Examination of risk factors for postoperative vestibular symptoms in patients with cholesteatoma

CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE: In the exposed dura group, the length of the prominence of the lateral semicircular canal to the middle cranial fossa dura was significantly shorter than that of the non-exposed group (p < .01). Narrow working space and downward operation may increase vestibular risk.PMID:34923899 | DOI:10.1080/00016489.2021.2014071

Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - December 20, 2021 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Takaaki Kobayashi Shusuke Iwamoto Toshihito Sahara Yujiro Hoshi Anjin Mori Hajime Koyama Takeshi Fujita Mitsuo P Sato Yasuhiro Osaki Katsumi Doi Source Type: research