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Martin Hitier

Professor Martin Hitier

  • University Professor · Hospital Practitioner
Otology, Otoneurosurgery (Neurinomas, Cochlear Implants), Skull Base
Head of Service
02 31 06 46 40
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Otology, Otoneurosurgery (Neurinomas, Cochlear Implants), Skull Base

TRAINING AND TITLES

  • Head of the ENT and Head and Neck Surgery Department at Caen University Hospital
  • University Professor (PU)
  • Hospital Practitioner (PH)
  • Doctor of Medicine (MD)
  • Doctor in Neuroscience (Ph.D)
  • Authorization to Direct Research (HDR)
  • DES in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Cervico-Facial Surgery
  • DESC in Face and Neck Surgery
  • Former Head of Clinic-Assistant Hospital
  • Former Hospital Intern
  • DU of Microsurgery
  • DU of Audiophonology and Child Otology
  • OF Mountain Medicine
  • Aerospace Medicine Capacity

 

LEARNED SOCIETIES

  • Member of the French Society of ENT and Cervico-Facial Surgery.
  • Member of the Society of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery of Lower Normandy
  • Member of the Paris Anatomical Society
  • Member of the French Medical College of Anatomy Teachers
  • Member of the Brain Health Research Center, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Member of the French Pediatric ENT Association
  • Member of the French College of Teachers in ENT -Cervicofacial Surgery
  • Member of the European Skull Base Society
  • Member of the International Society of Otoneurology
  • Member of the “Vertigo” Research Group (GDR)

 

DISCIPLINES

  • Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Cervico-Facial Surgery
  • Otology and Oto-neurosurgery
  • Skull Base Surgery
  • Cochlear Implantation
  • Pediatric ENT surgery

 

RESEARCH

  • Associate researcher at INSERM U 1075 – COMETE – “COgnition, Mobility, Balance, Temporality”
  • Associate Researcher at the Vestibular and Hearing Group, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Member of the GDR Vertigo

 

EDUCATION

  • Teacher of Anatomy, University of Caen Normandy
  • Teacher School of Surgery, University of Caen Normandy
  • Teacher Master Neuroscience, University of Caen Normandy
  • Teacher Medical School University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Master Teacher Physical Activities Applied to Health, University of Caen Normandy
  • Teaching Inter-University Diploma in ENT, Cervico-facial and skull base

 

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Reviewer for Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
  • Reviewer for Frontier in Neuroscience
  • Reviewer for Journal of Neuroscience
  • Reviewer for European Annals of Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck

 

CONSULTATION HOURS

  • Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Friday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Multidisciplinary consultation “Facial Paralysis” on Wednesday morning
  • Multidisciplinary consultation “Dizziness”

 

CONTACT DETAILS

  • RPPS: 10005160196
  • CAEN University Hospital ENT Secretariat
  • Anatomy Department Secretariat: 02.31.06.82.09 or medecine.astronomie@unicaen.fr
  • Email: hitier-m@chu-caen.fr

 

BOOK CHAPTER

Small cell carcinomas of the nasal and paranasal cavities. Babin E, Hitier M, Vedrine PO, Planes C, Toussaint B, Simon C, Rame JP, de Raucourt D, Dehesdin D, Pignat JC, Cosmidis A, Makaeieff Head and neck oncology news. Cancers of the upper aero-digestive tracts: tumors of the facial area and the nasal-sinus cavities, EDK, Paris, 2004.

 

Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: need for lymph node dissection after concomitant radio-chemotherapy? Vedrine PO, Toussaint B, Hitier M, de Raucourt D, Makaieff M, Janot F, Lapeyre M. Head and neck oncology news: Radiochemotherapy of cancers of the upper aero-digestive tract, EDK, Paris, 2005.

 

Anatomy of the facial nerve. Hitier M, Edy E, Salamé E, Moreau S. Medico-surgical encyclopedia, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 20-258-A-10, Elsevier, 2006.

 

Our experience of lymphadenopathy without portals of entry. Hitier M, Loum B, Rame JP, de Raucourt D. Head and neck oncology news: predominant metastatic lymphadenopathy, EDK, Paris, 2008.

 

Cervical esophageal cancer. Boittin F, Hitier M, Lebreton G, Babin E. Medico-surgical encyclopedia, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 20-816-B-10, Elsevier, 2012.

 

Trachea: anatomy, physiology, imaging and endoscopy. Hitier M, Loaec M, Edy E, Moreau S. Medico-surgical encyclopedia, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 20-754-A-10, Elsevier, 2013.

 

Endoscopic repair of frontal sinus CSF leaks & encephaloceles. Patron V, Hitier M. Atlas of Surgery on the Nose, Paranasal Sinuses, and Skull Base. Editors: Paolo Castelnuovo & Samuel Becker, 2013.

