POSTERSmanagement, revision surgery, postopeartive flying time, facial nerve overhanging issues,and training juniors.Results: Of the questionnaires we received (182/197), 77 surgeons perform 6-15 operations/year, most (107) under GA. 123 advise stapes surgery in unilateral disease. 119 always advise patients about trying a hearing aid. 130 perform second side stapes surgery and most wait for at least 6 months for second side surgery. Stapedotomy is preferred (123), stapedectomy (11). Cause prosthesis is the most common. 57 always, and 47 never use a veingraft. 67 use laser. 64 prefer daycase surgery. 37 would abandon surgery for a 50% or more overhanging facial nerve. 34 have encountered a "gusher." 112 would recommend revision surgery. Most would advise patients "flying" after 6 weeks. Conclusion:In UK, the majority prefer GA, an overnight stay, a hearing aid trial, carrying out surgery in unilateral disease, 2nd side surgery, stapedotomy, inserting the prosthesis after removal of the stapes, advise revision surgery in conductive loss, and are willing to train trainees with an otological interest. Method: This is a retrospective case review at a tertiary care referral center. Patients included underwent a middle fossa craniotomy for repair of spontaneous CSF otorrhea between January 2007 and December 2011. The main outcome measure is the presence or absence of a dehiscent semicircular canal observed during spontaneous CSF leak repair. Otology/NeurotologyResults: Thirty-three ears in 31 patients underwent surgical repair for spontaneous CSF otorrhea via a middle fossa craniotomy. The average age at the time of repair was 60.5 years and 80.6% of patients were women. The left ear was more commonly involved in 66.7% of cases. An encephalocele was observed in 69.7% of ears. A dehiscence of the superior canal was observed in 15.2% of ears (16.1% of individuals). All ears with a dehiscent superior canal were also observed to have an encephalocele. No significant difference in age, BMI, or gender was noted between those patients with or without a superior canal dehiscence. Conclusion:The incidence of superior semicircular canal dehiscence in ears with spontaneous otorrhea is 15.2%. This incidence is greater than that reported in a temporal bone study of ears not selected for CSF otorrhea. Results: Fifty-eight cases were men and 78 cases were women. Demographic data between the 2 groups-age, gender, the side of operated ear, types of anesthesia, emergency or elective setting, BMI, history of alcohol drinking or smoking, underlying diseases, operative time, and the length of stay in the hospital-showed no significant difference. A postoperative surgical site infection was developed in 5 patients: 3 in the group with hair removal (5%) and 2 in the group without hair removal (3%) (P = .674, Fisher's exact test). All infected cases had mastoidectomy surgery. Otology/Neurotology Conclusion:Surgical site infection rate between the groups with and without hair removal showed no difference. Hair removal in ear surgery via posta...
Surgical site infection rates between the 2 groups (with and without hair removal) demonstrated no difference. Hair removal prior to ear surgery via post-auricular incision had no effect on the rate of surgical site infection.
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