Ophir Handzel

2025

Middle ear secretions following spontaneous CSF leak repair may represent effusion rather than CSF leak

Ungar, O. J., Chaushu, H., Oron, Y., Abu-Eta, R. & Handzel, O., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Predictors of Delays in the Management of Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Klein, L., Vass, R., Oron, Y., Abu-Eta, R., Shilo, S., Shapira, U., Handzel, O., Chaushu, H., Muhanna, N., Ziv, O. & Ungar, O. J., Feb 2025, In: Laryngoscope. 135, 2, p. 889-893 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

The Significance of Subperiosteal Abscess Volume in Acute Mastoiditis

Abu-Eta, R., Salameh, R., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Muhanna, N. & Ungar, O. J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Laryngoscope.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2 Scopus citations

2024

An algorithm for the surgical approach to spontaneous temporal bone CSF leak

Handzel, O. & Ungar, O. J., 1 Sep 2024, In: American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery. 45, 5, 104411.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss after COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Alper, L., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Abu-Eta, R., Muhanna, N. & Ungar, O. J., Dec 2024, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 281, 12, p. 6275-6281 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Questioning the value of stalk drilling after external auditory canal osteoma excision: case series, literature review, and meta-analysis

Argaman, A., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Abu-Eta, R., Muhanna, N., Halpern, D. & Ungar, O. J., Jan 2024, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 281, 1, p. 51-59 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Recovery rate after acute acoustic trauma: a case series and meta-analysis

Welber, S., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Abu-Eta, R., Muhanna, N., Shilo, S. & Ungar, O. J., Dec 2024, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 281, 12, p. 6303-6316 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Success and safety of endoscopic versus microscopic resection of temporal bone paraganglioma: a meta-analysis

Chaushu, H., Butrus, F., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Abu-Eta, R., Muhanna, N. & Ungar, O. J., Oct 2024, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 281, 10, p. 5119-5127 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

The Role of Temporal Bone Pneumatization on Fracture Line and Involved Cranial Structures

Shapira, U., Klein, L., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Abu-Eta, R., Muhanna, N., Shilo, S., Brenner, A. & Ungar, O. J., Nov 2024, In: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 171, 5, p. 1476-1484 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Worldwide differences in surgeon intraoperative practices for cochlear implantation

Jiam, N. T., Podury, A., Quesnel, A. M. & Handzel, O., 2024, In: Cochlear Implants International. 25, 5, p. 344-351 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2023

Association of inflammatory markers with hearing loss in young adults

Shapira, U., Ben Assayag, H., Ungar, O. J., Handzel, O., Abu Eta, R., Rogowski, O., Zeltser, D., Berliner, S., Shenhar-Tsarfaty, S. & Oron, Y., Mar 2023, In: Clinical Otolaryngology. 48, 2, p. 220-225 6 p.

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Open Access

2 Scopus citations

Balance Performance of Post-Call Medical Residents

Ungar, O. J., Amit, U., Wengier, A., Cavel, O., Oron, Y. & Handzel, O., Feb 2023, In: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal. 102, 2, p. 85-89 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2 Scopus citations

Bell's palsy and pregnancy: Incidence, comorbidities and complications. A meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature

Carmel Neiderman, N. N., Netanyahu, Y., Ungar, O. J., Handzel, O., Masarwy, R., Abu-Eta, R., Reicher, L. & Oron, Y., Jul 2023, In: Clinical Otolaryngology. 48, 4, p. 576-586 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

1 Scopus citations

Could the Audiometric Criteria for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Miss Vestibular Schwannomas?

Shilo, S., Hannaux, O., Gilboa, D., Ungar, O. J., Handzel, O., Abu Eta, R., Muhanna, N. & Oron, Y., Mar 2023, In: Laryngoscope. 133, 3, p. 670-675 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

CT findings in temporal bone sites in skull base osteomyelitis from malignant otitis externa

Brenner, A., Cavel, O., Shendler, G., Dekel, M., Handzel, O., Abu Eta, R., Oron, Y., Muhanna, N. & Ungar, O. J., Jun 2023, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 280, 6, p. 2687-2694 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Impact of Otorrhea and Positive Cultures on Tympanoplasty Outcomes

Masalha, M., Shlizerman, L., Mazzawi, S., Handzel, O., Kassem, F., Briscoe, D. & Siag, K., Jan 2023, In: Israel Medical Association Journal. 25, 1, p. 42-46 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Is Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss an Otologic Emergency? Evidence-Based Cutoff for Optimal Treatment Initiation for Sudden Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Case Series and Meta-Analyses

Klein, L., Handzel, O., Shilo, S., Oron, Y., Abu Eta, R., Muhanna, N. & Ungar, O. J., 1 Mar 2023, In: Otology and Neurotology. 44, 3, p. 216-222 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

8 Scopus citations

Is tympanic infrared thermometry valid in non-naive tympanic membranes?

