Day-case management of chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma with canal wall down technique surgery: long-term follow-up [PDF]
The overall number of day-case otologic surgery cases is increasing; however, there is limited experience about performing canal wall down tympanoplasty in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma in this setting.
GRASSO, MICHELE +4 more
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Does stapedotomy improve high frequency conductive hearing?
Objectives Stapedotomy is performed to address conductive hearing deficits. While hearing thresholds reliably improve at low frequencies (LF), conductive outcomes at high frequencies (HF) are less reliable and have not been well described.
Prithwijit Roychowdhury +7 more
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Changes in auditory perceptions and cortex resulting from hearing recovery after extended congenital unilateral hearing loss [PDF]
Monaural hearing induces auditory system reorganization. Imbalanced input also degrades time-intensity cues for sound localization and signal segregation for listening in noise.
Burton, Harold +4 more
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Prognostic factors influencing postoperative air-bone gap in stapes surgery [PDF]
Objective. Otosclerosis is an osteodystrophic disease of the otic capsule, determining conductive or mixed hearing loss, which can be successfully treated with stapedotomy.
Albera, Andrea +5 more
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NICU Infants & SNHL: Experience of a western Sicily tertiary care centre [PDF]
Introduction: The variability of symptoms and signs caused by central nervous system (CNS) lesions make multiple sclerosis difficult to recognize,Introduction: This study adds the evaluation of the independent etiologic factors that may play a role in ...
Abita P +6 more
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Transmembranous piston extrusion after stapedotomy: A rare complication
To report an adverse event after successful otosclerosis surgery: piston extrusion through the tympanic membrane, and its surgical solution. Four patients with a history of stapes surgery in context of otosclerosis presented with recurrent conductive ...
Hester B. E. Elzinga +1 more
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Experience in endoscopic stapedotomy technique and its audiological outcome: a case series
Background Stapedotomy is being performed endoscopically for otosclerosis in Sudan since 2011 with increasing number of patients. This prospective hospital-based study from Nov 2016 to Nov 2020 states the clinic-demographic features of otosclerosis; it ...
Nazik E. Abdullah +5 more
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Clinical features of otosclerosis that determine the success of stapedotomy
Objective: We aimed to investigate the factors influencing the performance of planned stapedotomies for patients with definite otosclerosis. Methods: We evaluated 152 patients with otosclerosis who were divided into the stapedotomy and non-stapedotomy ...
Takanori Nishiyama +6 more
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Clinically important change in tinnitus sensation after stapedotomy
Background When measuring the treatment effect in tinnitus with multi-item outcome instruments, it is crucial for both clinical and research purposes to take into consideration clinical importance of the outcome scores. The aim of the present study is to
Henryk Skarżyński +5 more
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Background Granulation tissue (GT) formation is a complication of otologic surgeries. We aimed to assess the rate of GT formation following these procedures and their outcome. Methods This cross-sectional study was performed from 2015 to 2019.
Mohsen Rajati +2 more
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