MORA , Renzo

Innovative advances have recently occurred regarding instrumentations, energy sources, and devices aimed at facilitating surgical procedures in terms of efficient hemostasis, dissection, safety, and reduction in surgical time. In the present chapter, we introduce to the practice of otologic surgery a new ultrasound instrument: the Piezosurgery®...

Background: A schwannoma, also called neurilemmoma, is a benign encapsulated slow-growing tumor arising from the neural sheath's Schwann cells of the peripheral, cranial, or autonomic nerves. Schwannoma of the tongue is uncommon, but the treatment is simple. However, the diagnosis is invariably delayed because of the vagueness of symptoms. The...