Inner ear partition / edited by B. Ars.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ars, B. (Bernard)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labyrinth (Ear)--Surgery.

Labyrinth (Ear).

Ménière's disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

The Hague : Kugler Publications, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

PrefaceUp to now, it was generally believed that the destruction of any part of the membranous labyrinth invariably led to complete hearing loss. This concept is no longer accurate!It became apparent that the inner ear was compartmentalized into a cochlea and a vestibule, separated from each other by two valves. Each compartment with its own morphology, physiology, particular biochemistry, and specific pathology. Today, surgery of either of these compartments can be performed without fear for the integrity of the other. This constitutes a revolution in surgery of the inner ear and leads to per

Contents:

PREFACE; ANOTHER VIEW OF THE INNER EAR PATHOLOGY; VASCULAR STRUCTURES OF THE INNER EAR; ENDOCOCHLEAR VERSUS ENDOLABYRINTHIC POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE LABYRINTHINEFLUIDS IN HUMANS; MÉNIÈRE'S DISEASE AND THE ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; TWO-PHASE ENDOLYMPHATIC HYDROPS: A NEW MODELFOR MÉNIÈRE'S DISEASE; DISSIMILARITIES IN AUDITORY AND VESTIBULARFUNCTION IN MÉNIÈRE'S DISEASE; PERILYMPHATIC FISTULAE - Inner ear partition; DOES THE OPENING OF THE MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTHIN OTOSCLEROSIS SURGERY SYSTEMATICALLY LEAD TOTOTAL DEAFNESS?; PARTIAL LABYRINTHECTOMY WITH HEARINGPRESERVATION IN AN ANIMAL MODEL

POSTERIOR SEMICIRCULAR CANAL OCCLUSION FORBENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGOSUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Index of authors

Notes:

Papers submitted to a conference on fundamental aspects, concerns, and daily practice and surgery of "inner ear partition" held January 25, 1997, at Fondation Universitaire, Brussels.

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

ISBN:

9789062998272

9062998275

OCLC:

805600181