Control of Disabling Vertigo in Ménière's Disease Following Cochlear Implantation without Labyrinthectomy.

Background: The placement of a cochlear implant (CI) can restore auditory function in the case of profound cochlear deafness, which may be due to Ménière's disease (MD) or be associated with symptoms related to endolymphatic hydrops. The usual treatment of disabling vertigo in MD is based on vestibular deafferentation by labyrinth ablation. The aim of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the efficacy of the CI in the control of disabling vestibular manifestations in the case of MD unresponsive to medical treatments.

Pignat's vertical partial laryngectomy with crico-hyoido-epiglotto-plasty.

Purpose: Pignat's partial laryngectomy with crico-hyoido-epiglotto-plasty (CHEPL) is a vertical laryngectomy with resection of the anterior portion of the thyroid cartilage and reconstruction with a wires net and the subhyoid muscles. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate and analyze oncologic and functional outcomes in patients affected by laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma and treated with Pignat's partial laryngectomy.

Methods: Seventy patients with cT1-cT3 glottic cancer were surgically treated with Pignat's technique.

"Gauze Technique" in the Treatment of the Fungus Ball of the Maxillary Sinus: A Technique as Simple as It Is Effective.

Fungus ball of maxillary sinus generally affects immunocompetent and nonatopic subjects. Although endoscopic removal is the current gold standard treatment, removal is at times difficult due to an accumulation of fungal elements in the anterior ad inferior recesses. .

Frontalis Sling Surgery With IBCN-Ritleng Probe: A New Technique With a 20-Gauge Catheter.

Introduction: Frontalis sling surgery is the reference procedure for severe ptosis due to poor Levator function. Autologous or synthetic materials are used for lifting the upper eyelid.

Objective: To describe a new technique of passage of a silicon wire through a 20-gauge intravenous catheter and to explore literature.

Skull vibration-induced nystagmus test in unilateral superior canal dehiscence and otosclerosis: a vestibular Weber test.

Conclusions: The skull vibration-induced nystagmus test (SVINT) acts as a vestibular Weber test and reveals a vibration-induced nystagmus (VIN), elicited mainly on the vertex location, with a horizontal or torsional component beating more often toward the side of the lesion in superior canal dehiscence (SCD) than in otosclerosis (OS). In SCD, the VIN vertical component is most often up-beating. These results suggest more a global vestibular contribution than the sole stimulation of the superior semicircular canal.

[Benefit of skull vibration-induced nystagmus test in occupational medicine].

Background: Nystagmus induced by vibrations (NIV), has been optimized by the present authors this last decade. The skull vibration-induced nystagmus test (SVINT) can be designated as a high-frequency global "vestibular Weber test" and can be considered as an office-based examination to detect vestibular asymmetry. The aim of this study is to define the tolerance of the SVINT as well as its comparison to the simplified caloric test of Veits (CTV) in normal workers during the pre-employment visit at the occupational medicine center.

Sclerosing polycystic adenosis of the parotid gland: diagnosis and management.

Objective: To describe diagnostic and therapeutic management of a rare parotid lesion: sclerosing polycystic adenosis.

Patient And Method: We report a case of persistent right intraparotid tumefaction.

Results: A 68-year-old man was referred with a right parotid nodule of 2 years' evolution.

[Endostenting using a Y-stent for hematoma after thoracic aorta surgery].

Objective: To describe the diagnostic and therapeutic management of extrinsic tracheobronchial compression after thoracic aorta surgery.

Patient And Methods: We report the case of a female patient with Marfan syndrome.

Results: A 27-year-old woman with Marfan syndrome presented respiratory distress after type III dissecting aneurysm of the descending aorta from extrinsic compression (hematoma) of the lower third of the trachea and the left bronchial stump.

[Bilateral hypopharyngocele].

Objective: Describe the management of bilateral hypopharyngocele in a trumpet player.

Material And Method: Case report of a professional trumpet player suffering from bilateral hypopharyngocele.

Results: A professional trumpet player was referred for an ORL consultation after he noticed that a bad sound was produced while he was playing associated with cervical pain.