Extensor Tendon Entrapment on Computed Tomography Imaging of Distal Radius Fractures.

 To examine the association between distal radius fractures and tendon entrapment identified on computed tomography (CT) imaging.  After Institutional Review Board approval, we retrospectively reviewed distal radius fractures that underwent CT imaging from an electronic database between January 2006 to February 2018 at a single level 1 hospital trauma center. We categorized all distal radial fractures according to the AO-OTA (AO Foundation/Orthopaedic Trauma Association) classification.

Limb salvage reconstruction: Radiologic features of common reconstructive techniques and their complications.

Limb salvage surgery refers to orthopaedic procedures designed to resect tumors and reconstruct limbs. Improvements in managing malignant bone lesions have led to a dramatic shift in limb salvage procedures. Orthopaedic surgeons now employ four main reconstructive procedures: endoprosthesis, autograft, bulk allograft, and allograft prosthetic composite.

Utility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of cholesteatoma and the influence of the learning curve.

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the usefulness and reliability of this technique in our center, correlating the radiological and surgical findings and to study the influence of the learning curve by comparing the initial results with a radiological analysis performed 3 years after.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: 67 patients with clinical cholesteatoma suspicion were included in the study, 24 with previously not operated cholesteatoma and 43 with suspicion of recurrent or residual cholesteatoma.

Cochlear implantation in the elderly: outcomes, long-term evolution, and predictive factors.

Objective: Our goal in this study is to find out the outcomes of cochlear implantation in elderly (> 60 years) and check if this improvement is similar to that of their younger counterparts in short- and long-term evolution. In addition, we have attempted to ascertain the predictive factors that might affect the verbal comprehension results of older patients.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Middle cranial fossa approach for the repair of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks to the middle ear.

Introduction: Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks to the middle ear due to tegmen tympani defects can result in hearing loss or hypoacusis and predispose to meningitis as well as other neurological complications. Surgical repair of the defect can be performed through a middle cranial fossa (MCF) approach or a transmastoid approach.

Material And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of the patients in our Department due to a spontaneous CSF leak to the middle ear treated using a MCF approach during a 6-year period (2009-2014).

Change in tinnitus after acoustic neuroma removal using a translabyrinthine approach. A Prospective study.

Introduction: Tinnitus is one of the primary symptoms of vestibular schwannoma (VS) and the effect of surgery is unpredictable.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a prospective study of the patients who underwent a translabyrinthine approach for the treatment of their VS (2009-2013) at our Hospital. Patients answered the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) questionnaire pre- and postoperatively.