Publications by authors named "Venkatesha Belur Keshavamurthy"
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- This study looked at facial nerve schwannomas (FNSs) and hemangiomas (FNHs) to understand their characteristics, clinical features, and management options, specifically the effectiveness of cable nerve grafting after nerve sectioning during tumor removal.
- The retrospective analysis involved 84 FNS and 42 FNH cases treated at a specialized center from 1989 to 2020, focusing on the locations of the tumors and the postoperative results over time.
- Findings revealed that FNSs usually affected more nerve segments than FNHs, with around 78.6% of patients successfully restored through cable grafting; patient outcomes improved significantly, especially in those with lower preoperative House-Brackmann grades.
Postauricular cutaneous mastoid fistula secondary to chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is an unusual complication. Bilateral manifestation along with primary acquired cholesteatoma and atelectasis of the pars tensa as an end-stage complication in the natural course of atticoantral CSOM is rare. This kind of complication has a very morbid effect on the ear, and it poses a therapeutic challenge in terms of eradicating disease and restoring function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study aimed to compare the clinicopathologic behavior of complications in primary and secondary acquired cholesteatoma and figure out the differences between them.
Design: This was a prospective cross-sectional study.
Methods: This was a study conducted in a tertiary referral medical college hospital comprising of 62 ears, of which 32 were in the primary acquired cholesteatoma group (PACG) and 30 were in the secondary acquired cholesteatoma group (SACG).