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The following instrument is: _____
_____ retractor is used for endaural approach for ear surgery
The following instrument is: _____
_____ is used for removal of bony septa and granulations in mastoid surgery.
Hint: Instrument
The following instrument is: _____
Levenson criteria (for congenital cholesteatoma):A white mass behind the normal tympanic membraneNormal pars tensa and pars flaccidaNo prior history of _____No prior history of otological procedure
Persistent middle ear effusion beyond _____ weeks is managed using a myringotomy
_____ classification is used for retraction of Pars Flaccida
Stapedial reflex is _____ in Meniere's disease but absent in acoustic neuroma
_____ disease is a triad of recurrent vertigo, ear fullness / pain and unilateral hearing loss & tinnitus
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Otology Flashcard Deck - 105 Cards
Flashcard 1: The following instrument is: _____
Answer: Myringotome
Flashcard 2: _____ retractor is used for endaural approach for ear surgery
Answer: Lempert's endaural
Flashcard 3: The following instrument is: _____
Answer: Jansen's self retaining mastoid retractor
Flashcard 4: _____ is used for removal of bony septa and granulations in mastoid surgery.
Answer: Lempert’s curette (scoop)
Flashcard 5: The following instrument is: _____
Answer: Mollison's mastoid retractor
Flashcard 6: Levenson criteria (for congenital cholesteatoma):A white mass behind the normal tympanic membraneNormal pars tensa and pars flaccidaNo prior history of _____No prior history of otological procedure
Answer: otorrhoea
Flashcard 7: Persistent middle ear effusion beyond _____ weeks is managed using a myringotomy
Answer: 12
Flashcard 8: _____ classification is used for retraction of Pars Flaccida
Answer: Tos's
Flashcard 9: Stapedial reflex is _____ in Meniere's disease but absent in acoustic neuroma
Answer: present
Flashcard 10: _____ disease is a triad of recurrent vertigo, ear fullness / pain and unilateral hearing loss & tinnitus
Answer: Meniere
Flashcard 11: Weber's test is lateralized to the worse ear in _____ deafness and to the better ear in sensorineural deafness.
Answer: conductive
Flashcard 12: _____ and microcatheter devices are used to deliver gentamycin in chemical labirynthectomy
Answer: Microwick
Flashcard 13: In serous otitis media, a _____ incision is made in the anteroinferior or posteroinferior quadrant of tympanic membrane.
Answer: radial
Flashcard 14: Removal of disease from the middle ear and reconstruction of hearing with or without _____ is referred to as Tympanoplasty
Answer: Myringoplasty
Flashcard 15: Boundaries of cortical mastoidectomy, also called as triangle of _____ are:Dural/Tegmen plate superiorlySigmoid sinus plate posteriorlyPosterior bony external auditory canal wall anteriorly
Answer: attack
Flashcard 16: _____ classification is used to classify tympanoplasty.
Answer: Zollner and Wullsteins
Flashcard 17: _____ test is a tuning fork test done to confirm otosclerosis in the old days.
Answer: Gelles
Flashcard 18: _____lateral conductive type of hearing loss is seen in otosclerosis
Answer: Bi
Flashcard 19: _____ test : Assesses the changes in middle ear. (Test for life/respiration)
Answer: Wredins
Flashcard 20: _____ classification of anatomical defects in the ossicular chain is based on the presence or absence of handle of malleus and stapes suprastructure.
Answer: Austin's
Flashcard 21: _____ test combined with electrocochleography (ratio of SP: AP> 45%) is diagnostic of Menieres disease.
Answer: Glycerol
Flashcard 22: Surgical management of otosclerosis includes _____ and stapedotomy.
Answer: stapedectomy
Flashcard 23: _____ is the surgical landmark for endolymphatic sac.
Answer: Donaldsons line
Flashcard 24: The _____ appearance is seen when the glomus jugulare tumour arises from the floor of the middle ear.
Answer: rising sun
Flashcard 25: Curved membrane effect: tympanic membrane is more mobile at the _____ than at the centre (periphery/centre)
Answer: periphery
Flashcard 26: The primary aim of surgery for cholesteatoma is _____
Answer: clearing the disease
Flashcard 27: According to Austin's classification: for M+ and S-, _____ is done
Answer: TORP
Flashcard 28: _____ frequencies affected first in conditions such as early stages of Meniere's disease
Answer: Lower
Flashcard 29: _____ criteria are used for the diagnosis of congenital cholesteatoma.
