greatest innovations, having restored hearing to hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world. Refinements of implant technology and associated surgical techniques have…
10.2 Endolymphatic Sac Surgery Fig. 10.1 In preparation for exposure of the endolymphatic sac, an intact canal wall mastoidectomy is performed. In contrast to many drawings which appear in otologic texts, the…
13.2 Lateral Temporal Bone Resection Fig. 13.1 Temporal bone resection for malignancy encompasses three related procedures of progressively increasing depth: sleeve resection of the external auditory canal (solid line), lateral temporal bone…
The petrous apex is the medial portion of the petrous ridge situated between the inner ear and the clivus. In its base lies foramen lacerum traversed by the internal carotid…
Pulsatile tinnitus may have many sources. Most commonly it occurs in conductive hearing loss, especially middle ear effusion, due to reduced external hearing and augmented vascular pulsations conducted through the…
