Comparison of Cranioplasty Techniques Following Translabyrinthine Surgery: Implications for Postoperative Pain and Opioid Usage.

Objective: To assess differences in postoperative pain, opioid usage, and surgical outcomes between cranioplasty using abdominal fat graft (AFG) versus hydroxyapatite cement (HAC) following translabyrinthine surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective case control.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Risk Factors for Complications Following Lateral Skull Base Surgery and the Utility of ICU Monitoring.

Objective: To examine the role of intensive care unit (ICU) management following lateral skull base surgery for vestibular schwannoma and identify risk factors for complications warranting admission to the ICU.

Study Design: Retrospective review.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Surgical Outcomes After Conservative Resection of Vestibular Schwannoma in the Elderly.

Objective: To assess outcomes after surgery for vestibular schwannoma in patients over 70 years of age.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Two tertiary otology and neurotology centers.

Is Menière's Disease a Contraindication to Stapedectomy?

Objective: Review surgical outcomes of stapedectomy for otosclerosis in patients with Menierè's disease.

Study Design: Retrospective case review.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Bone Cement Fixation of Stapedotomy Prostheses: Long-term Outcomes in Primary and Revision Stapes Surgery.

Objectives: To describe audiologic outcomes following hydroxyapatite bone cement fixation of stapedotomy prostheses.

Methods: A retrospective case review at a tertiary neurotology referral center was performed of patients undergoing primary or revision stapedotomy between 2010 and 2017. Patients with hydroxyapatite bone cement fixation of stapes prostheses were assessed.

Stapes surgery with a persistent stapedial artery.

Purpose: To review surgical outcomes of stapes surgery for otosclerosis with persistence of the stapedial artery.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective case review of a tertiary neurotology referral center of patient with otosclerosis undergoing primary stapes surgery between 2010 and 2017 found to have a persistent stapedial artery. Stapedectomy was performed with or without cauterization of the stapedial artery.

Comparison of associated comorbid conditions in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with or without migraine history: A large single institution study.

Purpose: In the largest reported United States (U.S.) cohort of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), does the presence or absence of migraine correlate with increased associations of other factors?

Materials & Methods: A retrospective chart review from a single U.

Natural History of Facial Weakness Following Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle: A Tertiary Care Cohort.

Objective: Facial function is a key outcome in surgery of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA). This study describes the natural history of facial weakness after CPA surgery.

Study Design And Setting: Retrospective study of two tertiary centers.

Hydroxyapatite cement cranioplasty for translabyrinthine surgery: A single institution experience.

Objective: To assess complication rates in hydroxyapatite cement (HAC) cranioplasty for translabyrinthine acoustic surgery compared with historical controls.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of patients undergoing de novo translabyrinthine surgery with HAC cranioplasty without concurrent adipose tissue graft or additional material between 2010 and 2017 at a tertiary otology center.

Results: Fifty-two patients underwent HAC cranioplasty during the study period.

Reliability of clinical diagnosis of masses of the cerebellopontine angle: A retrospective multi-institutional study.

Objectives: To assess the accuracy of pre-operative diagnosis of masses of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) when compared to surgical pathology.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Participants: Patients who underwent surgery for CPA masses at two tertiary care institutions from 2007 to 2017.

Over-under versus medial tympanoplasty: Comparison of benefit, success, and hearing results.

Objectives/hypothesis: A hybrid variation of a tympanoplasty technique, termed over-under tympanoplasty (OUT), was evaluated to demonstrate the long-term outcomes and complications compared to medial tympanoplasty.

Study Design: Retrospective review.

Methods: Patients who underwent a tympanoplasty between 2010 and 2015 were included.

Traumatic versus Idiopathic Benign Positional Vertigo: Analysis of Disease, Treatment, and Outcome Characteristics.

Objective: To compare characteristics between traumatic and idiopathic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) focusing on outcomes.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: High-volume tertiary otology center.

Causes of Persistent Positional Vertigo Following Posterior Semicircular Canal Occlusion for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

Objective: To report causes of persistent recalcitrant positional vertigo (PRPV) after posterior semicircular canal occlusion (PSCO) for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Single high-volume otology practice.

Recent update on basic mechanisms of spinal cord injury.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life-shattering neurological condition that affects between 250,000 and 500,000 individuals each year with an estimated two to three million people worldwide living with an SCI-related disability. The incidence in the USA and Canada is more than that in other countries with motor vehicle accidents being the most common cause, while violence being most common in the developing nations. Its incidence is two- to fivefold higher in males, with a peak in younger adults.

Treatment of Patients With Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and Severe Immobility Using the Particle Repositioning Chair: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: To report treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) in patients unable to undergo traditional canalith repositioning maneuvers (CRMs) using a particle repositioning chair (PRC).

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted at a single high-volume otology practice of patients diagnosed with BPPV from 2007 to 2017 with immobility prohibiting use of traditional CRMs. Patients were diagnosed and treated using a PRC, and outcome measures including resolution, recurrence, and number of treatment visits were recorded.

Recurrence in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Large, Single-Institution Study.

Objective: To report rates of recurrence in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and associated patient and disease factors.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Single high-volume otology practice.

Analysis of non-posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in patients treated using the particle repositioning chair: A large, single-institution series.

Purpose: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) involving the horizontal and superior semicircular canals is difficult to study due to variability in diagnosis. We aim to compare disease, treatment, and outcome characteristics between patients with BPPV of non-posterior semicircular canals (NP-BPPV) and BPPV involving the posterior canal only (P-BPPV) using the particle repositioning chair as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool.

Methods: Retrospective review of patients diagnosed with and treated for BPPV at a high volume otology institution using the particle repositioning chair.

Fully Endoscopic Retrosigmoid Vestibular Nerve Section for Refractory Meniere Disease.

Objective: This study aims to report our results and technical details of fully endoscopic retrosigmoid vestibular nerve section.

Design: A prospective observational study was conducted.

Setting: A single academic, tertiary institution involving neurosurgery and neurotology.

Endoscopic vascular decompression for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: clinical outcomes and technical note.

Objective: This study sought to describe the operative technique and clinical outcomes in a series of 57 patients with trigeminal neuralgia treated with endoscopic vascular decompression (EVD) alone without the use of microscopy at any point.

Methods: A prospective observational study was performed on 57 consecutive patients treated with EVD alone for trigeminal neuralgia from October 2005 to October 2010. Patient outcomes were evaluated with respect to pain abatement, complication rate, length of hospital stay, and overall operative time.