Subject: [AUDITORY] Translation from Japanese From: "Ravicz, Mike" <Mike_Ravicz@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:17:57 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_28D915A06A313C438501BC5F36FDD40E1F2CECisvifmbxsvr02meei_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear list, Does anyone have an English translation of this paper from the Japanese? T= hanks in advance - Mike Ravicz Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho.<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12931641#= > 2003 Jul;106(7):739-49. [Sclerotic changes in ossicular ligaments in human temporal bone pathology]= . [Article in Japanese] Sagawa Y<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=3DSagawa%20Y%5BAuthor%5D&c= author=3Dtrue&cauthor_uid=3D12931641>, Ohtani I<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov= /pubmed?term=3DOhtani%20I%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=3Dtrue&cauthor_uid=3D12931641= >, Suzuki C<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=3DSuzuki%20C%5BAuthor%5= D&cauthor=3Dtrue&cauthor_uid=3D12931641>. Source Department of Otolaryngology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima. Abstract When tympanoplasty is performed for conductive hearing loss due to otitis m= edia, hearing recovery may not be as good as anticipated preoperatively. Sc= lerotic changes may therefore exist in the conduction system of the middle = ear. To clarify the relationship between middle ear inflammation and sclero= tic changes of middle ear sound conduction, particularly of the ossicular l= igaments, specimens of human temporal bones were studied. Histology of the = anterior malleal ligament, posterior incudal ligament, and stapediovestibul= ar ligament was examined in 636 ears from 367 individuals (postmortem) rang= ing from infancy to 90 years old and without blood disease, neoplasm, anoma= ly, or cholesteatoma. Only small numbers of acute and subacute inflammatory= were identified, but sclerotic changes in ligaments were compared between = normal and chronically inflamed ears. In anterior malleal and posterior inc= udal ligaments, the severity of sclerotic hyalinization and calcification i= ncreased with age in normal ears, but sclerotic changes in chronically infl= amed ears were more severe than in normal ears and displayed a reduced asso= ciation with age. Conversely, sclerosis of the stapediovestibular ligament = was less severe than that of the anterior malleal and posterior incudal lig= aments in both normal and chronically inflamed ears, and displayed a reduce= d relationship with age. The sclerotic changes apparent in the anterior mal= leal and posterior incudal ligaments therefore seem to be more readily infl= uenced by inflammation than by age. Sclerotic changes of the stapediovestib= ular ligament are not as severe as those of anterior malleal and posterior = incudal ligaments. For cases in which tympanoplasty of inflamed ears is pla= nned, mobility of the anterior malleal and posterior incudal ligaments shou= ld be tested independent of testing of the stapediovestibular ligament. Whe= n mobility of anterior malleal and posterior incudal ligaments is not as go= od as mobility of the stapediovestibular ligament, surgical modification of= the anterior malleal and posterior incudal ligaments may be advisable. PMID: 12931641 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] --_000_28D915A06A313C438501BC5F36FDD40E1F2CECisvifmbxsvr02meei_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <8973D380A3264B488157C370F359B17F@xxxxxxxx> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-lin= e-break: after-white-space; "> Dear list, <div><br> </div> <div>Does anyone have an English translation of this paper from the Japanes= e? Thanks in advance - Mike Ravicz <div><br> </div> <div> <div class=3D"cit"><span role=3D"menubar"><a aria-haspopup=3D"true" aria-ex= panded=3D"false" role=3D"menuitem" href=3D"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubm= ed/12931641#" title=3D"Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai kaiho." abstractlink=3D"yes"= alsec=3D"jour" alterm=3D"Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho.">Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho.</a></span> 2003 Jul;106(7):739-49.</div> <h1>[Sclerotic changes in ossicular <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"back= ground-color:"> ligaments</span> in human temporal bone pathology].</h1> <div class=3D"lang">[Article in Japanese]</div> <div class=3D"auths"><a href=3D"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=3DS= agawa%20Y%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=3Dtrue&cauthor_uid=3D12931641">Sagawa= Y</a>, <a href=3D"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=3DOhtani%20I%5BAuthor%5D= &cauthor=3Dtrue&cauthor_uid=3D12931641"> Ohtani I</a>, <a href=3D"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=3DSuzuki%2= 0C%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=3Dtrue&cauthor_uid=3D12931641"> Suzuki C</a>.</div> <div class=3D"aff"> <h3 class=3D"label">Source</h3> <p>Department of Otolaryngology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima.</= p> </div> <set></set> <div class=3D"abstr"> <h3>Abstract</h3> <div class=3D""> <p>When tympanoplasty is performed for conductive hearing loss due to otiti= s media, hearing recovery may not be as good as anticipated preoperatively.= Sclerotic changes may therefore exist in the conduction system of the midd= le ear. To clarify the relationship between middle ear inflammation and sclerotic changes of middle ear sound = conduction, particularly of the ossicular <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">ligaments</span>, spe= cimens of human temporal bones were studied. Histology of the <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">anterior</span> <span= class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:"> malleal</span> <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">ligame= nt</span>, posterior incudal <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">ligament</span>, and = stapediovestibular <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">ligament</span> was e= xamined in 636 ears from 367 individuals (postmortem) ranging from infancy = to 90 years old and without blood disease, neoplasm, anomaly, or cholesteat= oma. Only small numbers of acute and subacute inflammatory were identified, but sclerotic changes in <span clas= s=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:"> ligaments</span> were compared between normal and chronically inflamed ears= . In <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:"> anterior</span> <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">malle= al</span> and posterior incudal <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">ligaments</span>, the= severity of sclerotic hyalinization and calcification increased with age i= n normal ears, but sclerotic changes in chronically inflamed ears were more= severe than in normal ears and displayed a reduced association with age. Conversely, sclerosis of the stapediovesti= bular <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:"> ligament</span> was less severe than that of the <span class=3D"highlight" = style=3D"background-color:"> anterior</span> <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">malle= al</span> and posterior incudal <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">ligaments</span> in b= oth normal and chronically inflamed ears, and displayed a reduced relations= hip with age. The sclerotic changes apparent in the <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">anterior</span> <span= class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:"> malleal</span> and posterior incudal <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"bac= kground-color:"> ligaments</span> therefore seem to be more readily influenced by inflammati= on than by age. Sclerotic changes of the stapediovestibular <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">ligament</span> are n= ot as severe as those of <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">anterior</span> <span= class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:"> malleal</span> and posterior incudal <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"bac= kground-color:"> ligaments</span>. For cases in which tympanoplasty of inflamed ears is plan= ned, mobility of the <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">anterior</span> <span= class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:"> malleal</span> and posterior incudal <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"bac= kground-color:"> ligaments</span> should be tested independent of testing of the stapedioves= tibular <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">ligament</span>. When= mobility of <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">anterior</span> <span= class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:"> malleal</span> and posterior incudal <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"bac= kground-color:"> ligaments</span> is not as good as mobility of the stapediovestibular <span= class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:"> ligament</span>, surgical modification of the <span class=3D"highlight" sty= le=3D"background-color:"> anterior</span> <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">malle= al</span> and posterior incudal <span class=3D"highlight" style=3D"background-color:">ligaments</span> may = be advisable.</p> </div> </div> <div class=3D"aux"> <div class=3D"resc"> <dl class=3D"rprtid"><dt>PMID: </dt><dd>12931641 </dd><dd>[PubMed - indexed= for MEDLINE] </dd></dl> </div> </div> <div><br> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_28D915A06A313C438501BC5F36FDD40E1F2CECisvifmbxsvr02meei_--