... Abstract More than 20 years have passed since cochlear implantation (CI) was first introduced in Japan. We began CI at the Sapporo Medical University Hospital in 1988; since then, up to the first half of 2015, we have performed CI on 280 ears. In patients aged less than and those aged over 18...

... Abstract Seventy-three children who underwent plastic surgery for their external ear malformations between December 2010 and May 2013 at the Sapporo Medical University Hospital were evaluated. The predominance of right-sided malformation (62%) in males (71%) was similar to that reported...

... at the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tübingen. Carina's middle ear transducer was positioned against the body of the incus; a transducer loading assistant was used during the surgery to ensure that the coupling to the ossicular chain was optimal without compromising normal...