Facial nerve stimulation in adult cochlear implant recipients with far advanced otosclerosis.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to predict occurrence of facial nerve stimulation (FNS) in cochlear implanted patients for far-advanced otosclerosis (FAO) by correlating preoperative computed tomography (CT)-scan data to FNS and to evaluate FNS impact on hearing outcomes.

Methods: Retrospective analysis on 91 ears (76 patients) implanted for FAO. Electrodes were straight (50%) or perimodiolar (50%).

[Motor nerves of the face. Surgical and radiologic anatomy of facial paralysis and their surgical repair].

Motor innervation of the face depends on the facial nerve for the mobility of the face, on the mandibular nerve, third branch of the trigeminal nerve, which gives the motor innervation of the masticator muscles, and the hypoglossal nerve for the tongue. In case of facial paralysis, the most common palliative surgical techniques are the lengthening temporalis myoplasty (the temporal is innervated by the mandibular nerve) and the hypoglossal-facial anastomosis. The aim of this work is to describe the surgical anatomy of these three nerves and the radiologic anatomy of the facial nerve inside the temporal bone.

Internal auditory canal osteoma: Case report and review of the literature.

We report a case of internal auditory canal osteoma and discuss this entity's etiology, natural history, and treatment options. The internal auditory canal osteoma is a rare entity with only a few reports published in the medical literature. Its diagnosis is based on two complementary imaging modalities: thin-slice computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Temporal bone central giant-cell granuloma presenting as a serous otitis media.

Central giant cell granuloma is a benign intraosseous lesion that most commonly occurs in the facial bones. Its location in the temporal bone is extremely rare and only 20 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of an adult female patient presenting with a right serous otitis media and mastoiditis associated with a mixed hearing loss during 6 months.

Diagnosis and management of intracochlear schwannomas.

Objective: To describe and analyze a series of intracochlear schwannomas.

Methods: From 1987 to 2005, 19 patients with schwannomas involving the cochlea were included in this series. Clinical, audiovestibular, and imaging data concerning initial and follow-up visits were collected.