Comparison of Bone Cement Fixation for Stapes Prostheses with Different Materials in Endoscopic Primary Stapedectomy.

Otosclerosis is a complex skeletal condition that originates from both hereditary and environmental factors. Gradual conductive hearing loss is the main character. Aim to contrast and assess the postoperative results, such as hearing improvement, following the use of bone cement to fix the Titanium versus Teflon stapes piston.

Imaging Update of Congenital Hearing Loss: A Recent Insight Imaging Including 3D MRI Cisternography Prior to Cochlear Implant.

SNHL in children is an important issue. Cochlear implant is a highly technological device that is surgically inserted in the cochlea to solve this issue. To evaluate types of anomalies of the inner ear in children with sensorineural hearing loss in a tertiary care hospital and confirm that the routine MRI, MR cisternography and HRCT provides the surgeon with the imaging finding and criteria of patients candidates for CI.

Stability and Clinical Outcomes of Angle Fracture Fixation Using Sagittal Split Plate (SSOP) Versus Two Miniplates: Randomized Clinical Trial.

The aim of this study was to compare the stability and clinical outcomes between the two miniplates and sagittal split plate (SSOP) in angle fracture fixation. Thirty-eight patients with a mandibular angle fracture were selected and divided randomly into two groups. Intervention was treated with SSOP, and the control group was treated with conventional two miniplates.

The effect of bony cochlear nerve canal (BCNC) diameter on the degree of sensorineural hearing loss.

Purpose: This study investigated the correlation between the diameter of the bony cochlear nerve canal (BCNC), as determined by Temporal bone CT, and MRI findings of cochlear nerves (CN) in children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).

Materials And Methods: A prospective study design was followed. Radiological data (Temporal bone CT and MRI) of fifty children with sensorineural hearing loss (age <18 y) were included in the study.

Cartilage tympanoplasty in the treatment of adhesive otitis media with and without Eustachian tube balloon dilatation.

Purpose: To compare cartilage tympanoplasty (CT) combined with eustachian tube balloon dilatation (ETBD) and cartilage tympanoplasty alone as a surgical treatment modality for adhesive otitis media (AdOM) in terms of graft healing, audiological outcomes, and impact on life style, using Chronic Otitis Media Outcome Test 15 (COMOT-15).

Methods: 50 patients with AdOM were randomly classified into 2 groups: 25 patients for cartilage tympanoplasty only (CT group) and 25 patients for cartilage tympanoplasty combined with eustachian tube balloon dilatation (CT + ETBD group). Clinical outcomes in both groups were compared at 3 and 6 months of follow up.

Restenosis Predictors after Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting and Its Influence on Procedure Durability, Single-Center Experience.

Background: This article reports our experience regarding in-stent restenosis in the carotid arteries with special focus was given to angiographic morphology and clinical predictors of in-stent restenosis.

Methods: Between July 2008 and August 2011, 245 carotid angioplasty and stenting procedures were performed in 243 patients (172 men and 71 women). Stenting for de novo stenoses was performed in 214 (87.