Surgery and Pathology of the Middle Ear: Proceedings of the International Conference on ‘The Postoperative Evaluation in Middle Ear Surgery’ held in Antwerp on June 14–16,1984

Front Matter....Pages i-13
International Nomenclature of Diseases (IND)....Pages 15-19
Postoperative evaluation of middle ear surgery....Pages 20-24
Surgical anatomy of the middle ear....Pages 25-25
Moderator’s comments....Pages 27-30
Surgical approaches in otology....Pages 31-36
Stapedectomy — Technique and results....Pages 37-40
Otitis media — Open techniques....Pages 40-44
Otitis media — Closed techniques....Pages 44-45
Chronic otitis media — Obliterative techniques....Pages 45-51
Musculotubal canal approach for stenotic Eustachian tube....Pages 52-56
Eradication of pathology....Pages 57-57
Management of the mastoid — The UDT-system; a new classification in ear surgery....Pages 58-61
The epitympanum and ossicular chain....Pages 61-64
The protympanum....Pages 65-67
Management of the hypotympanum....Pages 68-72
Management of the retrotympanum....Pages 72-81
Management of the oval and round windows....Pages 81-86
Management of labyrinthine fistulae....Pages 86-92
Eradication of the pathology from nervous structures during middle ear surgery....Pages 93-98
Biocompatible implant material....Pages 99-103
Autogeneic and allogeneic grafting materials....Pages 103-108
Xenogeneic material for tympanic membrane reconstruction....Pages 108-113
Reconstruction of the ossicular chain....Pages 113-117
Restoration of the superior canal wall....Pages 117-120
Postoperative evaluation of restoration of the posterior-superior bony wall of the external auditory canal....Pages 120-125
Post-traumatic restoration of the middle ear....Pages 126-128
Homograft tympanoplasty in perspective....Pages 129-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Surgical procedures....Pages 133-133
The use of allograft stapes....Pages 134-139
Eradication of cholesteatoma....Pages 139-142
LASER in otology....Pages 143-143
Experience with freeze-dried dura mater and bone in tympanoplasties....Pages 143-144
Second look after closed and obliterative techniques....Pages 144-145
Reconstruction of the Eustachian tube and the anterior tympanum....Pages 145-149
Fibrinogen glue and packing techniques....Pages 150-153
Medical ethics in postoperative evaluation reports....Pages 155-155
The pathology of middle ear inflammation (otitis media)....Pages 155-160
Middle ear pathology....Pages 161-162
Infection of the middle ear related to postoperative surgery....Pages 163-164
Acquired and recurrent cholesteatoma....Pages 164-170
Atrophy of the tympanic membrane....Pages 170-175
Middle ear mucosa....Pages 176-177
The pathology of tympanosclerosis....Pages 177-181
Congenital middle ear pathology....Pages 182-182
Postoperative complications....Pages 183-185
Postoperative infections secondary to ear surgery — Antimicrobial therapy....Pages 186-193
Strategies of overcoming unsuccessful reconstruction of the middle ear air space — Nasal mucosa transplantation....Pages 193-197
Vestibular complications following middle ear surgery....Pages 197-201
Complications of stapedectomy....Pages 201-205
Facial nerve injuries in middle ear surgery....Pages 205-207
Extrusion of implanted materials....Pages 208-208
Chairman’s comments....Pages 209-213
Patho-anatomy....Pages 213-214
Tympanic allografts — Immunopathology....Pages 215-215
Inflammatory granulomatous lesions of the middle ear....Pages 215-218
Cholesterol crystal in the middle ear....Pages 218-222
Pathohistolgogy of otosclerosis....Pages 222-228
Evaluation of middle ear biopsies after tympanoplasties....Pages 228-230
The cholesteatomatous ear one year after intact canal wall tympanoplasty....Pages 230-233
Bone tissue in otitis media....Pages 233-237
Middle ear tumours, contribution to classification and diagnosis....Pages 238-244
The behaviour of the squamous tympanic epithelium....Pages 245-250
Postoperative long-term ventilation of the middle ear and mastoid cavities....Pages 250-257
Sensorineural hearing loss after middle ear surgery....Pages 257-260
Rôle of Eustachian tube function on the tympanoplasty results....Pages 261-261
The Eustachian tube....Pages 261-261
Cholesteatoma and benign paroxysmal nystagmus....Pages 261-266
Evaluation of the fistula of the ear....Pages 266-267
ISO standards in audiology....Pages 268-268
Postoperative functional evaluation....Pages 269-269
Standards in audiological and in statistical reports....Pages 270-271
Standards in tympanometry....Pages 271-272
Computerized data processing in middle ear surgery....Pages 273-279
Randomized clinical trials in ear surgery....Pages 279-283
Computerized multicentre clinical study to evaluate postoperative results in middle ear surgery....Pages 284-290
Data processing in otosclerosis....Pages 290-298
Computerized audiological monitoring in normal and pathological subjects....Pages 298-298
Computerized postoperative evaluation of otological surgery....Pages 299-299
A “Politzer Society” survey....Pages 300-300
Patho-anatomical findings — A routine procedure....Pages 301-308
Labyrinthine fistula and pre- and postoperative bone conduction....Pages 308-309
Photography of the ear....Pages 310-310
Anatomy of the retrotympanum....Pages 310-316
Posterior tympanotomy....Pages 316-317
Clinical, peroperative and histopathological data base....Pages 317-328
Pre- and postoperative radiological evaluation in middle ear surgery....Pages 328-328
Pre- and postoperative evaluation of tubal dysfunction by means of endoscopy....Pages 329-332
Endoscopy of the Eustachian tube....Pages 332-332
Bacteriological examination of middle ear secretions....Pages 333-337
Venous hypotensive anaesthetic technique for middle ear surgery — “Protected sleep”....Pages 338-343
An experimental study of homografts of the tympanic membrane with malleus....Pages 344-347
Clinical significance of the tympanic isthmus related to the development of cholesteatoma....Pages 347-353
Experimental cholesteatoma....Pages 353-359
Experimental cholesteatoma....Pages 359-362
An experimental study of the effect of middle ear infection upon the pneumatization of the mastoid....Pages 363-365
Cholesteatomatous invasion of the middle ear: classical points of entrance and their pathways....Pages 365-370
Classification of allografts in middle ear surgery....Pages 371-373
Applying the language of “transplantese” to tympanoplasty....Pages 374-376
Ear surgery, CT in postoperative evaluation....Pages 376-381
Complications in surgery for otospongiosis....Pages 381-394
Carcinoid of the middle ear....Pages 394-398
Formaldehyde-formed fascia graft in tympanoplasty....Pages 398-401
Conductive hearing loss and autosomal dominant proximal symphalangism....Pages 402-402
Computer processing of data in middle ear surgery....Pages 402-406
Computer processing of data in stapedectomy....Pages 407-408
Digital subtraction angiography in the diagnosis of carotid body tumors....Pages 408-408
Data processing in otosclerosis at the Jean Causse Otology Clinic....Pages 409-414
The International Medical Classification Code of Diseases (ICD) in audiological practice....Pages 415-415
Back Matter....Pages 416-422