 

Chronic laryngitis. Plisson L, Hitier M, Babin E. Medical-surgical encyclopedia, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 20-645-C-10, Elsevier, 2013.

 

Treatment of epistaxis in children. Patron V, Hitier M. Child ENT

 

Cervical esophageal cancer. Vella O, Hitier M, Babin E. Medical-surgical encyclopedia, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 20-816-B-10, Elsevier, 2018.

 

Management of petrous apex lesions. Hitier M, Patron V. The world of otology, Amplifon, 2021.

 

ENT in Space. Hitier M. The world of otology, Amplifon, 2021.

 

BOOK

Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery, Surgical Techniques Collection, Elsevier-Masson, 2021 with V. Patron; M. Hitier, J. Bois, M. Humbert, E. Micault,

 

PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

The advantages of modified Thiel technique in head and neck surgical anatomy teaching.

Humbert M, Micault E, Moreau S, Patron V, Bois J, Hitier M.
Surg Radiol Anat.
2022 Mar;44(3):345-352. doi: 10.1007/s00276-022-02895 Radiological relationship of the ethmoid slit with the frontal sinus and the anterior ethmoidal artery and applications to the frontal sinus drillout.

Begaud L, Patron V, Escalard C, Hitier M, Hamon M, Humbert M.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Jun 30. doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07527

Motion Sickness Lessons from the Southern Ocean.

Besnard S, Bois J, Hitier M, Vogt J, Laforet P, Golding JF.
Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2021 SEP 1;92(9):720-727.

Impaired Attentional Processing During Parabolic Flight.

Friedl-Werner A, Machado ML, Balestra C, Liegard Y, Philoxene B, Brauns K, Stahn AC, Hitier M, Besnard S.
Front Physiol. 2021 May 13;12:675426. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.675426. eCollection 2021

Stratification of hippocampal electrophysiological activation evoked by selective electrical stimulation of different angular and linear acceleration sensors in the rat peripheral vestibular system.

Hitier M, Zhang YF, Sato G, Besnard S, Zheng Y, Smith PF.
Hear Res. 2021 Apr;403:108173. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108173.

How to identify the anterior cribriform plate in the medial approach to the frontal sinus.

Patron V, Roussel LM, Moreau S, Hitier M.
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2021 May;138(3):201-204

The effects of selective electrical stimulation of the rat cochlea on hippocampal field potentials.

Hitier M, Zhang YF, Sato G, Besnard S, Zheng Y, Smith PF.
Hear Res. 2020 Sep 15;395:108023.
doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.108023. An anomalous form of dyspnoea.

Mouna B, Hitier M, Babin E, Dugas A.
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2020 Dec;137(6):515-516. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2020.06.005.

New landmarks in endonasal surgery: from nasal bone to anterior cribriform plate including branches of anterior ethmoidal artery and nerve and terminal nerve.

Roussel LM, Patron V, Maubert E, Escalard C, Goux D, Beaudouin V, Lechapt E, Moreau S, Hitier M.

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2019 Nov 13. doi: 10.1002/alr.22480.

How to perform subperichondrial and subperiosteal rhinoplasty.

Patron V, Hitier M, Gamby R, Finocchi V, Çakir B.

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2019 SEP ;136(4):325-329

New detailed description of the anterior part of the cribriform plate using anatomic specimens and computed tomography.

Escalard C, Roussel LM, Hamon M, Kazemi A, Patron V, Hitier M.

Surg Radiol Anat. 2019 Jul;41(7):801-808

The balance of sleep: Role of the vestibular sensory system.

Besnard S, Tighilet B, Chabbert C, Hitier M, Toulouse J, Le Gall A, Machado ML, Smith PF.

Sleep Med Rev. 2018 Dec;42:220-228

Vestibular-related eye movements in the rat following selective electrical stimulation of the vestibular sensors.

Hitier M, Sato G, Zhang YF, Zheng Y, Besnard S, Smith PF.

J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2018 Oct;204(9-10):835-847.

Effects of electrical stimulation of the rat vestibular labyrinth on c-Fos expression in the hippocampus.

Hitier M, Sato G, Zhang YF, Besnard S, Smith PF.

Neurosci Lett. 2018 Jun 11.

 

Breaking the Myth of Central Neurological Complications in Stapedial Artery Surgery.

Hitier M, Moreau S, Labrousse M, Patron V.

Otol Neurotol. 2018 Mar;39(3):387-388.

 

Differential regulation of NMDA receptor-expressing neurons in the rat hippocampus and striatum following bilateral vestibular loss demonstrated using flow cytometry.

Benoit A, Besnard S, Guillamin M, Philoxene B, Sola B, Le Gall A, Machado ML, Toulouse J, Hitier M, Smith PF.