Answer: Levenson
Flashcard 30: The most accepted theory for secondary cholesteatoma is _____ theory.
Answer: Habermann's
Flashcard 31: Is a CT temporal bone required for pre-op preperation for tympanoplasty?_____
Answer: No
Flashcard 32: According to Austin's classification: for M+ and S+, _____ is done
Answer: PORP
Flashcard 33: In intact canal wall surgeries, the middle ear is approached through the _____ recess.
Answer: suprapyramidal
Flashcard 34: _____ is the term given for closure of perforation of tympanic membrane done to check repeated infections from external ear.
Answer: Myringoplasty
Flashcard 35: Natural resonance of ossicular chain is _____ Hz.
Answer: 500-2000
Flashcard 36: Type _____ tympanoplasty is done when the footplate is fixed
Answer: V
Flashcard 37: _____ System is a new system used to deliver local anesthesia directly towards the ear drum and place an ear tube without any pain.
Answer: Tula
Flashcard 38: ET catheterization is used to check eustachean tube _____
Answer: patency
Flashcard 39: In Lemperts fenestration, operation window is created in _____ semicircular canal
Answer: Lateral
Flashcard 40: _____ retractor is used for endaural approach for ear surgery
Answer: Lempert's endaural
Flashcard 41: Type _____ tympanoplasty is done when malleus and incus are absent
Answer: III
Flashcard 42: _____ hearing in Patch test is seen in intact ossicular chain
Answer: Improved
Flashcard 43: Pneumatic otoscopy is used to check eustachean tube _____
Answer: patency
Flashcard 44: Brown sign (Pulsation sign) is seen in _____
Answer: glomus tumors
Flashcard 45: What is the most common primary neoplasm of the middle ear?_____
Answer: Glomus tympanicum
Flashcard 46: _____ type of otosclerosis involves the entire footplate and the annular ligament
Answer: Obliterative
Flashcard 47: Hearing loss is of _____ type and slowly progressive in glomus tumor
Answer: conductive
Flashcard 48: The definitive treatment for otosclerosis is _____.
Answer: surgery
Flashcard 49: During syringing, stream of water from the ear syringe is directed along the _____ wall of the meatus
Answer: posterosuperior
Flashcard 50: Normally, epithelium from surface of tympanic membrane migrates onto the _____ meatal wall.
Answer: posterior
Flashcard 51: _____ is used for removal of bony septa and granulations in mastoid surgery.
Answer: Lempert s curette (scoop) (Instrument)
Flashcard 52: _____ phenomenon is a feature of cochlear pathologies like an Meniere's disease.
Answer: Recruitment
Flashcard 53: What is the definitive treatment of a permanent TM perforation?_____
Answer: Surgery
Flashcard 54: Type _____ tympanoplasty is also called as columella or myringostepediopexy
Answer: III
Flashcard 55: Postaural (or _____) incision starts at the highest attachment of the pinna, follows the curve of retroauricular groove, lying 1 cm behind it, and ends at the mastoid tip.
Answer: Wildes
Flashcard 56: The most common ossicle to get eroded in TT type of CSOM is _____
Answer: incus.
Flashcard 57: Otoacoustic emissions are absent in _____cochlear lesions
Answer:
Flashcard 58: The critical level of atmospheric pressure after which barotraumatic otitis media occurs is _____mm Hg
Answer: 90
Flashcard 59: Name the following forceps: _____
Answer: Citelli's forceps
Flashcard 60: Parietal blow often leads to _____ fractures of the temporal bone
Answer: longitudinal
Flashcard 61: _____ Schwartze sign is a contraindication to stapedotomy
Answer: Positive (Negative/Positive)
Flashcard 62: The size of burr used is _____ proportional to the chance of facial nerve injury during mastoid exploration
Answer: inversely
Flashcard 63: What surgical approach is used for inserting a cochlear implant?_____
Answer: Facial recess (posterior tympanotomy) approach
Flashcard 64: Type _____ tympanoplasty is done when all the ossicles are intact
Answer: I
Flashcard 65: _____ is the ideal approach for installing a cochlear implant.
Answer: Posterior tympanotomy
Flashcard 66: Can BAHA be given to patients with discharging ear?_____
Answer: Yes
Flashcard 67: What type of mastoid is characterised by multiple air spaces?_____
Answer: Well-pneumatized
Flashcard 68: Natural resonance of tympanic membrane is _____ Hz.
