Factors affecting fat myringoplasty in elderly patients with chronic otitis media: A case control study.

Background: We compared and analyzed the surgical results of fat myringoplasty between elderly and young adult patients with chronic otitis media. We also investigated whether underlying diseases and other factors impact the surgical outcome.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of 141 patients who underwent fat myringoplasty for chronic otitis media for five years.

The impact of the Cochlear™ Osia 2 System on patients with mixed or conductive hearing loss: A comparison with Cochlear™ Baha Attract System outcomes.

Objective: This prospective study assessed the efficacy of the Cochlear™ Osia 2 System compared to the previous Baha Attract System in patients with mixed or conductive hearing loss (MHL/CHL).

Methods: In this prospective case-control study, 10 patients (2 men and 8 women) with MHL/CHL were implanted with the Osia 2 System. Their audiological outcomes were compared with 13 patients (2 men and 11 women) who had previously been implanted with the transcutaneous Baha Attract system.

Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland.

Introduction: Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (CXPA) is a rare malignant tumor of the parotid gland. We analyzed the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of CXPA of the parotid gland in patients managed for 11 years at this hospital.

Methods: The study included 17 cases of CXPA of the parotid gland from January 2010 to December 2020.

Surgical results and factors affecting outcome in patients with fat-graft myringoplasty.

We evaluated the closure rate after fat-graft myringoplasty (FGM) of perforations differing in size and location. We explored whether patient's factors and the FGM surgical technique influenced surgical outcomes. We retrospectively studied patients with tympanic membrane perforations who underwent FGM from March 2015 to March 2019.

Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary (HNSCCUP), treated according to the method of our hospital. Six patients with histopathologically and radiologically confirmed HNSCCUP January 2010-December 2016 were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent radical neck dissection involving level I-V, bilateral tonsillectomy, and diagnostic esophagoscopy and postoperative radiotherapy (RT), with or without concurrent chemotherapy.

Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis of the Internal Auditory Canal Induced by a Labyrinthine Fistula Complicated With Cholesteatoma.

Hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) is defined by inflammation and thickening of the dura mater, and the etiologic factors are idiopathic or secondary to various conditions. To date, HP in the internal auditory canal (IAC) has rarely been reported. There have only been 3 reports of HP in the IAC.

Hearing Results Following Type 1 Tympanoplasty in Elderly Patients.

Background/aim: The outcomes of type 1 tympanoplasty in elderly patients remain controversial. Therefore, more studies are needed to clarify the prognosis of elderly patients after tympanoplasty. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of type 1 tympanoplasty in elderly patients.