Neurosci Lett. 2018 Jun 21;683:43-47

 

How to perform microscopic/endoscopic resection of large petrous apex lesions.

Patron V, Humbert M, Micault E, Emery E, Hitier M.

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2018 Jun 19.

 

Extended endonasal approach versus maxillary swing approach to the parapharyngeal space.

Roger V, Patron V, Moreau S, Kanagalingam J, Babin E, Hitier M.

Head-Neck. 2018 Jun;40(6):1120-1130.

 

The forgotten organ.

Roussel LM, Escalard C, Hitier M.

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2018 Apr;135(2):143-144.

 

Combined microscopic/endoscopic management of petrous apex lesions.

Boss V, Hitier M.

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2018 Jan;275(1):319-321

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Skew deviation: A posterior fossa stroke until proven otherwise, illustrated by two clinical cases

Bailleul H, Laville MA, Dennebouy M, Hitier M, Denion E.

J Fr Ophthalmol. 2016 Dec;39(10):e271-e274. doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2016.02.012. Epub 2016 Nov 10.

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In reference to endoscopic-assisted transmastoid decompression of petrous apex cholesterol granuloma.

Boss V, Hitier M.

Laryngoscope 2017 Jun;127(6):E209-E210. doi:10.1002/lary.26376. Epub 2016 Oct 26

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Anatomy and surgical approach of rats' vestibular sensors and nerves.

Hitier M, Sato G, Zhang YF, Zheng Y, Besnard S, Smith PF, Curthoys IS.

J Neurosci Methods. 2016 May 19;270:1-8.

 

What vestibular tests to choose in symptomatic patients after a cochlear implant? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Abouzayd M, Smith PF, Moreau S, Hitier M.

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Apr 8.

 

Anatomy of the facial nerve.

Hitier M, Edy E, Salamé E, Moreau S.

Medical-surgical encyclopedia, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 20-258-A-10, Elsevier, 2006.

 

State of the art of endoscopic frontal sinus cerebrospinal fluid leak repair.

Patron V, Roger V, Moreau S, Babin E, Hitier M.

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2015 Dec;132(6):347-52.

 

Human rather than ape-like orbital morphology allows much greater lateral visual field expansion with eye abduction.

Denion E, Hitier M, Levieil E, Mouriaux F.

SciRep. 2015 Jul 20;5:12437.

 

Lateral Semicircular Canal Asymmetry in Idiopathic Scoliosis: An Early Link between Biomechanical, Hormonal and Neurosensory Theories?

Hitier M, Hamon M, Denise P, Lacoudre J, Thenint MA, Mallet JF, Moreau S, Quarck G.

PLoS One. 2015 Jul 17;10(7)

 

Unique human orbital morphology compared with that of apes.

Denion E, Hitier M, Guyader V, Dugué AE, Mouriaux F.

SciRep. 2015 Jun 25;5:11528.

 

The forgotten foramina: a study of the anterior cribriform plate.

Patron V, Berkaoui J, Jankowski R, Lechapt-Zalcman E, Moreau S, Hitier M.

Surg Radiol Anat. 2015 SEP ;37(7):835-40

 

Jugular bulb abnormalities in patients with Ménière's disease using high-resolution computed tomography.

Hitier M, Sato G, Moreau S, Patron V.

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Apr 26.

 

Endovascular treatment of symptomatic vestibular aqueduct dehiscence as a result of jugular bulb abnormalities.

Thénint MA, Barbier C, Hitier M, Patron V, Saleme S, Courthéoux P.

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2014 Nov;25(11):1816-20.

 

High jugular bulb in a cohort of patients with definite Ménière's disease.

Hitier M, Roger V, Moreau S, Patron V.

J Laryngol Otol. 2014 Dec;128(12):1125.

 

Vestibular pathways involved in cognition.

Hitier M, Besnard S, Smith PF.

Front Integral Neurosci. 2014 Jul 23;8:59.

 

Vestibular function and cochlear implant.

Robard L, Hitier M, Lebas C, Moreau S.

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Apr 16.

 

New Treatment of Vertigo Caused by Jugular Bulb Abnormalities.

Hitier M, Barbier C, Marie-Aude T, Moreau S, Courtheoux P, Patron V.

Surg Innov. 2013 Dec30;21(4):365-371.

 

Patron V, Hitier M, Bedfert C, Métreau A, Dugué A, Jegoux F.

Predictive factors for lateral occult lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Jul;270(7):2095-100.

 

Patron V, Thénint MA, Robard L, Boittin F, Babin E, Hitier M.

A freak of nature.

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2013 Dec;130(6):355-7.

 

Hitier M, Boutet C, Faure C, Abadie C, Moreau S.

