Hands On Courses 2025

The Gruppo Otologico organizes, for the year 2024, the following courses of Middle Ear Surgery and Skull Base Surgery.

Skull Base Surgery Course: 17 – 21 March 2025
Skull Base Surgery Course: 20 – 24 October 2025
Middle Ear Surgery Course: 10 – 14 November 2025

The courses will be taught in English.

Download the registration form here.

PUBBLICATIONS AND PAPERS

The Otologic Approach in the Management of posterior petrous surface meningiomas
Management of complex TJP 2011
Management of vagal paragangliomas
Lateral skull base parafaringeal benign
The Effects of Tympanomastoid Paragangliomas
A developmental perspective on paragangliar tumorigenesis
Absence of the controlateral jugular carotid artery
Are the Current Treatment Strategies for Facial Nerve Scwannoma Apporpiate Also for Complex Cases
Are the Current treatment strategies
Audiological evaluation of vestibular schwannoma patients with normal hearing (2)
Auditory Brainstem Implants in NF2 Patients
Bone anchored experience
Book Review Surgery for Cochlear and Other Auditory Implants
Book reviews Microsurgery of Skull Base Paragangliomas
Carotid Body and vagal paragangliomas +Tympanojugular Paraganglomas surgical management
Clinical and Surgical Pathology of the Petrous Apex
History of Auditory implantation v4
Surgical Management of Class C and D Tympanojugular Paragangliomas
Management of Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Paraganglioma Surgery
Cholesteatoma of the External Auditory Canal
Chondroblastoma of the temporal bone
CHONDROSARCOMAS jugular foramen
CI in irradiated paraganglioma
Closed Versus Open Technique in the Management
Cochlear Implantation in Cochlear Ossification
Combined Endovascular-Surgical Management of the Internal Carotid Artery in Ctp
Comparison of Lower Cranial Nerve Function Between Tympanojugular Paraganglioma Class C1-C2 With and Without Intracranial Extension- A Four-Decade Experience
Congenital mastoid Cholesteatoma
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Prevention After Translabyrinthine Removal of Vestibular Schwannoma
Current trends in the management of the complication of chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma
Cystic Vestibular Schwannoma: Classification, Management, and Facial Nerve Outcomes
Decision making in the wait and scan approach for vestibular schwannoma
Differential Presentation of Congenital Cholesteatoma in Twins with Atypical Location
Surgical management of vestibular schwannoma in elderly patients
Enlarged Translabyrinthine approach for the management of large and giant acoutstics
Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach With Transapical Extension in the Management of Giant Vestibular Schwannomas: Personal Experience and Review of Literature
Evaluation of subtotal petrosectomy technique in difficult cases of cochlear implantation
Facial Nerve Outcomes Following Total Excision of Vestibular Schwannoma by the Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach
Facial Nerve Tumors
Facial Reanimation After Facial Nerve Injury Using Hypoglossal to Facial Nerve Anastomosis: The Gruppo Otologico Experience
Giant Cell Tumors of the Skull Base Case Series and Current Concepts
Guidelines for Treating Temporal Bone Carcinoma Based on Long-Term Outcomes
Hearing preservation and facial nerve function
Hearing preservation surgery in VS-the hidden truth
Hearing Rehabilitation in Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Patients: Cochlear versus Auditory Brainstem Implantation
Hearing Rehabilitation in Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Patients: Cochlear versus Auditory Brainstem Implantation
Implante Coclear en situaciones anatomicas complejas petrosectomia subtotal
Incomplete and false tract insertions in cochlear iplantation retrospective review of surgical and audiotry outcomes
Indications and controindications of auditory brainstem implants: systematic review and illustrative cases
Infratemporal fossa approach type A
Integrative genetic, epigenetic and pathological analysis of paraganglioma reveals complex dysregulation of NOTCH signaling
Intracanalicular Meningioma: Clinical Features, Radiologic Findings, and Surgical Management
Intraoperatively Diagnosed Cerebellopontine Angle Facial Nerve Schwannoma: How To Deal With It
Ipsilateral cochlear implantation in patients with sporadic vestibular schwannoma in the only or best hearing ear and in patients with NF2
Large and giant vestibular schwannomas overall outcomes and the factors influencing facial nerve function
Subtotal Petrosectomy: Surgical Technique, Indications, Outcomes, and Comprehensive Review of Literature
Lateral skull base in a pediatric popoulation
Lateral Skull Base in Pediatric Population
Lateral skull base surgery in a pediatric population: A 25-year experience in a referral skull base center
Less Than 1% Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage in 1,803 Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery Cases
Auris Nasus Larynx
Malignant Transformation of acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma 10 Years after Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Proper tumor classification and growth rate are key elements when considering indications and results of radiotherapy for head and neck paragangliomas
Lipomas of the Internal Audiotry Canal and Cerebellopontine Angle
Long term surgical and hearing outcomes in the management of tympanomastoid paragangliomas
Lower cranial nerves function after surgical treatment of Fisch Class C and D tympanojugular paragangliomas
Malignancy in Vestibular Schwannoma after Stereotactic Radiotherapy: A case report and review of the literature
