Transcanal CO2 laser-enabled ablation and resection (CLEAR) for intratympanic membrane congenital cholesteatoma.

Objectives: Cholesteatoma in the tympanic membrane is frequently regarded as congenital but there has been no case series review or comparison study with typical pediatric congenital cholesteatoma (CC).

Methods: All pediatric CC cases from 2009 to 2014 were collected, and a total of 10 cases of intratymapnic membrane CC (ICC) out of 429 CC cases were reviewed. They were compared with 14 cases of iatrogenic intratympanic membrane keratin after pediatric CC surgery (IIKC).

Psychological screening for the children with habitual snoring.

Objectives: Adenotonsillar hypertrophy is the major determinants of habitual snoring in pediatric population. Behavioral hyperactivity and schooling problems have been repeatedly reported in these children, and it may underlie more extensive behavioral disturbances, particularly for the obese children. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the incidence and characteristics of emotional and behavioral problems using outpatient-based psychological screening tools in the children with habitual snoring.

Resolved effusion on myringotomy: a study of dry tap without general anesthesia.

Objectives: Finding a resolution of middle ear effusion using myringotomy, or dry tap (DT), is relatively common, but its clinical outcome is confounded by general anesthesia (GA). The confounding effect of GA and a time delay can be removed because laser myringotomy can be completed under topical anesthesia, which is a routine procedure for otitis media with effusion (OME) before GA in our clinic. DT without GA would clarify the clinical outcome, and the percentage of recurrence for OME after DT would be clinically relevant.