Abstract
We report a patient with traumatic perilymphatic fistula caused by an earpick. Exploratory tympanotomy was performed via endoaural incision. The patient was found to have a dislocated stapes in the vestibule. The stapes was removed, and no perilymphatic leakage from the oval window was seen. Jugular pressure was also performed with no lymphatic leakage. We then injected physiological salt solution at 37°C into the oval window. Lastly, stapes surgery was perfomed and a piece of fascia was placed over the perforation in the tympanic membrane using fibrin glue. The patient's operation was performed 3 days after trauma and improvement of vertigo and hearing (sensory and air-bone gap) was obtained after surgery.
