Gabriel Charlone
In 1996, I entered the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Republic (UdelaR) in Montevideo, Uruguay, obtaining my PhD in Medicine in 2004. In 2004, I completed my first internship at the Insular University Hospital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, where I specifically trained in the specialty of Otorhinolaryngology. I returned to the country to begin my ENT residency at the ENT Department of the Hospital de Clínicas in Montevideo, Uruguay, obtaining my specialist degree in 2008. I completed internships and fellowships in various countries such as Spain, the USA, Argentina, and Brazil. Since 1997, I have coordinated the Early Hearing Loss Detection Program at Médica Uruguaya. Since 2012, I have represented Uruguay at the Pan-American Association of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery as the Uruguayan delegate. President of the IV Course of said Association in 2017 in Punta del Este, Uruguay. He currently continues as a delegate of the Pan-American Association of ENT and CCC, with the position of Vice - President for the period 2022 - 2024. In Uruguay, my teaching career consisted of a position as Assistant of the ENT Chair at the Hospital de Clínicas, until 2017. Active member of: ENT Society of Uruguay, American Academy of ENT and CCC, Spanish Society of ENT and CCC, Pan-American Association of ENT and CCC. Master's degree in Advanced Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base Surgery from the International University of Andalusia (2022 - 2023). Coordinator of the Continuing Medical Education Commission of the ENT Society of Uruguay (SORLU). Secretary of the SORLU period 2024 - 2025. Member of the Otology Committee of the Pan-American Association of ENT and CCC.
Sessions
Through the presentation of clinical cases, the result of 15 years of experience in the field of otology, we briefly describe the pathology of chronic otitis media, and then explain how this pathology and its different presentations can lead to intracranial and extracranial complications. We take an approach that includes etiological, pathophysiological, and imaging diagnosis, before moving on to the treatment and prognosis of each particular case according to the associated complication. This course is enriched by the multidisciplinary approach required for this type of pathology, explaining neurosurgical techniques, imaging studies, relevant bacteriological studies, and concluding with the pharmacological and surgical otolaryngological treatment proposed for each type of complication. The variety of clinical cases facilitates the explanation of the different types of management that should be taken in relation to chronic otitis media and its possible complications.