Otosclerosis and stapedotomy: hearing improvement, complications, and analysis of potential prognostic factors in a series of 93 cases.

Background: Stapedotomy is a common treatment for conductive hearing loss in otosclerosis patients.

Aims/objectives: Results of stapedotomy were assessed in terms of hearing improvement and risk of complications. Potential prognostic factors affecting outcomes were identified.

Superficial Parotidectomy: Impact of Postoperative Drainage.

Background: Use of suction drain after superficial parotidectomy (SP) is based on national consensus considered best practice, but there is no evidence on the effect of the treatment. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of drainage after SP by evaluating the rate of complications after SP in relation to the (ie, duration) of drainage and tumor size.

Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed involving data from all consecutive patients undergoing SP at the Ear, Nose, and Throat department, Regional Hospital West Jutland, Denmark, between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2017.

No clinical advantages of coblation tonsillectomy compared with traditional tonsillectomy.

Introduction: Tonsillectomy may be performed by several methods. It is continuously being discussed which method is preferable with regard to postoperative haemorrhage, pain, activity and nutrition.

Material And Methods: The present study is a prospective non-randomized study of tonsillectomy.

[Herpes zoster oticus with cranial nerve affection].

Herpes zoster oticus (HZO) with cranial polyneuropathy is also known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS). After primary varicella infection, the varicella zoster virus (VZV) remains dormant in the nervous system and can reactivate later in life causing RHS. This case describes a 56-year-old man with HZO and palsy of N.

[When cochlear implants came to Denmark and the deaf began to hear].

For several hundreds years, deafness in humans and deaf-mute humans has been a challenge to doctors and other therapists. During the last 50 years, it has become possible to treat deaf people. The reasons for this success in treatment and the introduction of the treatment in Denmark are the topics of this text.