Mucoperiosteal and lacrimal sac flap anastomosis with ligating clips in revision dacryocystorhinostomy.

Background: Although endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EDCR) has been performed successfully in primary and revision cases, there has yet to be a consensus on the best surgical approach.

Methods: Excessive granulation, adhesion, and fibrosis, the main causes of unsuccessful EDCR, should be expected more frequently in revision surgery. Anastomosis by ligating the nasal mucoperiosteum and lacrimal sac flaps with clips can minimise the surface of exposed bone, therefore, the possibility of stenosis and failure of the dacryocystorhinostomy.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Urgent Awake Tracheotomies in Adults.

Objective This study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urgent awake tracheotomies (UATs) in adults in a reference center. Methodology During the pandemic (between March 2020 and May 2022) and before the pandemic (between January 2018 and March 2020), medical charts of patients who underwent UATs were reviewed. The analysis focused on demographic characteristics, indications, COVID-19 positivity status, surgical procedures, and complications.

Imaging Characteristics Predictive of Cervical Extranodal Tumor Extension in Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Objectives: The aims of the study were to determine the predictive imaging findings of extranodal extension (ENE) in metastatic cervical lymph nodes of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and to investigate the interobserver agreement among radiologists with different experience levels.

Materials And Methods: Patients with cervical lymph node dissection and who had metastatic lymph nodes and preoperative imaging were included. Three radiologists evaluated nodal necrosis, irregular contour, gross invasion, and perinodal fat stranding.

Examination of the Relation Between Audiometric Configuration and Hematological Parameters in Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Among the hematological parameters, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet/ lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have been associated with inflammatory state, microvascular damage and ischemia. It is well-known that these ratios increase in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL). In ISSHL, different audiographic features may reflect different disease mechanisms.

Effect of Omalizumab on Nasal Symptoms in Asthma and Perennial Allergic Rhinitis.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of omalizumab on nasal symptoms in patients having allergic asthma with rhinitis symptoms.

Study Design: Cohort study.

Place And Duration Of Study: University of Health Sciences, Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey, between October and November 2019.

The effect of anatomic variations and maxillary sinus volume in antrochoanal polyp formation.

Purpose: The antrochoanal polyp (ACP), otherwise known as the Killain polyp, is a benign lesion that originates from maxillary sinus mucosa, extending from the accessory ostium towards the middle meatus, and later tends to protrude posteriorly towards the choana and nasopharynx. Many studies have emphasized that its etiopathogenesis is unclear. Research suggests that chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis are factors that play an important role in the formation of ACP, as well as anatomical variations.

Comparison of Piezosurgery and Hammer-Chisel in Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy.

Background: In this study, we compared the advantages and disadvantages of piezosurgery and hammer-chisel used in endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EDCR).

Material And Methods: Between January 2012 and January 2016, 10 women and 8 men in whom piezosurgery was used (group 1) and 11 women and 7 men in whom hammer-chisel was used (group 2) during EDCR operations were compared retrospectively. Recurrence, operation time, postoperative bleeding, and operative cost were evaluated in patients who were followed for an average of 11.

Paranasal Sinus Anatomic Variations Accompanying Maxillary Sinus Retention Cysts: A Radiological Analysis.

Objective: The risk factors for the development of retention cysts of the maxillary sinuses (RCMs) are not clear, although RCMs are common findings on radiographic images. This study was conducted to evaluate the correlation between RCMs and other nasal-paranasal anomalies and to demonstrate the possible effects of these anomalies on the development of RCMs.

Methods: In the study, paranasal sinus computerized tomography (PNsCT) images from 5166 patients were retrospectively reviewed.

The Effects of Prognostic Factors in Idiopathic Sudden Hearing Loss.

 Sudden hearing loss is one of the otologic emergencies. The treatment of this disease is affected negatively by some prognostic factors.  In this study, the effects of early treatment initiation in patients with idiopathic sudden hearing loss and of prognostic factors in early treated patients were investigated.

The Etiological Relationship Between Migraine and Sudden Hearing Loss.

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) and migraine, assess the prevalence of migraine in patients with idiopathic SSNHL, and determine a possible common vascular etiopathogenesis for migraine and SSNHL.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Effects of cavity reconstruction on morbidity and quality of life after canal wall down tympanomastoidectomy.

Introduction: Canal wall down tympanomastoidectomy is commonly used to treat advanced chronic otitis media or cholesteatoma. The advantages of canal wall down mastoidectomy are excellent exposure for disease eradication and postoperative control of residual disease; its disadvantages include the accumulation of debris requiring life-long otological maintenance and cleaning, continuous ear drainage, fungal cavity infections, and the occurrence of dizziness and vertigo by changing temperature or pressure.

Objective: To evaluate whether cavity-induced problems can be eliminated and patient comfort can be increased with mastoid cavity reconstruction.

Relation between Ossicular Erosion and Destruction of Facial and Lateral Semicircular Canals in Chronic Otitis Media.

