Archive for June, 2010


C02 LASER ASSISTED SMART PISTON STAPEDOTOMY.wmv

Stapedotomy and stapedectomy are operations done to improve hearing. You may have learned the 3 bones behind the ear drum as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup. Their real names are malleus, incus, and stapes. The stapes is supposed to move like a piston in a motor, but if bone grows between it and the surrounding [...]

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Tinnitus Laser Therapy – Treatments For Pulsating Tinnitus

Tinnitus Laser Therapy Pulsating, pulsatile, vascular or objective tinnitus only refers to one thing – the ringing sound on your ear. This may be caused by a large number of conditions causing the ears, veins or arteries. Tinnitus Laser Therapy These are chronic inflammation or infection, Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD), center ear fluids, vascular tumors, [...]

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The Bone Anchored Hearing Aid

The Bone Anchored Hearing Aid or BAHA is a type of hearing aid used in the management of bilateral conductive hearing loss. It is widely accepted as an alternative if an air-conduction hearing aid is contraindicated. It uses a surgically implanted titanium connection used to attach prosthetics to an implant to transmit sounds by directly [...]

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8 Incredible Health Innovations That Transform Lives [Health]

8 Incredible Health Innovations That Transform Lives [Health] # health Each day, the physical capabilities that technology gives us is incredible, and we’re not just talking about texting friends at lightening pace, or the ability to see our energy consumption in real time. We’re talking about the abilities given to us by new tech in [...]

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Otoplasty,Ear pinning surgery Live!, Dr N.Kapositas,Athens,Greece

Otoplasty live ! by Dr Nodas Kapositas,MD,PhD,Athens,Greece

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How serious can the symptoms of tinnitus get, and when should I start to worry?

I’ve suffered from tinnitus for more than ten years now, but in the last few years symptoms have really started to take a turn for the worse and now the condition has become quite painful physically. I experience constant earaches, headaches, soreness/tingling, and occasional vertigo (though no insomnia). Anyone know of any alternative remedies (e.g. [...]

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Peri Lymph Gusher during Stapes Surgery – Management.flv

Peri lymph gush during Stapedectomy is a rare complication of Stapes surgery. This rare complication is sometime never even seen by ENT surgeons. This video shows the situation of a patient with a peri lymp gush encountered during routine surgery. Surgeon Prof. Ravi Ramalingam demonstrates how to seal the leak without any problem.

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