Journal Reviews

Neurological complications associated with managing degenerative cervical myelopathy

1 July 2018 | | Cervical myelopathy, Nonsurgical treatment, Surgery, Neurologic complications

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a common neuropathologic status due to degenerative changes to the cervical spine. There are multiple operative techniques available, including anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, anterior cervical corpectomy, laminoplasty, laminectomy and laminectomy with fusion. C5 palsy...

Does a labyrinthine fistula in cholesteatoma surgery lead to hearing loss?

1 March 2016 | | Cholesteatoma, labyrinthine fistula, post-operative hearing, surgical treatment

Thirty-five patients with labyrinthine fistula related to cholesteatoma were studied retrospectively. All patients underwent CT scans and preoperative hearing tests 1-2 weeks prior to surgery (averaged at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 kHz). All 35 patients underwent mastoid surgery,...