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Middle ear anatomy and implant sizes: correlates and the need for uniform implant dimensions
IntroductionConductive hearing loss describes an insufficient sound transfer of the middle ear, often caused by defects or absence of the ossicles. Depending on the specific middle ear dimensions and the kind of defect, surgeons can choose from a variety
Thomas Lenarz +7 more
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Percutaneous Bone Implant Surgery: A MIPS Modified Technique
Since their introduction, passive percutaneous hearing aids have undergone substantial evolution, including changes in implant production, improvements in the sound processor, and simplification of surgical implantation techniques. The latest innovation comes from the minimally invasive technique proposed for the PONTO system (MIPS), which does not ...
Sofia Pizzolante +3 more
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Traumatic incudomalleolar dislocation in a pediatric patient
Ossicular chain dislocation with associated conductive hearing loss often warrants surgical intervention such as ossiculoplasty. We present a case report of a 9-year-old male with a left longitudinal temporal bone fracture with associated asymmetric ...
Pavan S. Krishnan +2 more
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Pre-Operative Predictors of Ossicular Status in Chronic Supportive Otitis Media [PDF]
Introduction: Chronic suppurative otitis media is associated with ossicular necrosis. Both safe and unsafe CSOM have incidence of ossicular necrosis.
Agarwal, Vinish Kumar +4 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Tympanic membrane perforation can cause hearing impairment with detrimental effects on communication and quality of life, and is a problem affecting an estimated 250 million people. To date, there is little analysis to inform public policy on options for assistive hearing technology rehabilitation in this group.
Thomas Hampton +3 more
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ENDOSCOPIC TYPMPANOMASTOID EXPLORATION [FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC EAR SURGERY-FEES] [PDF]
Tympano mastoidectomy is usually performed using operating microscope. This study reports a case series of tympanomastoidectomy which was performed using an endoscope.Endoscopic Tympanomastoidectomy for atticoantral type of CSOM is an excellent technique
Kumar, Sanjay +2 more
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Bone Cement Ossiculoplasty: Our Long-Term Results
Objective:Assessment of our long-term hearing results in a patient, in whom ossicle chain reconstruction was established by using bone cement and conductive hearing loss was detected, was aimed.Methods:Files and surgery notes of twenty three patients ...
Esra Sözen +5 more
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Introduction The diagnosis of chronic otitis media (COM) implies a permanent abnormality of the pars tensa or flaccida. The definitive treatment of it is surgery. Restoration of hearing is by necessity a secondary consideration.
Amritendu Kamal Maity +2 more
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This article systematically reviews the embryonic development process and gene regulatory mechanisms of the middle ear, with a particular focus on the role of the Tbx1 gene, which is closely associated with middle ear development, in middle ear malformations, especially those involving the ossicular chain.
Xiaochen Gao +7 more
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Acute unilateral hearing loss as an unusual presentation of cholesteatoma [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cholesteatomas are epithelial cysts that contain desquamated keratin. Patients commonly present with progressive hearing loss and a chronically discharging ear.
A Schroeder +6 more
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