The American College of Surgeons (ACS) was established in 1913, at the initiative of Franklin Martin, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL, as a surgical society dedicated to promoting the highest standards of surgical care through education of, and advocacy, for its Fellows and their patients, and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.
Members of the American College of Surgeons are referred to as "Fellows." The letters FACS (Fellow, American College of Surgeons) after a surgeon's name mean that the surgeon's education and training, professional qualifications, surgical competence, and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation, and have been found to be consistent with the high standards established and demanded by the College.
The Convocation for the bestowment of the title shall take place at the Annual Congress of American College of Surgeons in October 2010.
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Friday, 2 July 2010
Otolaryngology Poll Quiz
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Thursday, 1 July 2010
The 12th annual Otology Course of the Causse Ear Clinic (Béziers, France), July 1-3
The 12th annual Otology Course of the Causse Ear Clinic (Béziers, France) will be held July 1-3, 2010. During this 3-day course a regional and international faculty will discuss the latest trends in middle ear surgery and cochlear implants.
The program includes 12 live surgery procedures, 14 conference topics and 2 panel discussions. These will cover various aspects of middle ear surgery: cholesteatoma (canal wall up and canal wall down technique), skin grafting for EAC stenosis and TM lateralisation, implantable hearing aids, otosclerosis primary and revision surgery, ossiculoplasty, cochlear implantation.
On Thursday July 1st and Friday July 2nd, the Broadcast will commence at 08h00 and finish at 18h00. On Saturday July 3rd it will commence at 09h00 and finish at 12h30.
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Antrolith in the maxillary sinus: an unusual complication of endoscopic sinus surgery
Satish Nair1 
| (1) | Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore, 560 007, India |
Published online: 4 June 2010
Abstract
Antrolith of the paranasal sinuses are rare entity which are usually asymptomatic, caused by calcification of a nidus and are detected incidentally on radiological examinations. We report a case which presented to us with features of pansinusitis six months after endoscopic sinus surgery. Radiological examination revealed a discrete bony density in the maxillary sinus blocking the ostiomeatal complex. The bony mass was removed endoscopically from the maxillary sinus with drainage of discharge and debris from the sinuses. Histopathological examination revealed an antrolith with bony nidus and calcium deposited around it. We present the imaging and review the present world literature on this rare complication of endoscopic sinus surgery.
International Otology & Skull Base Surgery Workshop,August 28-29,2010,Visakhapatnam
Dr. S. Surya Prakasa Rao 'Organizing Secretory
# 50-27-15/1, Seethammadhara. NE,Visakhapatnam - 530 013.
e-mail : drssprao@gmail.com
Mobile : 98491 13551
Malleus handle: determinant of success in ossiculoplasty
Malleus handle: determinant of success in ossiculoplasty
Received 19 November 2008 published online 18 May 2009.
Abstract
Objective
The purpose of this study is to identify prognostic factors affecting outcome in ossicular chain reconstruction (OCR).
Study design and setting
This study is a retrospective case series of electronic database at an academic institution.
Materials and methods
We reviewed 209 cases of chronic supportive otitis media performed from January 2000 through December 2007 and collected demographic, clinical, audiologic, and outcome information. Univariate analyses of group differences in terms of postoperative air-bone gap (ABG) changes were evaluated by analysis of variance. Multiple regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between postoperative ABG and the independent variables.
Results
There were 105 cases of OCR the met the inclusion criteria (44 primary and 61 revision tympanoplasties), with an average follow-up of 19 months. The diagnoses were chronic suppurative otitis media without cholesteatoma in 36 cases and cholesteatoma in 69 cases. The mean preoperative ABG was 34 ± 15 dB, and the mean postoperative ABG was 20 ± 14 dB (P <>
Conclusions
Favorable prognostic factors in OCR include smaller preoperative ABG and the presence of an intact malleus handle.
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