Surgery and Pathology of the Middle Ear

Plenary Session.- International nomenclature of diseases.- — Postoperative evaluation of middle ear surgery.- Surgical anatomy of the middle ear.- Panel I — Middle Ear Surgery.- Moderator’s comments.- Surgical approaches in otology.- Stapedectomy — Technique and results.- Otitis media — Open techniques.- Otitis media — Closed techniques.- Chronic otitis media — Obliterative techniques.- Musculotubal canal approach for stenotic Eustachian tube.- Symposium I — Eradication of the Pathology.- Eradication of the pathology.- Management of the mastoid — The UDT-system; a new classification in ear surgery.- The epitympanum and ossicular chain.- The protympanum.- Management of the hypotympanum.- Management of the retrotympanum.- Management of the oval and round windows.- Management of labyrinthine fistulae.- Eradication of the pathology from nervous structures during middle ear surgery.- Symposium II — Reconstructive Surgery.- Biocompatible implant material.- Autogeneic and allogeneic grafting materials.- Xenogeneic material for tympanic membrane reconstruction.- Reconstruction of the ossicular chain.- Restoration of the superior canal wall.- Postoperative evaluation of restoration of the posterior-superior bony wall of the external auditory canal.- Post-traumatic restoration of the middle ear.- Homograft tympanoplasty in perspective.- Symposium III — Surgical Procedures.- Surgical procedures.- The use of allograft stapes.- Eradication of cholesteatoma.- LASER in otology.- Experience with freeze-dried dura mater and bone in tympanoplasties.- Second look after closed and obliterative techniques.- Reconstruction of the Eustachian tube and the anterior tympanum.- Fibrinogen glue and packing techniques.- Plenary Session.- Medical ethics in postoperativeevaluation reports.- The pathology of middle ear inflammation (otitis media).- Panel II — Middle Ear Pathology.- Middle ear pathology.- Infection of the middle ear related to postoperative surgery.- Acquired and recurrent cholesteatoma.- Atrophy of the tympanic membrane.- Middle ear mucosa.- The pathology of tympanosclerosis.- Congenital middle ear pathology.- Symposium IV — Postoperative Complications.- Postoperative complications.- Postoperative infections secondary to ear surgery — Antimicrobial therapy.- Strategies of overcoming unsuccessful reconstruction of the middle ear air space — Nasal mucosa transplantation.- Vestibular complications following middle ear surgery.- Complications of stapedectomy.- Facial nerve injuries in middle ear surgery.- Extrusion of implanted materials.- Symposium V — Patho-Anatomy.- Chairman’s comments.- Patho-anatomy.- Tympanic allografts — Immunopathology.- Inflammatory granulomatous lesions of the middle ear.- Cholesterol crystal in the middle ear.- Pathohistology of otosclerosis.- Evaluation of middle ear biopsies after tympanoplasties.- The cholesteatomatous ear one year after intact canal wall tympanoplasty.- Bone tissue in otitis media.- Middle ear tumours, contribution to classification and diagnosis.- Symposium VI — Pathophysiology.- The behaviour of the squamous tympanic epithelium.- Postoperative long-term ventilation of the middle ear and mastoid cavities.- Sensorineural hearing loss after middle ear surgery.- Rôle of Eustachian tube function on the tympanoplasty results.- The Eustachian tube.- Cholesteatoma and benign paroxysmal nystagmus.- Evaluation of the fistula of the ear.- Plenary Session.- ISO standards in audiology.- Panel III — Functional Evaluation.- Postoperative functional evaluation.-Standards in audiological and in statistical reports.- Standards in tympanometry.- Symposium VII — Computer Processing of Data.- Computerized data processing in middle ear surgery.- Randomized clinical trials in ear surgery.- Computerized multicentre clinical study to evaluate postoperative results in middle ear surgery.- Data processing in otosclerosis.- Computerized audiological monitoring in normal and pathological subjects.- Computerized postoperative evaluation of otological surgery.- A “Politzer Society” survey.- Scientific Exhibition.- Patho-anatomical findings — A routine procedure.- Labyrinthine fistula and pre- and postoperative bone conduction.- Photography of the ear.- Anatomy of the retrotympanum.- Posterior tympanotomy.- Clinical, peroperative and histopathological data base.- Pre- and postoperative radiological evaluation in middle ear surgery.- Pre- and postoperative evaluation of tubal dysfunction by means of endoscopy.- Endoscopy of the Eustachian tube.- Bacteriological examination of middle ear secretions.- Venous hypotensive anaesthetic technique for middle ear surgery — “Protected sleep”.- An experimental study of homografts of the tympanic membrane with malleus.- Clinical significance of the tympanic isthmus related to the development of cholesteatoma.- Experimental cholesteatoma. Part 1 — Closed method of tympanic orifice.- Experimental cholesteatoma. Part 2 — Consequence of intratympanic pressure to the pars flaccida.- An experimental study of the effect of middle ear infection upon the pneumatization of the mastoid.- Cholesteatomatous invasion of the middle ear: classical points of entrance and their pathways.- Classification of allografts in middle ear surgery.- Applying the language of “transplantese” to tympanoplasty.-Ear surgery, CT in postoperative evaluation.- Complications in surgery for otosclerosis.- Carcinoid apudoma of the middle ear.- Formaldehyde-formed fascia graft in tympanoplasty.- Conductive hearing loss and autosomal dominant proximal symphalangism.- Computer processing of data in middle ear surgery.- Computer processing of data in stapedectomy.- Digital substraction angiography in the diagnosis of carotid body tumors.- Data processing in otosclerosis at the Jean Causse Otology Clinic.- The international medical classification code of Diseases (ICD) in audiological practice.