[Cholesteatoma of the external auditory meatus].

This article was designed to present a concise overview of the literature concerning cholesteatoma of the external auditory meatus and to report the original clinical observation of this condition with special reference to the necessity of its early diagnostics and surgical treatment with the use of the combination of simultaneous sanation and reconstruction.

[Conductive hearing loss caused by eustachian tube dysfunction according to the data of functional computed tomography].

The paper deals with computed tomography (CT) diagnosis of Eustachian tube dysfunction. A functional multislice spiral (MS) CT protocol has been first elaborated for the Eustachian tube. Twenty-three patients with unilateral conductive hearing loss and Eustachian tube dysfunction were examined.

[Multispiral computed tomography for the assessment of the extent of surgical intervention in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media].

The utility of the data obtained by multispiral computed tomography (MSCT) for the choice of surgical techniques is discussed with special reference to chronic suppurative otitis media. Specific features of bone tissue destruction are described in patients with cholesteatoma and without it. Results of MSCT were used to estimate the optimal extent of surgical intervention.

[Vestibular disorders in patients with otosclerosis: prevalence, diagnostic and therapeutic options].

A total of 177 patients with otosclerosis were selected for this study. Vestibular disorders were diagnosed in 40 (22.6%) of them.

[On validity of intralacunar exposure to surgical laser beam in chronic tonsillitis (experimental study)].

An experimental study was made on the removed tonsil to validate clinical efficiency of intralacunar impact of surgical laser beam. The experiment was based on computed tomography of the removed tonsil with intralacunar introduction of the contrast medium before and after intralacunar impact of surgical laser beam. The study demonstrates changes in the lacunar apparatus of the palatine tonsils in response to laser beam radiation.