Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Eustachian Tube and the Paratubal Structures in Patients with Unilateral Acquired Cholesteatoma.

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the Eustachian tube (ET) and the paratubal structures between the two sides in subjects with unilateral acquired cholesteatoma and a healthy contralateral ear to determine if there are anatomical differences.

Materials And Methods: Of the 217 patients with cholesteatoma evaluated, 36 patients with unilateral cholesteatoma were included in the study. All of the patients had a healthy contralateral ear with no history of surgery.

The Relationship Between Nasal Septal Deviation and Paranasal Pneumatization.

Objective: To investigate the impact of the presence and the severity of the nasal septal deviation (NSD) on the paranasal pneumatization.

Methods: Initially, the deviated and contralateral sides was compared to evaluate the impact of the presence of NSD on pneumatization. Then, NSD classification groups were categorized according to the severity of deviation degree; 1: mild (<9°), 2: moderate (9°-15°), and 3: severe (>15°).

Is Salvage Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Effective for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Patients with Non-response to Corticostreoid Treatment?

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of salvage hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL); HBOT is performed after three weeks of the onset of the disease.

Methods: This retrospective clinical study included patients with unilateral idiopathic SSNHL. All patients admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of SSNHL were given standard steroid treatment within the 14 days of the onset of the SSNHL.

The effect of surgical margin positivity on survival in laryngeal cancer surgery.

Aim: The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate possible factors affecting the survival in patients who were operated due to laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study included patients who underwent surgery in our clinic due to laryngeal SCC between May 2010 and June 2018. It was learned whether the patients were alive or not by hospital records, death notification system records and patient / family interviews. Surgical reports, pathology reports, tumor clinical council notes and preoperative hematological examinations were retrospectively evaluated and recorded from the hospital registry system.

Lymph node yield and lymph node density for elective level II-IV neck dissections in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients.

Purpose: To determine the minimum lymph node yield (LNY) in patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCCs).

Methods: This retrospective study was performed in a tertiary care hospital setting and included 42 LSCC patients aged 39-81 years (females, n = 2; males, n = 40) who underwent a total or partial laryngectomy and elective bilateral level II-IV neck dissections (unilateral neck dissections: n = 84).

Results: The average LNY in the unilateral level II-IV lymph node dissections was 25.

Cautionary Findings for the Presence of Facial Canal Dehiscence During Cholesteatoma Surgery.

Our aim was to investigate the relationship between facial canal dehiscence (FCD) and surgical findings and procedures in patients with cholesteatoma. A total of 186 patients (118 males, 39.2 ± 15 years) who underwent surgery for advanced cholesteatoma between 2013 and 2018 were included in the study.

Changes in Acoustic Parameters of Voice After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in Patients with Nasal Polyposis.

Our aim was to evaluate acoustic voice analysis of patients diagnosed with nasal polyps before and after endoscopic sinus surgery. Forty-three patients diagnosed with nasal polyposis who had undergone endoscopic sinus surgery were included in this prospective study. Patients were divided into three groups according to the stage of nasal obstruction before the surgery.

Hearing outcomes after suppurative chronic otitis media surgery.

Objectives: This study aims to compare the hearing outcomes after canal wall up mastoidectomy (CWUM) and canal wall down mastoidectomy (CWDM).

Patients And Methods: Ninety-two patients (74 males, 18 females; mean age 30.1 years; range 9 to 67 years) who were diagnosed with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) between January 2009 and May 2011 were enrolled in this retrospective study.

Increased carotid artery intima-media thickness in patients with tympanosclerosis: Common risk factors with atherosclerosis?

We investigated the relationship between tympanosclerosis, known atherosclerotic risk factors, and the intima-media thickness of bilateral carotid arteries using ultrasonography. A total of 122 patients admitted to our clinic with chronic otitis media between 2005 and 2010 were included in the study. The study group consisted of 61 patients with tympanosclerosis; the control group comprised 61 patients without tympanosclerosis.

Vestibular functions were found to be impaired in patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea.

Objectives/hypothesis: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and balance disorders are common chronic diseases seen in the general population. The aim of this study was to evaluate vestibular functions in individuals with OSA.

Study Design: Cross-sectional clinical study.

Surgical approach and outcomes for revision surgery of the central neck compartment.

Revision surgery of the central neck compartment is still a controversial subject, and data are scarce in the literature regarding surgical approaches and outcomes. This might be a result of the small number of patients in need of revision of the central neck compartment. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to document the approach and outcomes for revision surgery of the central neck compartment performed in our clinic.

Sinonasal tract malignancies: prognostic factors and surgery outcomes.

Background: Cancers of the sinonasal region are rare and its survival rate remains poor because most of the patients are asymptomatic and diagnosed in advanced stages with surrounding important structures.

