Canal Wall Down Timpanoplasty with Partial Mastoid Obliteration in Children and Adults Affected by Chronic Otitis Media with Cholesteatoma.

Background: The aim of the study is to evaluate the incidence of recurrence of acquired cholesteatoma and functional outcomes in patients who underwent CWD tympanoplasty with cavity obliteration using an inferior-based musculoperiosteal flap. A comparison between children and adults was conducted. Methods: All surgeries performed by the same expert surgeon from 2016 to 2019 were considered for the study.

Clinical characteristics and predictive factors of thrombotic complications in children with acute mastoiditis: a single center retrospective study.

Among acute mastoiditis (AM) complications, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is particularly severe, leading to increased intracranial pressure and potential neurological sequelae. Predicting the development of such complications is challenging. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors for the development of CVST in AM.

Facial Nerve Tumors in Children: Two Clinical Cases and a Review of the Literature.

We provide an extensive review of clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of primitive facial nerve tumors in children, and report 2 recent personal observations. We conducted a comprehensive literature search through PubMed, Medline, and ScienceDirect and collected information on patients' age, symptoms, tumor types and sites, diagnostic procedures, surgical approaches, and outcomes. Overall, we reviewed 26 pediatric cases from 20 papers.

Current outcomes of myringoplasty in a European referral children's hospital.

Objectives: Myringoplasty is a frequently performed procedure in children, with a heterogeneous failure rate. Our study aimed to evaluate the outcome of myringoplasty in a pediatric hospital and to identify which are risk factors for reperforation or poor hearing improvement after surgery.

Methods: Preoperative and intraoperative variables between pediatric patients who had undergone myringoplasty with an intact tympanic membrane at follow-up and the cases with reperforation were compared.

Comparison of Lower Cranial Nerve Function Between Tympanojugular Paraganglioma Class C1/C2 With and Without Intracranial Extension: A Four-Decade Experience.

Objective: To compare preoperative and postoperative lower cranial nerve (LCN) function between Class C1 and C2 tympanojugular paraganglioma (TJP) with/without intracranial intradural (Di)/extradural (De) extensions, according to the experience of a single surgeon over four decades.

Study Design: Retrospective review.

Setting: Quaternary referral center for otology and skull base surgery.

Simultaneous Cochlear Implantation After Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Resection: A Report of 41 Cases.

Objective: To study the auditory outcome of simultaneous translabyrinthine vestibular schwannoma (VS) resection and cochlear implantation (CI) after successful cochlear nerve preservation.

Study Design: A retrospective case series and patient questionnaire.

Setting: Quaternary referral center for skull base pathologies.

Middle Ear Neuroendocrine Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature in Pediatric Population.

A rare pediatric case report of middle ear neuroendocrine tumor and review of the pediatric cases reported in the literature. A 16-year-old female showed a lesion occupying the posterosuperior part of the medial third of the right external auditory canal confirmed by computed tomography scan, without clear evidence of bone erosion. The patient underwent canal wall tympanoplasty in 1 stage.