Besides eradication of chronic middle ear disease, the reconstruction of the sound
conduction apparatus is a major goal of modern ear microsurgery. The material of choice in …

Visual Computing for Medicine, Second Edition, offers cutting-edge visualization techniques
and their applications in medical diagnosis, education, and treatment. The book includes …

Contemporary surgical techniques for treating various pathologies affecting the middle ear
address not only eradication of the underlying disease process but also restoration of …

Study Design: Review of 137 patients who underwent ossiculoplasty using autologous or
homologous sculpted incus interposition. Interventions: Ossiculoplasty using autologous or …

Objective: To compare the reconstruction results of a long incus process defect using 3
different partial ossicular replacement prostheses (PORP). Study Design: Temporal bone …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficiency of ossiculoplasty procedures with the Kurz titanium
ossicular prosthesis and evaluate prognostic factors for the functional results. METHODS …

PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to investigate the prognostic impact of middle ear
risk index on the postoperative hearing results in cases with type 2 ossiculoplasty; to …

Abstract Objectives/Hypothesis: Many otologic disorders have been attributed to dysfunction
of the tensor tympani muscle, including tinnitus, otalgia, Meniere's disease and …

Middle ear disease often leads to ossicular erosion, impairing auditory function and
frequently requiring ossicular chain reconstruction (OCR) for hearing restoration. Columella …

Objective To report hearing results using a titanium ossicular replacement prosthesis during
canal wall down mastoidectomy with tympanoplasty to treat cholesteatoma. Design …