Shapira, U., Handzel, O., Muhanna, N., Oron, Y., Abu Eta, R., Horowitz, G., Warshavsky, A. & Ungar, O. J., Feb 2023, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 280, 2, p. 549-556 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Meta-Analysis of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Tinnitus

Ungar, O. J., Handzel, O., Abu Eta, R., Martz, E. & Oron, Y., Dec 2023, In: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. 75, 4, p. 2921-2926 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Neurovascular conflict and sudden unilateral sensorineural hearing loss: coincidence or coexistence?

Yamin, T., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Abu Eta, R., Muhanna, N. & Ungar, O. J., Aug 2023, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 280, 8, p. 3635-3641 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

Preoperative Anxiety Levels and Postoperative Middle Ear Surgery Pain Levels

Carmel Neiderman, N. N., Frisch, M., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Abu Eta, R., Muhanna, N., Eshel, R., Cohen, B., Cavel, O. & Ungar, O. J., 1 Apr 2023, In: Otology and Neurotology. 44, 4, p. E235-E240

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

5 Scopus citations

Spontaneous recovery rate of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Chaushu, H., Ungar, O. J., Abu Eta, R., Handzel, O., Muhanna, N. & Oron, Y., May 2023, In: Clinical Otolaryngology. 48, 3, p. 395-402 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

14 Scopus citations

The impact of eustachian tube function on intra-tympanic steroid administration

Chavkin, U., Pitaro, J., Gavriel, H., Taha, A., Muallem Kalmovich, L., Shilo, S., Handzel, O., Muhanna, N., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G. & Ungar, O. J., Jan 2023, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 280, 1, p. 143-149 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Vertebrobasilar System Laterality and Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Shilo, S., Gilboa, D., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Eta, R. A., Muhanna, N., Brenner-Ullman, A. & Ungar, O. J., 20 Oct 2023, In: Audiology and Neurotology. 29, 2, p. 114-123 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Video head impulse test for the assessment of vestibular function in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss without vertigo

Battat, N., Ungar, O. J., Handzel, O., Eta, R. A. & Oron, Y., 16 Dec 2023, In: Journal of Laryngology and Otology. 137, 12, p. 1374-1377 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2 Scopus citations

דלף עצמוני של נוֹזֵל הַמּוֹחַ וְהַשִּׁדְרָה לחללי האוזן: [מתוך המדור: סקירות]

Translated title of the contribution: Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak of the temporal bone⁨דרור, ע.⁩ & ⁨הנדזל, א.⁩, 2023, In: הרפואה. 162, 7-8, p. 457-464 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

Characterization of pain after tympanoplasty and tympanomastoidectomy and analysis of risk factors. A prospective cohort study

Carmel Neiderman, N. N., Frisch, M., Handzel, O., Ungar, O. J., Oron, Y. & Cavel, O., Apr 2022, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 279, 4, p. 1765-1775 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Evaluation of the Quality of Online Information on Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Simani, L., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Eta, R. A., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G., Muhanna, N. & Ungar, O. J., 1 Feb 2022, In: Otology and Neurotology. 43, 2, p. 159-164 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Is Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Seasonal?

