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Review
. 2020 Aug:135:110109.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110109. Epub 2020 May 14.

Total Endoscopic Ear Surgery in management of cochleocele: A case series

F Mok  1 , C G Leonard  2 , M A Adams  3 , K Trimble  3 , B C Papsin  1 , A L James  1 , B Isaacson  4
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Review

Total Endoscopic Ear Surgery in management of cochleocele: A case series

F Mok et al. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Cochleocele is an extrusion or herniation of the endosteum, through an incomplete stapes footplate, into the middle ear. The cochleocele may rupture resulting in a cerebrospinal fluid leak into the middle ear space causing a risk of menigitis. We report six cases of Incomplete Partition Type I with cochleocele which have all been successfully treated using a Totally Endoscopic Ear Surgery approach even during infancy. As the first two cases developed post-operative pseudomonas meningitis, preventative strategies are recommended.

Keywords: Endoscopic ear surgery; Incomplete partition; Inner ear malformations.

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