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OTalgia

• Otalgia is defined as ear pain.  Two separate and distinct types of otalgia exist.• Pain that originates within the ear is primary otalgia.• Pain that originates outside the ear is referred otalgia. •Typical sources of primary otalgia are external otitis, otitis media, mastoiditis, and auricular infections. •When an ear…

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hadad flap-HADAD Bassagasteguy flap

This flap was designed by Gustavo Hadad & Luis Bassagasteguy (HB Flap) Surgical Technique for harvesting the flap The nasal cavity is decongested with oxymetazoline 0.05% and the nasal septum is infiltrated with lidocaine 2% with epinephrine 1/100,000 to 1/200,000. The inferior and middle turbinates are lateralized to allow visualization…

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