[Retrofacial approach to remove a rare chondromyxoid fibroma of the infralabyrinthine space].

A very rare case of 46-yaer-old woman with chondromyxoid fibroma (CMF) of infralabyrinthine area of temporal bone was described in this article. The only manifestation of this disease was a severe temporary pain in the postauricular area with irradiation in the occipital bone and headache during the last 3 months. A detail description of the CT scan and MRI data was presented.

Spontaneous bone bed formation in pediatric cochlear implantation is associated with duration of implantation.

Objectives: This study investigated the long-term postoperative spontaneous formation of a bone bed in pediatric cochlear implant patients for whom no bone bed was drilled during the surgery.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study of skull thickness under and on the edges of the cochlear implant receiver/stimulator in children with computed tomography (CT scan) ≥6 months after implantation was performed. In total, 37 pediatric patients from a single tertiary center underwent cochlear implantation without bone bed drilling and with screw fixation of the receiver/stimulator.

[Anatomical and functional results of ossiculoplasty with adjustable length titanium prostheses with and without hydroxyapatite].

Objective: To compare the anatomical and functional results of the ossicular chain reconstruction with classic titanium adjustable prostheses and titanium adjustable prostheses with hydroxyapatite cap.

Material And Methods: The 300 patients (360 cases) with chronic suppurative otitis media were examined and operated. The patients are divided into 2 groups.

[The 'major' complications of cochlear implantation].

Aim: The objective of the present study was to improve the selected surgical stages of cochlear implantation (CIP) taking into consideration the results of the analysis of the outcomes of re-operations.

Material And Methods: A total of 53 patients (4 adults and 49 children) were referred to our clinic for re-operations deemed to be required for the management the major complications following CI during the period from 2014 to 2017. Primary cochlear implantation was performed in other clinics.

[The interdisciplinary approach to the rehabilitation of the patients presenting with congenital atresia of the external auditory canal and the concomitant microtia].

The objective of the present study was to develop and introduce into the clinical practice the method for the combined aesthetic and functional rehabilitation of the patients presenting with congenital atresia of the external auditory canal (CAEAC) and the concomitant microtia. A total of 8 patients at the age from 6 to 21 years with unilateral CAEAC and microtia were given the surgical treatment. During the intervention, atresia was resolved using the trans-mastoid approach, tympanoplasty of autofasciae and ossiculoplasty making use of the partial titanium prosthesis and the placement of cranial osteointegratable titanium implants.