Evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging to detect cholesteatoma in clinical healthcare.

Background: Non-Echo-Planar Diffusion Weighed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (non-EPI DW MRI) plays a role in the planning of cholesteatoma surgery.

Objectives: To outline the usage of Non-EPI DW MRI in cholesteatoma diagnostics and to determine its accuracy, using otosurgery diagnostics as reference standard.

Material And Methods: A retrospective descriptive study.

Long-Term Follow-Up in Active Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Implants.

Objective: To evaluate long-term outcomes of active transcutaneous bone conduction implants (atBCIs) regarding safety, hearing, and quality of life.

Study Design: A clinical study with retrospective medical record analysis combined with prospective audiometry and quality of life questionnaires.

Setting: Three secondary to tertiary care hospitals.

Outcomes after Application of Active Bone Conducting Implants.

Background: A bone conducting implant is a treatment option for individuals with conductive or mixed hearing loss (CHL, MHL) who do not tolerate regular hearing aids, and for individuals with single-sided deafness (SSD). An active bone conducting implant (ABCI) was introduced in 2012 with indication in CHL, MHL, and SSD, and it is still the only ABCI available. With complete implantation of the active transducer and consequent intact skin, a decrease in infections, skin overgrowth, and implant losses, all common disadvantages with earlier passive bone conducting implants, could be expected.