[Association between depression and hearing loss in patients with type 2 diabetes].

Background: The association between diabetes, hearing loss and depression is unknown, and needs to be understood clearly and precisely. Our objective was to estimate the association between depression and hearing loss in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study.

[Experience in the surgical treatment of paranasal sinus mucoceles in a university hospital].

Background: Mucoceles are benign cystic lesions of the paranasal sinuses. Endoscopic marsupialisation is considered the first choice of treatment, due to its low morbidity and recurrence rates.

Objective: To establish the number of patients with recurrence, who were diagnosed clinically or by computed tomography, and who were submitted to surgery in the Ear, Nose and Throat Unit in a tertiary university hospital.

[Prevalence, location and tomographic severity of chronic rhinosinusitis in adult patients with common variable immunodeficiency].

Background: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is one of the most common antibody deficiencies in adults. The prevalence of respiratory infections have been reported in 75% vs 2-16% in general population. Chronic rhinosinusitis is an inflammatory disease affecting paranasal sinuses and nose.

[Complications of endoscopic nasal and sinus surgery: experience in 150 patients].

Background: Endoscopic nasal and sinus surgery has been used greatly for the treatment of inflammatory and neoplasm pathology, as well as for the approach of the extrasinus structures. Although it has proven to be a very successful method, it is not exempt of complications. Our objective was to identify the frequency of complications in patients with sinus and nasal pathology that underwent an endoscopic surgery of the nose and sinuses.

[Evolution of maxillary sinus surgery in a university hospital].

Background: Maxillary sinus surgery has been evolving and, due to advances in technology, endoscopic surgery is widely used in the maxillary sinus for multiple pathologies that 15 years ago were treated through open approaches. For this reason, we conducted an observational descriptive study.

Methods: We reviewed the clinical records of patients with pathology involving the maxillary sinus and who were surgically treated from January 2008 to December 2009, type of disease, surgical approach used, presence of complications, pre- and postoperative score according to the Lund-Mackay scale, and resolution (or not) of symptoms.