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Otology & Neurotology Section – General Logbook 1. DISEASES / DISORDERS OF THE EAR Auricle Congenital malformations Infections Inflammatory Benign & malignant tumours Traumatic injuries Ear Canal Congenital malformations Infections Inflammatory Benign & malignant tumours Exostoses Necrotizing otitis externa Keratosis obturans Traumatic injuries Eardrum & Middle Ear Congenital malformations Acute & chronic otitis media Benign & malignant tumours Traumatic injuries Barotrauma Eustachian tube dysfunction Conductive hearing loss in adults & children (congenital & acquired) Inner Ear & Lateral Skull Base Congenital malformations Sensorineural hearing loss in adults & children (congenital & acquired) Peripheral vestibular disorders Causes of tinnitus (including pulsatile tinnitus) & hyperacusis Benign & malignant tumours Infective disorders Traumatic injuries 2. HISTORY Specific Hearing loss Tinnitus (including pulsatile tinnitus) Vertigo / Imbalance / Dysequilibrium Hyperacusis Otalgia Otorrhoea Autophony Tullio phenomenon Facial paresis General Family history of hearing or balance disorders Past history of ear infections Past history of otological surgery Head trauma Noise exposure Ototoxic usage / exposure Migraine Perinatal history History of meningitis TORCH infection 3. CLINICAL EXAMINATION a) CLINICAL EXAMINATION Date when knowledge is achieved Signature of Trainer 1 Otoscopy 2 Microscopy 3 Oto-endoscopy b) HEARING FUNCTION 4 Tuning fork tests Clinical hearing tests 5 c) VESTIBULAR FUNCTION Nystagmus 6 Head Impulse test 7 (Halmagyi test) Fistula test 8 Dix Hallpike test 9 Heel toe test (tandem gait test) 10 Unterbergers test 11 d) NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION Cranial nerve examination 12 including facial nerve Cerebellar examination 13 Rombergs Test 14 e) OTHER Auscultation (for bruits) 15 4. DIAGNOSTIC WORK UP a) HEARING FUNCTION TESTS 1 2 3 4 5 Impedance audiometry Pure tone audiometry Speech audiometry Objective hearing tests Oto-acoustic emissions 4a (OAEs) Evoked response audiometry 4b (BSER, CERA) Paediatric audiology 5a Screening methods Date when knowledge is achieved Signature of Trainer 5b Subjective methods 5c Objective methods b) VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS Caloric testing 6 Video / 7 Electronystagmography VEMPs 8 Posturography (Balance 9 platform) Rotating chair test 10 c) FACIAL NERVE FUNCTION TESTS Topodiagnostic testing 11 Schirmers test 11a Stapedial reflexes 11b Neurophysiological testing 12 EMG 12a ENoG 12b MST 12c d) IMAGING Plain X-ray 13 Computerized tomography (to include cone beam CT 14 scanning of the temporal bones) Magnetic resonance imaging 15 Angiography CT Angiography 16 MR Angiography Cerebral angiography Positron Emission 17 Tomography Radionuclide scanning eg 18 technetium, gallium scanning e) LABORATORY TESTS Relevant blood tests 19 Cytology 20 Histology 21 Microbiology 22 TREATMENT 5a MEDICAL Date when knowledge is achieved 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Signature of Trainer Pharmacological treatment Physical rehabilitation Ear infections Sensorineural hearing loss in adults and children Conductive hearing loss in adults and children Tinnitus Vertigo and dysequilibrium Facial nerve paresis Peri-operative management of patients undergoing otological surgery SRS 5b SURGICAL BASIC PROCEDURES General s 1 2 Temporal bone dissection (laboratory) Management of oto-haematoma Advanced i X X 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13a 13b 13c 13d 13e 14 15 Excision of lesions of the auricle Wax removal Foreign body removal Removal of external auditory canal lesions Meatoplasty (Soft tissue & bony) Removal of osteomas Myringotomy Ventilation tube insertion Myringoplasty (Type1 Tympanoplasty) Tympanotomy Mastoidectomy Cortical Modified radical / radical (Back to front approach) Atticotomy / Attico-antrostomy (Front to back approach) Combined approach tympanoplasty Mastoid obliteration Bone anchored hearing aids Ossiculoplasty X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X SURGICAL MANAGEMENT ADVANCED General s 16 Implantation of prostheses 16a Middle ear prosthesis 16b Cochlear implants 17 Stapedotomy 18 Facial nerve surgery 18a Decompression Grafting 18b Anastomosis surgery Endolymphatic sac 19 decompression 20 Vestibular schwannoma surgery 20a Translabyrinthine approach 20b Retrosigmoid approach 20c Middle cranial fossa approach 21 Vestibular neurectomy 22 Glomus tumour surgery 23 Petrosectomy 24 Correction of malformations 24a Auricle 24b Peri-auricular fistulas 24c External auditory canal 24d Middle ear 25 Repair of injuries 25a Auricle Advanced i a X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 25b 25c 26 26a 26b 26c 27 External auditory canal Middle and inner ear including nerves, vessels and MCF / PCF dura Surgery of tumours Auricle External auditory canal Middle and inner ear including nerves, vessels and MCF / PCF dura, including temporal bone resection Revision ear surgery X X X X X PROGRESSION OF SURGICAL SKILLS 1st year a s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 a b c d e 2nd year 3rd year 4th year i a s i a s i a s i 5thyear a s i Date when competency is achieved 1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year 5th year a s i a s i a s i a s i a s i 14 15 16 a b 17 18 a b 19 20 a b c 22 22 23 24 a b c d 25 a b c 26 a b c Date when competency is achieved 27 6. POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS Complications of general and local anaesthesia Bleeding / haematoma Infection Conductive hearing loss Sensorineural hearing loss Vertigo / imbalance Tinnitus Hyperacusis Facial nerve paresis Taste disturbance Numbness of the auricle CSF leakage Intracranial infection Lower cranial neuropathy