Answer: 800 1600
Flashcard 69: Valsalva maneuver produces a _____ pressure within the nasopharynx (patency test)
Answer: positive (negative/positive)
Flashcard 70: _____ is the treatment of choice for atticoantral CSOM.
Answer: Modified radical mastoidectomy
Flashcard 71: The surgery done to widen the cartilaginous part of the external auditory canal is _____.
Answer: meatoplasty
Flashcard 72: Intratympanic _____ therapy is used for chemical labyrinthectomy
Answer: gentamicin
Flashcard 73: In Overlay technique the graft is placed _____ to annulus
Answer: lateral
Flashcard 74: The presence of _____ within the middle ear cleft/ temporal bone, leads to the development of congenital cholesteatoma
Answer: congenital epithelial cell rests
Flashcard 75: Laser used for stapedotomy is _____
Answer: CO2
Flashcard 76: According to Austin's classification: for M- and S+, _____ is done
Answer: PORP
Flashcard 77: _____ otosclerosis is the most common type of otosclerosis.
Answer: Stapedial
Flashcard 78: Early Meniere's disease affects _____ frequencies first
Answer: lower
Flashcard 79: Surgical treatment is done for TT type of CSOM once the ear is dry for _____ weeks without antibiotics.
Answer: 6
Flashcard 80: _____ is the treatment of choice for otosclerosis
Answer: Stapedotomy
Flashcard 81: The most common surgery done in Tubotympanic type of CSOM is _____
Answer: Tympanoplasty
Flashcard 82: _____ type of otosclerosis involves only the annular ligament/margin of the footplate
Answer: Circumferential
Flashcard 83: Is myringotomy recommended for a bulging pus filled tympanic membrane with a impending rupture?_____
Answer: Yes
Flashcard 84: Type _____ tympanoplasty is done when the round window is left exposed and receives sound and the oval window is covered (also called sono-inversion)
Answer: VI
Flashcard 85: Nasopharyngoscopy is used to check eustachean tube _____
Answer: patency
Flashcard 86: Valsalva manoeuvre is used to check eustachean tube _____
Answer: patency
Flashcard 87: Will stapedial reflex be present in late stages of otosclerosis?_____
Answer: No
Flashcard 88: Most common site for residual cholesteatoma after surgery is _____
Answer: infrapyramidal recess
Flashcard 89: Type _____ tympanoplasty is done when all ossicle are eroded
Answer: IV
Flashcard 90: Facial palsy is seen more often in _____ fractures of the temporal bone
Answer: transverse
Flashcard 91: Fistula test is used to check the functioning of the _____
Answer: labyrinth
Flashcard 92: According to Austin's classification: for M- and S-, _____ is done
Answer: TORP
Flashcard 93: The contraindication to myringotomy is an intratympanic _____
Answer: glomus tumor
Flashcard 94: Laser used for middle ear adhesion lysis is _____
Answer: Argon
Flashcard 95: Type _____ tympanoplasty is done when the malleus is eroded
Answer: II
Flashcard 96: What is the presenting symptom of otosclerosis?_____
Answer: Hearing loss
Flashcard 97: _____ test is a tuning fork test that compares bone conduction with air conduction.
Answer: Rinnes
Flashcard 98: Constant _____ irrigation during mastoid exploration prevents thermal injury to the facial nerve
Answer: saline
Flashcard 99: Canal wall procedures are done in _____ type of CSOM
Answer: atticoantral
Flashcard 100: _____ is seen in tubotympanic disease, where the ear discharge shields the round window from sound waves, and the hearing improves
Answer: Round window-shielding effect
Flashcard 101: _____ space is present in the epitympanum, between the tympanic membrane and the lateral malleal ligament
Answer: Prussack
Flashcard 102: Otosclerosis is a primary disease of the _____
Answer: otic capsule.
Flashcard 103: _____ hearing in Patch test is seen in ossicular fixity or discontinuity
Answer: Decreased
Flashcard 104: Myringoplasty are done in _____ type of CSOM
Answer: tubotympanic
Flashcard 105: The most common graft material used for tympanoplasty is the _____
Answer: temporalis fascia
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Tympanic Membrane Perforation
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Cholesteatoma
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Tympanoplasty Techniques
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Ossicular Chain Reconstruction
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Mastoidectomy
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Stapedectomy
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Implantable Hearing Devices
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Congenital Aural Atresia
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Otologic Trauma
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Glomus Tumors
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Facial Nerve Decompression
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Rehabilitative Audiology
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