Radiology quiz case 2. Gradenigo syndrome caused by right petrous apicitis.

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Feb;136(2):201; 203.

 

Hitier M, Zhang M, Labrousse M, Barbier C, Patron V, Moreau S.

Persistent stapedial arteries in humans: from phylogeny to surgical consequences.

Surg Radiol Anat. 2013 Dec;35(10):883-91.

 

Patron V, Hitier M, Bedfert C, Le Clech G, Jégoux F.

Occult lymph node metastases increase locoregional recurrence in differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2012 May;121(5):283-90.

 

Hitier M, Hibon R, Candelier G, Guarnieri J, Moreau S, Babin E.

The uses of computer-assisted surgical navigation in trans-nasal pituitary gland surgery.

Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Edge). 2009;130(3):151-7.

 

Hitier M, Besnard S, Vignaux G, Denise P, Moreau S.

The ventrolateral surgical approach to labyrinthectomy in rats: anatomical description and clinical consequences.

Surg Radiol Anat. 2010 Nov;32(9):835-42.

 

Plisson L, Patron V, Luna AB, Babin E, Hitier M.

Laryngeal paraganglioma mimicking a laryngeal haemangioma.

Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Edge). 2013;134(2):109-12.

 

Blanchard D, Hibon R, Hitier M, Galateau-Sallé F, Abadie-Koebele C, Babin E.

[Cranial fasciitis of childhood].

Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Edge). 2010;131(4-5):289-93.

 

Babin E, Beynier D, Le Gall D, Hitier M.

Psychosocial quality of life in patients after total laryngectomy.

Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Edge). 2009;130(1):29-34.

 

Robard L, Blanchard D, Babin E, Loaec M, Hitier M.

[Esophageal foreign body:dental plate].

Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Edge). 2011;132(4-5):251-4.

 

Babin E, Desmonts C, Hamon M, Bénateau H, Hitier M.

PET/CT for assessing mandibular invasion by intraoral squamous cell carcinomas.

Clin Otolaryngol. 2008 Feb;33(1):47-51.

 

Loaëc M, Morinière S, Hitier M, Ferrant O, Plauchu H, Babin E.

Psychosocial quality of life in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia patients.

Rhinology. 2011 Jun;49(2):164-7.

 

Nicolle A, de la Blanchardière A, Bonhomme J, Hamon M, Leclercq R, Hitier M.

Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis in immunocompetent subjects: case report and

review of the literature.

Infection. 2013 Aug;41(4):833-40.

 

Babin E, Sigston E, Hitier M, Dehesdin D, Marie JP, Choussy O.

Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients: predictive factors, functional and

psychosocial outcome.

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2008 Mar;265(3):265-70.

 

Babin E, Blanchard D, Hitier M.

Management of total laryngectomy patients over time: from the consultation announcing the diagnosis to long term follow-up.

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2011 Oct;268(10):1407-19.

 

Vedrine PO, Thariat J, Hitier M, Janot F, Kaminsky MC, Makeieff M, De

Raucourt D, Lapeyre M, Toussaint B; French Head Tumor Study Group

and the Neck Group.

Need for neck dissection after radiochemotherapy? A study of the French GETTEC Group.

Laryngoscope. 2008 Oct;118(10):1775-80.

 

Babin E, Edy E, Béquignon A, Hitier M.

[Personal and social identity transformations that occur over time among patients with total laryngectomy].

J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Aug;37(4):495-501.

 

Denise P, Besnard S, Vignaux G, Sabatier JP, Edy E, Hitier M, Levasseur R.

Sympathetic B antagonist prevents bone mineral density decrease induced by

labyrinthectomy.

Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 2009 Nov-Dec;43(6):36-8.

 

Vignaux G, Chabbert C, Gaboyard-Niay S, Travo C, Machado ML, Denise P, Comoz

F, Hitier M, Landemore G, Philoxène B, Besnard S.

Evaluation of the chemical model of vestibular lesions induced by arsanilate in rats.

Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2012 Jan 1;258(1):61-71.

 

Lamotte G, Danaila TC, Jaillon-Rivière V, Hitier M, Defer GL.

Paraneoplastic opsoclonus myoclonus with autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase.

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2014 Jan;170(1):50-1.

 

Borha A, Emery E, Khouri S, Hitier M, Derlon JM.

[Giant extradural epidermoid cyst of the posterior fossa].

Neurosurgery. 2005 Dec;51(6):599-603.

 

Mayaleh HA, Vayer C, Amsellem C, Bouvet A, Duval N, Poiree B, Tran M, Lepeltier V, Hitier M, Rame JP, Louis Y, De Raucourt D.

[Interest of peri-operative immunonutrition in head and neck cancers].

Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Edge). 2009;130(4-5):235-40.