Intratemporal and intracranial complications of acute otitis media in a pediatric population.

Objective: To review all cases intratemporal and intracranial complications of acute otitis media (AOM) in infants and children from 1998 to 2013.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of 109 consecutive patients admitted for complications of AOM during a 15-year period at a tertiary-care children's hospital. The main outcomes are: (1) complications of AOM, (2) bacteriology, (3) management strategies.

Actinomycotic mastoiditis complicated by sigmoid sinus thrombosis and labyrinthine fistula.

Actinomyces is a rare pathogen that can be the cause of infections in the digestive and urinary tracts, skin, genitalia, and lungs, which generally have an indolent clinical course. However, in some cases these can be locally destructive and become generalized infections. Actinomyces has been previously implicated in infections of the middle ear, nasopharynx, and sinuses, occasionally causing complications such as chronic mastoiditis.

Aortopexy for innominate artery tracheal compression in children.

Objectives: (1) Evaluate the presentation, diagnostic workup, and outcomes of contemporary surgical intervention for airway obstruction from innominate artery tracheal compression in children. (2) Assess the significance of synchronous airway lesions in the treatment of innominate artery tracheal compression.

Study Design: Case series with chart review.

Impact of stoma maturation on pediatric tracheostomy-related complications.

Objectives: To assess the impact of stoma maturation on pediatric tracheostomy-related complications and to report the incidence of pediatric tracheostomy-related complications.

Design: Retrospective medical chart review and data analysis.

Setting: Tertiary care children's hospital.