Causes of vertigo after otosclerosis surgery were studied postoperatively and in long-term follow-up examinations. Pressure and mobility changes in the posterior labyrinth fluids, enzymatic process, and decrease in blood supply at the time of operation appear to be the major causes. Methods of detection, avoiding, and managing vertigo are presented.
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Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol
January 2025
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Army College of Medical Sciences, Brar Square, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi, India.
Stapedotomy is the standard of care in the surgical management of clinical otosclerosis. It is a precise and technically demanding craft requiring impeccable surgical skills. Both conventional and laser-assisted procedures aim to achieve closure of the air-bone gap (ABG) with minimum collateral damage.
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Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, IND.
Background The surgical management of chronic otitis media (COM) with squamous disease is canal wall down mastoidectomy (CWDM). Canal wall down procedures require the obliteration of the newly formed cavity to mitigate complications. Soft tissue flaps, including Rambo flap, Hong Kong flap, Palva flap, and inferior-based fascio-periosteal flap, as well as autologous bone pâté, have been the most successful and commonly used materials for obliteration over the past two decades.
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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Objective: To evaluate hearing preservation (HP) outcomes for patients with small sporadic vestibular schwannomas (VS) who elect to undergo microsurgical resection.
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Department of Neurosurgery, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
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