Clinical Study of Labyrinthine Fistula in Cholesteatomatous Chronic Otitis Media: A Tertiary Care Hospital-Based Retrospective Study in a South Indian Population.

Introduction: Among the extracranial complications of cholesteatoma, the most common is labyrinthine fistula (LF). The causes are still poorly understood for cholesteatoma-induced labyrinthine fistula. Some of the possible factors described in the literature are the patient's age, duration of the disease, growth pattern of cholesteatoma, and disease aggressiveness.

Translation and Validation of the Tamil Version of the Dysphagia Handicap Index in Tamil-Speaking Patients.

Introduction Dysphagia is one of the general symptoms encountered in clinical practice. The impact of dysphagia can be devastating to a patient's physical condition and quality of life (QOL). To evaluate the QOL of patients with dysphagia there are numerous self-reported questionnaires.