Simani, L., Oron, Y., Shapira, U., Handzel, O., Abu Eta, R., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G., Muhanna, N., Shilo, S. & Ungar, O. J., 1 Oct 2022, In: Otology and Neurotology. 43, 9, p. 1016-1021 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

6 Scopus citations

Possible clinical implications of the structural variations between the tympanic membrane quadrants

Kassem, F., Dagan, O., Biadsee, A., Masalha, M., Nachmani, A., Nageris, B., Lee, D. J., Ungar, O. J. & Handzel, O., Aug 2022, In: Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology. 7, 4, p. 1164-1170 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2 Scopus citations

Real life safety of systemic steroids for sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a chart review

Halevy, N., Elias, B., Shilo, S., Muhanna, N., Handzel, O., Oron, Y., Abu Eta, R. & Ungar, O. J., Oct 2022, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 279, 10, p. 4787-4792 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

7 Scopus citations

Telemedicine for Patients with Unilateral Sudden Hearing Loss in the COVID-19 Era

Shilo, S., Ungar, O. J., Handzel, O., Abu Eta, R., Shapira, U., Muhanna, N. & Oron, Y., Feb 2022, In: JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 148, 2, p. 166-172 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

9 Scopus citations

To patch or not to patch acute isolated traumatic tympanic membrane perforations: a case series and systematic literature review

Duek, I., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Abu Eta, R., Muhanna, N., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G. & Ungar, O. J., Sep 2022, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 279, 9, p. 4313-4323 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

2021

Atlas of Pediatric Head and Neck and Skull Base Surgery

Abergel, A., Amit, U., April, M. M., Bann, D. V., Barron, C., Ben-Ari, O., Ben-Nun, D., Bernstein, J. D., Carmel Neiderman, N. N., Castelnuovo, P., Cavel, O., Choudhury, B., Daniel, S. J., DeRowe, A. (Editor), Dhillon, V. K., Diercks, G. R., Duek, I., Earley, M., Ebner, Y. & Esmat, N. & 89 others, Fishman, G., Flaishon, R., Fliss, D. M. (Editor), Fordham, C., Fried, I., Friedmann, D. R., Gallo, S., Gardner, P. A., Gomez, G., Grinblat, G., Gur, E., Hain, M., Handzel, O., Hartley, B., Hartnick, C., Hod, R., Horowitz, G., Jacobs, I. N., Kazemizadeh Gol, M. A., Kedar, D. J., Keren, S., Krakovitz, P., Kumar, S., Lahav, G., Lavigne, P., Laviv, A., Leibovitch, I., Leshem, D., Lighthall, J. G., Locatelli, D., Loloi, J., Marie, J.-P., Messner, A. H., Miller, C., Moses, L., Muhanna, N., Nahlieli, O., Nhan, C., Nicolai, P., Oron, Y., Padia, R., Parikh, S. R., Peri, A., Piras, G., Pransky, S. M., Preciado, D., Rahbar, R., Raveh, E., Reiser, V., Ringel, B., Roland Jr, J. T., Roz Timbang, M., Ruggiero, J., Russell, J. O., Russo, A., Rutter, M., Safadi, A., Sanna, M., Schreiber, A., Schweiger, C., Senders, C., Shilo, S., Shiran, S. I., Shuster, A., Smith, B., Snyderman, C. H., Sok Yan, A. T., Stephenson, K. A., Stern, Y., Taibah, A., Tufano, R. P., Tyler-Kabara, E. C., Ungar, O. J., Valdez, T. A., Ward, R. F., Warshavsky, A., Wasserzug, O., Weinbroum, A. A., Wengier, A., Wilson, M., Wolter, N. E., Wyatt, M. E., Yanko, R., Zalzal, G., Zaretski, A., Zdanski, C. J., Zissman, S., Zocchi, J. & Zur, K. B., 2021, Stuttgart: Thieme. 620 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Calculated versus measured pure tone bone conduction 3 kHz thresholds in sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Shilo, S., Ziv-Baran, T., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Cavel, O., Eta, R. A., Muhanna, N. & Ungar, O. J., Sep 2021, In: Journal of Laryngology and Otology. 135, 9, p. 820-824 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Case Series and Systematic Review of Treatment Outcomes for Auricular Pseudocysts

Ungar, O. J., Oron, Y., Cavel, O., Handzel, O., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G. & Matot, S., 1 Jun 2021, In: Otology and Neurotology. 42, 5, p. 774-782 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Does Sinusitis Affect Lateralization of a Tuning Fork Weber Test?

