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Microvascular Decompression: Salient Surgical Principles and Technical Nuances
Published on: July 5, 2011
[Intracranial complications of otitis]
J R Gras Albert1, M L Papí Zamora, M Ubeda Muñoz
1Servicio ORL, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante.
Abstract:
Since the advent of antibiotics, endocranial complications due to infectious ear disease are actually unfrequent. They occur predominantly in young adults with a long term chronic otitis media and cholesteatoma. The mortality for endocraneal complications still remains significant. We report six cases of endocraneal complications due to infectious ear disease, that have been seen in our service over the last eight years; remarking that half of the studied patients had an acute ear disease. A review of the literature helps to understand the actual standard of diagnosis and treatment.
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