Management of Complex Cases of Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma
Management of facial nerve in surgical treatment of previously untreated fisch class c tympanojugular paraganglioma long term results
Management of Internal Carotid Artery in Skull Base Paraganglioma Surgery
Management of the cervico-petrous internal carotid artery in class C tympanojugular paragangliomas
Management of Vestibular Schwannoma with Normal Hearing
Management of Chronic Otitis by Middle Ear Obliteration With Blind Sac Closure of the External Auditory Canal
Management of Jugular Paragangliomas: The Gruppo Otologico Experience
Management of Meningoencephalic Herniation of the Temporal Bone: Personal Experience and Literature Review
Management Strategy of Vestibular Schwannoma in Neurofibromatosis Type 2
Meningiomas of the Internal Auditory Canal
No Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Removal
Nonvascular Lesions of the Jugular Foramen: The Gruppo Otologico Experience
Oncologic outcome in surgical management of jugular paraganglioma and factors influencing outcomes
Outcomes of Drill Canalplasty in Exostoses and Osteoma: Analysis of 256 Cases and Literature Review
Outcomes of Facial Nerve Grafting in 155 Cases: Predictive Value of History and Preoperative Function
Paragangliomas arise throught an autonomous vasculo-angio-neurogenic program inihibited by imatinib
Perioperative Complications in Acoustic Neuroma (Vestibular Schwannoma) Surgery
Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma: Classification, Management and Review of the Literature
Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma: Management and Outcomes
Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma
Petroux apex cholesterol granulomas outcomes complications and hearing results from surgical and wait and scan management
Posterior Petrous Face Meningiomas: An Algorithm for Surgical Management
Profiling of Somatic Mutations in Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma by Targeted Next Generation Sequencing Analysis
Profiling of Somatic Mutations in Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma by Targeted Next Generation Sequencing Analysis
The Temporal Bone: Anatomical Dissection and Surgical Approaches
Surgery for Cochlear and Other Auditory implants
Salvage surgery of vestibular schwannoma after failed radiotherapy: The Gruppo Otologico experience and review of the literature
Paragangliomas Yugulares
Simultaneous Cochlear Implantation After Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Resection: a report of 41 cases
Salvage surgery of vestibular schwannoma after failed radiotherapy: The Gruppo Otologico experience and review of the literature
State of the art in temporal bone malignancies
Subtotal Petrosectomy for Cochlear Implantation: Lessons Learned After 110 Cases
Subtotal Petrosectomy: Surgical Technique, Indications, Outcomes, and Comprehensive Review of Literature
Surgical Management of Class C and D Tympanojugular Paragangliomas
Surgical Management of Intrinsic Tumors of the Facial Nerve
Surgical Management of Tympanojugular Paragangliomas with Intradural Extension, with a Proposed Revision of the Fisch Classification
Surgical management of vestibular schwannoma in elderly patients
Surgical Removal of Jugular Paragangliomas After Stenting of the Intratemporal Internal Carotid Artery: A Preliminary Report
Surgical Results and Technical Refinements in Translabyrinthine Excision of Vestibular Schwannomas: The Gruppo Otologico Experience
Surgical Strategy and Facial Nerve Outcomes in Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma
Surgical technique and results of cable graft interpositioning of the facial nerve in lateral skull base surgeries: experience with 213 consecutive cases
Temporal Bone invasion by Recurrent Benign Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Parotid Gland
Temporal Bone Meningo-Encephalic-Herniation: Etiological Categorization and Surgical Strategy
The behavior of residual tumors and facial nerve outcomes after incomplete excision of vestibular schwannomas
Lateral skull base approaches in the management of benign parapharyngeal space tumors
The endolymphatic sac tumor: challenges in the eradication of a localized disease
The Gruppo Otologico experience of endolymphatic sac tumor
The use of internal carotid artery stenting in management of bilateral carotid body tumors
The Controversial Beginnings of Neurotology: William F. House’s Struggles as a Medical Innovator
The Long-Term Outcomes of Wait-and-Scan and the Role of Radiotherapy in the Management of Vestibular Schwannomas
The Role of Subtotal Petrosectomy in Cochlear Implant SurgeryYA Report of 32 Cases and Review on Indications
The Role of Wait-and-Scan and the Efficacy of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Temporal Bone Paragangliomas
Enlarged Translabyrinthine Approach with Transapical Extension in the Management of Giant Vestibular Schwannoma: Personal Experience and Review of Literaure
Translabyrinthine Excision of Vestibular Schwannoma with Concurrent Cochlear Implantation: Systematic Review
Tymapano Jugular Paragangliomas and Skull Base Surgery
Update in the classification and the role of intra-arterial stenting in the management of carotid body paragangliomas
Vestibular Schwannoma in the Only Hearing Ear: Role of Cochlear Implants
Vestibular Schwannoma Resection with Ipsilateral Simultaneous Cochlear Implantation in Patients with Normal Contralateral Hearing
Wait and Scan Management of Intra-canalicular Vestibular Schwannomas: Analysis of Growth and Hearing Outcome
Preoperative predective factors for Hearing
Superior Petrosal Vein Sacrifice in Translabyrinthine Approach for Resection of Vestibule Schwannoma