Gauri Mankekar

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Latest Contribution

Peripheral nerve reconstruction using cell-enhanced acellular nerve grafts

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Neurotology, ENTA - Otology

Autologous nerve grafts are the current gold standard for peripheral nerve reconstruction. This systematic review analyses the role of cell-enhanced acellular nerve (ANA) grafts on the regeneration of peripheral nerve injuries. Several studies have been published to examine alternatives to...

Strategies to improve early development of vocabulary post-cochlear implantation

1 January 2019 | | cochlear implants, early receptive skills, fine motor development, gesture use, vocabulary, young children

Cochlear Implantation (CI) is now the standard of care for rehabilitation of children with bilateral severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. It improves the children’s linguistic input and helps them to develop language. The literature published so far has shown...

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence volumetry

1 January 2019 |

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) syndromes is a well-known entity in neurotology. Currently the size of the bony dehiscence is measured using two dimensional lengths. The authors present a novel method to measure the volume of the dehiscence and its...