Intra-operative identification of a temporal bone fracture line during cochlear implant surgery: a case report.

Background: Temporal bone fractures are divided into otic capsule sparing and otic capsule involving fractures. In the latter, hearing loss, facial nerve paralysis, cerebrospinal fluid leak and meningitis have been reported to occur. The impact of hearing loss can be devastating, especially when occurring in children, with significant risk to speech development and sound localization.

Segmentation of Vestibular Schwannomas on Postoperative Gadolinium-Enhanced T1-Weighted and Noncontrast T2-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Deep Learning.

Objective: Surveillance of postoperative vestibular schwannomas currently relies on manual segmentation and measurement of the tumor by content experts, which is both labor intensive and time consuming. We aimed to develop and validate deep learning models for automatic segmentation of postoperative vestibular schwannomas on gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (GdT1WI) and noncontrast high-resolution T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (HRT2WI).

Study Design: A supervised machine learning approach using a U-Net model was applied to segment magnetic resonance imaging images into pixels representing vestibular schwannoma and background pixels.

A Cohort Study of the Surgical Risks and Prediction of Complications in Surgical Tracheostomies.

Background: Current protocols favor percutaneous tracheostomies over open procedures. We analyzed the effects of this conversion from the open approach to the percutaneous procedure in terms of relevant clinical status, complications, and mortality in surgical open tracheostomies. Relevant laboratory and clinical parameters, potentially associated with complications, were also examined.

Major head and neck surgeries in the elderly population, a match-control study.

Background And Objectives: To investigate complication rates in elderly cancer patients undergoing major head and neck surgeries.

Methods: A retrospective, matched-control, analysis. For each elderly (≥70 years) patient, a younger, (<70 years) patients were matched based on sex, tumor location, disease stage, and operation time.

Medical and surgical characteristics of fusobacterium necrophorum mastoiditis in children.

Objectives: To evaluate and compare characteristics of Fusobacterium necrophorum mastoiditis (FnM) to characteristics of acute mastoiditis (AM) caused by other bacteria in tertiary children hospital Methods : Children with FnM (N=43) and non FnM (N=88). Assess medical, microbiologic and imaging characteristics, surgical findings and postoperative recovery.

Results: Children with FnM had a positive history of otitis media, ear discharge and sub-periosteal abscess (p=0.