Total Facial Nerve Decompression via Combined Middle Fossa-Transmastoid Approach

This video demonstrates total facial nerve decompression via combined Middle Fossa-Transmastoid approach. Gavriel D. Kohlberg, MD,1 Noga Lipschitz, MD,1 Charles B. Poff, BS,2 MD, Ravi N. Samy, MD, FACS1,3 1 Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA 2 College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA 3 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Use of CO2 Flexible Fiber Laser in Lyses of Middle Ear Adhesions

This video demonstrates the use of CO2 flexible fiber laser for the lyses of middle ear adhesions in a patient s/p canal wall down mastoidectomy.

Radial Free Flap Dissection

Institution: University of Cincinnati Medical Center Authors: Yash Patil MD- patilyj@ucmail.uc.edu Arvind Badhey MD- badheyad@ucmail.uc.edu Siddhant Tripathi- tripatst@mail.uc.edu

Internal Mammary Vessel Harvest

This video demonstrates the cadaveric harvest of the internal mammary artery and vein for use in head and neck microvascular reconstruction.

Fibula Free Flap Harvest

We present the harvest of a osteocutaneous fibula free flap for head and neck reconstruction performed at the University of Cincinnati. This reconstructive technique has a wide variety of implications but has found greatest utility in the reconstruction of mandibular defects.

Revision mastoidectomy

Emphasis on soft tissue removal DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17797/1hfipu5fg1 Author Recruited by: Ravi N. Samy, MD, FACS

Use of CO2 laser in preparation for cochlear implant via round window

Use of CO2 laser in preparation for cochlear implant via round window

Treatment of Chronic Atelectatic Middle Ear with Endoscopic Placement of Cartilage Shield T-tube

Join this interactive webinar with Drs. Ravi N. Samy (University of Cincinnati Medical Center) James G. Naples (Beth Isreal Deaconess / Harvard Medical), and Yi-Chun Carol Liu (Baylor).

These faculty members in otology/neurotology will feature a video on the treatment of chronic atelectatic middle ear with endoscopic placement of cartilage shield T-tube while providing their commentary on the approach and sharing best practices for success.

The Middle Fossa Approach: How I Do It

The Middle Cranial Fossa Approach is arguably one of the most challenging procedures in skull-based surgery, and yet is often under-utilized in spite of its many advantages. Watching videos of this approach can help one over time become an outstanding middle-cranial fossa surgeon.

Associate Professor and Director of the Skull Base Surgery Fellowship
University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Dr. Ravi Samy has been an otolaryngologist at the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute and the director of the Skull Base Surgery Fellowship at the UC College of Medicine since 2005. He is also the director of the Adult Cochlear Implantation Program at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC), as well as an associate professor of Otolaryngology at the College.

Introducing our IPAS Course Directors!

The 2022 International Pediatric Airway Symposium is coming up in two weeks! It's time to meet the people responsible for pulling together such an amazing group of surgeons: Our Course Directors!