Publications by authors named "Vittorio Ferrero"
Purpose: To investigate safety and efficacy of mastoid obliteration in canal-wall-down tympanoplasty performed for cholesteatoma using bioactive glass (BAG). The authors routinely adopt CWD tympanoplasty in case of massive cholesteatoma or revision surgery, performing obliteration with BAG to reduce the mastoid cavity and related disadvantages. We assessed anatomical results, infection control and cholesteatoma recurrence in obliterative mastoidectomy using BAG.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOrbitopathy is the main extra thyroidal manifestation of Graves' disease. It is a very challenging condition, which requires a cooperation between many specialists (endocrinologists, ophthalmologists, radiologists, radiotherapeutic, orbital surgeons) for an optimal clinical management. An accurate diagnostic assessment is required, in order to plan an adequate treatment of Graves' orbitopathy.
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- Studies from the 1970s and 1980s indicated that bacterial lysates could help prevent recurrent respiratory tract infections (RRTI), but modern clinical trials have improved procedures for evaluation.
- A recent double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessed Lantigen B®, a bacterial lysate, showing that patients using it experienced significantly fewer infections and reduced antibiotic usage compared to those on placebo.
- While there was no significant difference in allergic episodes between groups, patients on Lantigen B also used fewer bronchodilators and antihistamines, suggesting Lantigen B could be an effective first-line treatment to prevent infections in RRTI patients.
Tympanic reperforation in myringoplasty: evaluation of prognostic factors.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol
December 2006
Objectives: The most frequent failure in myringoplasty is reperforation. This complication appears at a rate of 7% to 27%. The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of the principal prognostic factors to the risk of reperforation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Stapes surgery restores partial or total hearing in almost 95% of cases, and in case of failure, revision surgery may often resolve the problem. Delayed vertigo is commonly related to perilymphatic fistula. The aim of this study is to report experience gained in revision stapes surgery in cases of delayed vertigo.
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