Salvage Endoscopic Nasopharyngectomy for Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Cancer: an Institutional Experience.

Objective: This study aims to present the surgical and oncological long-term outcomes of patients with locally recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) following endoscopic endonasal nasopharyngectomy (EEN).

Methods: The medical records of 11 patients who underwent EEN due to recurrent NPC were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: The mean age of the patient cohort, consisting of 10 males (90.

Evaluation of Facial Asymmetry in Patients with Crooked Nose.

Background: This study aims to explore the correlation between facial asymmetry and a crooked nose using objective methodologies.

Methods: The cohort of 57 patients who underwent septorhinoplasty surgery for aesthetic reasons between 2019 and 2022. Patients were categorized based on the type of nasal axis deviation.

Is ChatGPT accurate and reliable in answering questions regarding head and neck cancer?

Background And Objective: Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based language processing model using deep learning to create human-like text dialogue. It has been a popular source of information covering vast number of topics including medicine. Patient education in head and neck cancer (HNC) is crucial to enhance the understanding of patients about their medical condition, diagnosis, and treatment options.

Comparison of Three Tonsillectomy Techniques: Cold Dissection, Monopolar Electrocautery, and Coblation.

 Tonsillectomy is among the most common otolaryngological surgeries.  To evaluate and compare three tonsillectomy techniques: cold steel dissection (CSD), monopolar electrocautery (MEC), and coblation.  The present study retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent tonsillectomy between January 2014 and January 2016.

Age at diagnosis, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio as prognoticators in pediatric sinonasal rhabdomyosarcoma.

Background: The relationship between pretreatment blood parameters and clinical outcomes of patients with pediatric sinonasal rhabdomyosarcomas has not been described. The purpose of this study was to determine the prognostic factors and certain laboratory parameters that affect the survival and long-term survival in pediatric sinonasal rhabdomyosarcoma.

Methods: Medical records of pediatric sinonasal rhabdomyosarcoma cases who were treated and followed up between 2004 and 2020 in Hacettepe University were retrospectively reviewed.