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What are the causes of sudden sensory hearing loss immediately after ear surgery ? What is the exact nature of hearing loss caused due to drill injury or avulsion of stapes? - 1. Is it always...
13 October 2018 3,052 1 View
Certain individual cases are very interesting and the experience of managing could be shared through images with brief detail.
19 September 2018 7,851 3 View
Do you prefer to use cartilage for reconstruction or bony plate ? Any available literature regarding this?
25 July 2018 1,177 4 View
Does it have any role or not ?
24 July 2018 3,691 10 View
When the distance travelled by methylene blue dye dot from the umbo to the annulus needs to be measured in micrometers with an zero degree endoscope, how can it be done ??
02 July 2017 2,775 0 View
65 year old hypertensive female. h/o lochs 10 yrs back, treatment completed. Right ear discharge few months back, asymptomatic and dry ear at present. kindly check the image below.
13 April 2017 2,535 2 View
We had a 10 yr old female with very extensive sinonasal polyp, eroding ant maxillary bone and presenting as an exophytic mass over the left cheek. It looked like malignancy but HPR showed its...
09 March 2017 3,278 8 View
we had a case of right parotid swelling, misdiagnosed as malignancy.Excision of lymph node revealed the diagnosis of Kimura's.
26 October 2016 8,283 3 View
I am working on an article regarding a case of anterior glottic web and a self made silicone keel ,so wanted data regarding the keels available in the market for comparison. also if you ll have...
28 September 2016 3,407 6 View
i am interested in publishing my dissertation in the field of otorhinolaryngology(regarding cartilage tympanoplasty).can someone please guide?
28 September 2016 6,207 18 View
case reports are not given much value in most of the journals but is there any place where rare cases can be published? preferrably having the following: 1. affordable charges for publication 2....
28 September 2016 5,988 7 View
The bony eac skin is different from the normal skin all over the body. It doesn't have hair secreting glands etc how is it histological different ? Does topical anaesthesia act on it ? (Lidocaine...
05 July 2016 5,201 2 View
Is 10 percent lox spray used for procedures like grommet insertion or intratympanic injection etc ? I have used it for anaesthesia while giving intra tympanic steroid injections and found it...
05 July 2016 3,195 9 View
We say that the perforation in mucosal COM becomes permanent when the edge of the perforation gets covered by the epithelial layer, which prevents the healing. Hence we freshen the margins...
24 June 2016 4,487 7 View
Many times in tympanoplasty we place the graft on the handle of malleus and under the annulus after denuding the malleus. But some amount of epithelium stays back at the umbo which is difficult to...
10 June 2016 828 13 View
Anterior pillar flushing is considered as one of the diagnostic signs of chronic tonsillitis. Why and how does it persist even after medical management in chronic tonsillitis?
10 June 2016 2,431 3 View
What is the protocol followed for inflation and deflation of the tracheostomy tube cuff specially during the first 12 hours ? Please give some reference if possible. Thank you.
08 March 2016 4,531 0 View
Does use of iodine solution for asepsis affect the postoperative thyroid functions. Is it better to avoid its use intra operatively?
12 February 2016 9,358 8 View
How long do you keep the mastoid dressing in case of post auricular incision.? Also in mastoidectomy cases when do u remove it? When do you start ear drops ? Do you ask your patients to perform...
02 February 2016 7,960 3 View
A persistent ventilation tube could lead to bioflim formation over it . Is there a time limit beyond which it would be advisable to remove it? .
02 February 2016 9,681 3 View
Its an useful test in perilympatic fistula cases. But can someone explain how it works exactly . Thanks.
30 January 2016 4,430 4 View
There are 2 ways of doing rinne test .which one is preferable and why?
30 January 2016 9,215 1 View
Normally epithelial migration is from the centre to the periphery . We denuded the handle of malleus during tympanoplasty . How does the epithelial growth occur over the underlay graft we place??
24 January 2016 8,921 6 View
Vascular clips can be used to clip the flap of the opened sac and the nasal mucosa flap in proper position. Fibrin glue or suturing is also done. These techniques reduce recurrence rates. What is...
18 January 2016 2,018 5 View
A 20 yr old male with active squamousal disease in his right ear was advised HRCT B/L temporal bones,which showed an incidental finding of a tiny metallic foreign body 3000 HU in middle of the...
16 January 2016 4,572 13 View
I had a case of 40 yr female posted for revision tympanoplasty . She was operated using temporal fascia graft which had medialized, during the revision surgery I found that her handle of malleus...
16 January 2016 4,882 3 View
Patient has pure tone audiogram showING bilateral hearing within normal limits. Her HRCT Temporal bone shows intact ossicular chain with minimal soft tissue in epitympanum. She currently has dry...
08 January 2016 3,971 32 View
Is it related to the different blood supply of the first tracheal ring and cricoid compared to the rest of the tracheal rings?
26 December 2015 4,259 3 View
At our place we use fat in a bath plug fashion with fascia late over it and then tissue glue on that. Also my doubt is regarding placement of the fascia lata should we place the muscle side of the...
22 December 2015 2,220 6 View
Depending on the type of collagen the one with the closest resemblance to the tympanic membrane should be ideal. Also the type of collagen varies from centre to periphery ie. Annulus in the...
13 December 2015 5,435 17 View
Sclerotic mastoid decreases the surface area for gaseous exchange, causing pressure changes which may be the cause of the ear pathology..or middle ear pathology/recurrent infections cause the...
05 November 2015 8,623 3 View
Is it due to changes in the anterior and posterior malleolar ligaments? . Foreshortened handle of malleus is seen in intact drum as well as perforated ear drum.
05 November 2015 1,045 6 View