Objectives: This study attempted to analyze the clinical and histological features in addition to survival and prognostic factors of surgical treatment of sinonasal cancers.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective cohort study, involving 36 patients with sinonasal cancer who were treated with surgery in our hospital between 2000 and 2010, was performed.

Changes in the ocular and nasal cultures in patients who had undergone septoplasty.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the microbiologic changes that occurred in the nasal and ocular mucosa before and after surgery in patients who had undergone septoplasty.

Design Setting: Fifty-five patients who applied to our clinic with septal deviation were included in the study.

Methods: Before and after the operation, samples were taken from the ocular and inner nasal mucosa for cultures and direct microscopic evaluation and the microbiologic changes were compared.

[Evaluation of the oropharyngeal tularemia cases admitted to our hospital from the provinces of Central Anatolia].

Tularemia caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis is a zoonotic infection which has re-emerged in Turkey in recent years as water-borne endemics. Oropharyngeal form is the most frequently reported form of the disease from Turkey. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and laboratory findings of oropharyngeal tularemia patients admitted to ear, nose & throat outpatient clinic between January-March 2010.

Do single-photon emission computerized tomography findings predict severity of chronic rhinosinusitis: a pilot study.

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is basically an inflammatory disease of the mucosa and periosteum of the sinuses. The possibility of local osteitis can cause persistent mucosal inflammation and lead to failure of treatment. Bone scintigraphy is the gold standard procedure for detecting the bone involvement.

Odontogenic myxoma of the maxilla: a case report.

A 38-year-old male presented with a slowly progressive and painful swelling in the right cheek. On palpation, a firm, fixed and tender mass was detected over the right maxilla, with normal overlying skin. Endoscopic examination revealed a submucosal mass protruding into the right nasal cavity along the lateral wall, extending from the vestibule to the sphenoid sinus.

Expression of histamine receptors (H(1), H(2), and H(3)) in the rabbit endolymphatic sac: an immunohistochemical study.

Objective: The endolymphatic sac (ES) is part of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear. Its central role in immunologic activity within the inner ear has been confirmed by numerous studies. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of histamine receptors (H(1), H(2), H(3)) in the rabbit ES.

An alternative model for stapedectomy training in residency program: sheep cadaver ear.

To determine the usefulness of sheep cadaver ear as a complementary model for training of stapedectomy at residency programs, 2 of our 4 year residents were included in the study and each operated 20 sheep ears. All routine steps of stapedectomy operation were performed, and their success and complication scores were recorded. Performance of residents for stapedectomy and teflon piston placement in sheep ears were evaluated by the authors.

[Unusual distant metastasis of larynx carcinoma: a case report].

Although distant metastasis from larynx carcinoma is more common in the late stages, it may sometimes occur in the initial period of the disease. The tumor spread may be by a lymphatic or nonlymphatic route. A 40-year-old male patient presented with complaints of hoarseness and shortness of breath.

Evaluation of hearing and cochlear function by DPOAE and audiometric tests in patients with ankylosing spondilitis.

The aim of this study was to investigate cochlear functions in patients with ankylosing spondilitis (AS). Prospective, case control study. Twenty-eight AS patients (56 ears) and 25 healthy control subjects (50 ears) were included in the study.

Safety of meloxicam in aspirin-hypersensitive patients with asthma and/or nasal polyps. A challenge-proven study.

Background: The anti-inflammatory actions of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)/non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are thought to be due to inhibition of COX-2, whereas the side effects such as gastric damage and aspirin-induced asthma are mediated through inhibition of COX-1. Therefore, a new class of drugs with COX-2 selectivity may be well tolerated by patients with ASA/NSAIDs hypersensitivity.

Objective: We investigated whether subjects with asthma and/or nasal polyps (NP) and analgesic intolerance proven by oral ASA provocation test tolerated the selective COX-2 inhibitor, meloxicam.

Investigation of Helicobacter pylori in the middle ear of the patients with chronic otitis media by CLO test and 14C urea breath test.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Helicobacter pylori by CLO test in the middle ear of the patients with chronic otitis media. We also investigated the relationship between H. pylori in the stomach and in the middle ear by 14C urea breath test (14C UBT) for the possible source of this bacterium.

The incidence of anatomic variations and sinus opacities in pediatric patients with chronic sinonasal symptoms.

Objectives: In this study, our purpose was to determine the incidence of paranasal sinus anatomic variations and their relationship with sinus opacities in pediatric patients.

Patients And Methods: A total of 44 children (age range 3 to 16 years) unresponsive to maximum medical therapy were evaluated with coronal paranasal sinus computed tomography.

Results: Computed tomographic evaluations revealed that 70.