title: Surgical treatment of elongated styloid process: experience of 61 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the management of patients with elongated styloid process syndrome (Eagle's syndrome).
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-one patients with elongated styloid process were treated between 2000 and 2005. Computed tomography examination defines those whose symptoms suggest the diagnosis. Patients with styloid processes longer than 25 mm were treated by surgical resection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-seven (93.4%) of 61 patients treated for Eagle's syndrome became asymptomatic after resection. There were no serious complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with clinically and radiologically established elongated styloid process can be managed successfully by surgical resection using an external approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ceylan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Köybaşioğlu
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Celenk
authors.forename: Oğuz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Sabri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uslu