[Two cases of rare atypical localization of the petrosquamosal venous sinusis in the patients presenting with chronic suppurative epitympanitis complicated by cholesteatoma].

The authors report their original observations of rare and difficultto diagnose atypical localization of the petrosquamosal venous sinusis in the patients presenting with chronic suppurative otitis media. Such localization of this sinus was shown to hamper surgical interventions for sanative treatment.

[Clinico-audiometric assessment of treatment outcomes in otosclerosis patients].

The review of 7-year experience in surgical treatment of otosclerosis provides the data on examination and intraoperative findings in 280 patients aged from 18 to 62 years with the disease history 2-30 years. Excellent and good postoperative functional results were achieved in 93.2% cases.

[How to raise efficacy of myringoplasty in extensive defects].

A comparative trial of miringoplasty efficacy with or without application of biosynthetic wound cover Biocom-1 was performed in 82 patients with sub- and total chronic defects or acute traumatic rupture of the tympanic membrane (58 and 24 patients, respectively). Better clinico-morphological and functional results were achieved in patients treated with application of Biocom-1 (p<0.05).