Adult Cleft Palate Repair: It's Worth a Shot.

Repair of cleft palate in the adult population is controversial. We present a case of a 66-year-old woman who underwent secondary cleft palate repair. The patient was born with a cleft palate and at age 15 years underwent palate repair that subsequently broke down.

Objective assessment of temporal bone drilling skills.

Objectives: There is great interest in training surgeons in the technical aspects of their craft through simulation and laboratory-based exercises. However, there are as yet only a few objective tools to assess technical performance in a laboratory setting. This study assesses three potential objective assessment tools for a traditional otolaryngology laboratory exercise, temporal bone drilling.

Transmastoid partial labyrinthectomy for brainstem vascular lesions: clinical outcomes and assessment of postoperative cochleovestibular function.

Objectives: To discuss the transmastoid partial labyrinthectomy approach for brainstem vascular lesions, with respect to hearing and balance preservation.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Setting: Tertiary referral center (University Health Network, Toronto).