Two Consecutive Cases of Persistent Stapedial Artery Managed With a Carbon Dioxide Laser.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: (1) Discuss the presentation and management of persistent stapedial artery (PSA) discovered incidentally during cholesteatoma surgery. (2) Review use of carbon dioxide (CO

PATIENTS: Two consecutive patients with PSA and primary acquired cholesteatoma.

INTERVENTION(S): Tympanomastoidectomy using a canal wall reconstruction technique.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Surgical healing, collateral damage to surrounding anatomy, and postoperative hearing.

RESULTS: Persistent stapedial artery was detected incidentally in 2 patients, manifesting with heavy pulsatile bleeding arising during dissection of mesotympanic cholesteatoma. Preoperative computed tomography scans demonstrated absent foramen spinosum but no other aberrant vascular anatomy. Using CO

CONCLUSIONS: A CO

Medical Subject Headings

Adolescent; Adult; Arteries; Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear; Female; Hearing Loss, Conductive; Humans; Laser Therapy; Lasers, Gas; Male; Microsurgery; Retrospective Studies; Stapedius; Stapes Surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology

ISSN

1943-572X

Volume

127

Issue

1

First Page

59

Last Page

63

PubMed ID

29160090

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1177/0003489417742921

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