 Chronic otitis media can cause multiple middle ear pathogeneses. The surgeon should be aware of relation between ossicular chain erosion and other destructions because of the possibility of complications.  This study aimed to investigate the rates of ossicular erosion in cases of patients with and without facial nerve canal destruction, who had undergone mastoidectomy due to chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma.

Medially displaced common and internal carotid arteries presenting as a pulsatile mass: Clinicoradiologic analysis of 62 cases.

We conducted a prospective study to analyze the medially displaced courses of the common carotid artery (CCA) and the cervical segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA) in patients who were diagnosed with a pulsatile mass on nasopharyngolaryngoscopy and by clinicoradiologic findings. Our study group was made up of 62 patients-40 women and 22 men, aged 30 to 88 years (mean: 63.7)-who presented with a submucosal pseudomass or a bulging mass on the pharyngeal wall with obvious pulsation.

Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios in Pediatric Patients with Idiopathic Sudden Hearing Loss.

Objective: We investigated the significance of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios, which have recently been used in adults for the prognosis of idiopathic sudden hearing loss (ISHL), in the prognosis of idiopathic sudden hearing loss in a pediatric population.

Materials And Methods: A total of 13 males and 8 females younger than19 years with idiopathic sudden hearing loss were retrospectively examined between January 2008 and August 2016.The control group consisted of 12 healthy males and 12 healthy females.

Prognostic factors of recurrence and neck metastasis in oral carcinomas.

Objective: To assess the effects of tumor size, proximity to midline and invasion depth of oral cancer of the tongue (TC) on neck metastasis and recurrence.

Methods: In this retrospective observational study, was conducted through a chart review of the 11 male and 9 female patients who underwent surgeries with the diagnosis of tongue squamous cell carcinoma and at least one side neck dissection. We wanted to assess effects of tumor size, proximity to midline, and invasion depth of TC, according to the surgical specimens and pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging, on neck metastasis and recurrence between 2007 and 2014.

Neck abscess: 79 cases.

Objective: Neck abscess is a disease that might cause mortality and severe morbidity, if it is not treated urgently. In our study, patients with diagnosis of neck abscess in our clinic were analyzed retrospectively and presented in the light of the literature.

Methods: In our clinic, age distribution, source of infection, systemic disease, imaging methods that were used in diagnosis, preferred anaesthesia during drainage, abscess sites, culture results of abscess material, complications during treatment procedure, any antibiotherapy before admission and duration of hospitalization of 79 cases with neck abscess who were treated in the hospital between January 2008 and January 2015 were assessed.

Matrix Metalloproteinase Levels in Cervical and Intracranial Carotid Dolichoarteriopathies.

Background: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are enzymes suggested as a possible candidate for pathogenesis of arterial dolichoarteriopathy (DA). We aimed to investigate the relationship between MMP levels and DA of intra- and extracranial carotid arteries.

Methods: This study included 88 subjects admitted with headache, vertigo, or pulsatile tinnitus and those who underwent computed tomography angiography.

Diagnostic and prognostic value of procalcitonin levels in patients with Bell's palsy.

Inflammation is thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of Bell's palsy (BP). Procalcitonin (PCT) is currently among the most frequently used proinflammatory biomarkers in clinical practice. In this study, we assessed the serum PCT levels for predicting the severity and prognosis of BP.

Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation versus Bipolar Electrocautery for the Treatment of Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy: Comparison of Efficacy and Postoperative Morbidity.

Introduction Numerous surgical methods are used to treat nasal obstruction due to inferior turbinate hypertrophy. The primary goal of the therapy is to maximize the nasal airway for as extended a period of time as possible while minimizing therapeutic complications. Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the effects of radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFTA) and bipolar electrocautery (BEC) on the removal of nasal obstruction in patients with inferior turbinate hypertrophy and on nasal mucociliary clearance (MCC).

Transoral versus transcervical approach to submandibular gland: techniques and outcomes.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the risks and benefits of the transoral approach for removal of the submandibular gland compared to the transcervical approach.

Patients And Methods: Twenty consecutive patients who underwent submandibular gland excision surgery via the transoral (6 males, 4 females; mean age 45.4 years) or transcervical (7 males, 3 females; mean age 44.

Nasal foreign bodies in children: Types, locations, complications and removal.

Objectives: To evaluate 1875 cases of nasal foreign body (NFB) removal with regard to type of foreign body (FB), location, complications, techniques for removal, age and gender, and to present the results of the evaluation.

Methods: Between 2006 and 2013, a total of 1875 NFBs were removed from 1870 children in ENT Services of Antalya Ataturk State Hospital and Izmir Tepecik Training - Research Hospital. A retrospective review was undertaken to evaluate the parameters related to the NFBs and their removal and the data were analyzed.

Apparent diffusion coefficient for discriminating metastatic lymph nodes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of metastatic lymph nodes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck.

Methods: Patients with metastatic lymph nodes underwent 1.5 Tesla diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).