Ungar, O. J., Wengier, A., Cavel, O., Abergel, A., Safadi, A., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G., Handzel, O., Oron, Y. & Shilo, S., 1 Jul 2021, In: Otology and Neurotology. 42, 6, p. 792-798 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Effects of Occlusion and Conductive Hearing Loss on Bone-Conducted cVEMP

Rotem Betito, H., Himmelfarb, M. & Handzel, O., Feb 2021, In: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 164, 2, p. 407-413 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

International Survey of Operative Practices for Otologists and Neurotologists during the COVID-19 Crisis

Ridge, S. E., Chari, D. A., Kozin, E. D., Remenschneider, A. K., Adunka, O. F., Aristegui, M., Chang, W. T., Cheng, Y. F., Chung, J. W., Cohen, M. S., Crowson, M. G., Golub, J. S., Handzel, O., Isaacson, B., Iyer, A., Kakehata, S., Marchioni, D., Nogueira, J. F., Patel, N. & Quesnel, A. M. & 11 others, Rivas, A., Saeed, S. R., Salzman, R., Santos, F., Saxby, A. J., Tarabichi, M., Verhaert, N., Vincent, R., Wanna, G., Wolpert, S. & Lee, D. J., 1 Sep 2021, In: Otology and Neurotology. 42, 8, p. 1275-1284 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Invasion Patterns of External Auditory Canal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Histopathology Study

Ungar, O. J., Santos, F., Nadol, J. B., Horowitz, G., Fliss, D. M., Faquin, W. C. & Handzel, O., Feb 2021, In: Laryngoscope. 131, 2, p. E590-E597

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

11 Scopus citations

Meta-analysis of time to extrusion of tympanostomy tubes by tympanic membrane quadrant

Ungar, O. J., Baris, H., Oron, Y., Shilo, S., Handzel, O., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G., Abu Eta, R., Muhanna, N. & Carmel Neiderman, N. N., Nov 2021, In: Clinical Otolaryngology. 46, 6, p. 1165-1171 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

7 Scopus citations

Outcome of surgery for chronic suppurative otitis media with resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Cavel, O., Ungar, O. J., Oron, Y., Ben Ami, R., Dekel, M. & Handzel, O., Apr 2021, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 278, 4, p. 959-964 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

Paper Patching Versus Watchful Waiting of Traumatic Tympanic Membrane Perforations: A Meta-Analysis

Simani, L., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Eta, R. A., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G., Muhanna, N. & Ungar, O. J., Sep 2021, In: Laryngoscope. 131, 9, p. 2091-2097 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

11 Scopus citations

Residual Perforation Risk Assessment of Intratympanic Steroids via Tympanostomy Tube Versus Transtympanic Injections

Simani, L., Shilo, S., Oron, Y., Eta, R. A., Handzel, O., Muhanna, N., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G. & Ungar, O. J., Sep 2021, In: Laryngoscope. 131, 9, p. E2583-E2591

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

11 Scopus citations

Smartphone based hearing evaluation

Handzel, O. & Franck, K., Jun 2021, In: Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 32, 2, p. 87-91 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Subjective Visual Vertical Evaluation by a Smartphone-based Test - Taking the Phone out of the Bucket

Wengier, A., Ungar, O. J., Handzel, O., Cavel, O. & Oron, Y., 1 Mar 2021, In: Otology and Neurotology. 42, 3, p. 455-460 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

5 Scopus citations

The Actual Incidence and Types of Hearing Losses in Bullous Myringitis: Case Series and Systematic Review

Ungar, O. J., Handzel, O., Oron, Y., Eta, R. A., Muhanna, N., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G. & Simani, L., 1 Aug 2021, In: Otology and Neurotology. 42, 7, p. 1008-1013 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Three dimensional printed models of the airway for preoperative planning of open Laryngotracheal surgery in children: Surgeon’s perception of utility

Wasserzug, O., Fishman, G., Carmel-Neiderman, N., Oestreicher-Kedem, Y., Saada, M., Dadia, S., Golden, E., Berman, P., Handzel, O. & DeRowe, A., Dec 2021, In: Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 50, 1, 47.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

4 Scopus citations

Validation of a smartphone-based Rinne test to detect an air-bone gap

Hibscher, D., Oron, Y., Handzel, O., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G. & Ungar, O. J., Dec 2021, In: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 278, 12, p. 4767-4773 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

5 Scopus citations

Weber test accuracy in sudden sensorineural hearing loss: which frequency is best?

Ungar, O. J., Handzel, O., Oron, Y., Warshavsky, A., Horowitz, G., Yafit, D., Abu Eta, R., Muhanna, N. & Shilo, S., 2021, In: Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 141, 5, p. 502-505 4 p.

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2 Scopus citations

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