Monitoring of optic sheath diameter during acute migraine attack: an objective criteria for the severity of disease.

Background: The etiology of migraine can be complex and multifactorial but not clear, also, intracranial pressure has been already associated with migraine attacks. This study aimed to monitor intracranial pressure during migraine attack to understand the possible relations with disease and severity.

Methods: A prospective randomized study was designed.

Multivariate analysis of clinical and radiological risk factors for revision endoscopic sinus surgery in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: can phenotype predict recurrence?

Objective: This study aimed to analyse clinical and radiological features (phenotypes) to predict revision risk after functional endoscopic sinus surgery in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Method: Phenotype characteristics of the patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps who underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery were analysed retrospectively.

Results: The rates of asthma, aspirin sensitivity, smoking and a positive prick test result were significantly higher in revision functional endoscopic sinus surgery cases ( < 0.

Comparative Survival Function in Patients with Positive Surgical Margins Following Laryngectomy.

This study aims to make a comparative analysis of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall disease-specific survival (OS) in patients with laryngeal carcinoma. The study was designed retrospectively. Sixteen patients with postoperative PSM and 30 with negative surgical margins (NSM) were included.

Tumor Volume Staging Provides a Comparable Stratifying for Laryngeal Squamous Cell Cancer According to T Stages.

The prognostic significance of tumor volume (TV) in laryngeal squamous cell cancer (LSCC) has been demonstrated previously. Still, its clinical use is uncertain, and a method for accurate staging for TV is lacking. This study aimed to develop an objective staging and determine the effect of tumor volume on disease outcome after surgical treatment for LSCC.

Correlation of the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio with the Middle Ear Risk Index in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media.

This study aimed to investigate the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and severity of the chronic otitis media according to middle ear risk index (MERI) scores. The NLR and middle ear risk index were calculated for 210 chronic otitis media (COM) patients retrospectively. NLR compared between COM patients and 159 participants in control group.

The Role of Serum Adhesion Molecules s-ICAM-1 and s-VCAM-1 in Chronic Otitis Media Pathogenesis: A Prospective Controlled Study.

The aim of this study was to determine the levels of soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (s-ICAM-1) and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule- 1 (s-VCAM-1) in patients with chronic otitis media (COM) according to the disease profile and to compare with ears without otitis media. Eighty-nine patients had ear surgery were included in the study prospectively. 78 patients who underwent tympanomastoidectomy included in the study group and 11 patients who underwent exploratory tympanotomy included in the control group prospectively.

The Wheel-Shaped Composite Cartilage Graft for Type 1 Tympanoplasty: Comparison with Palisade and Island Cartilage Graft.

This study aims to compare the graft success and hearing results of the palisade and island cartilage graft, with wheel-shaped composite cartilage graft (WsCCG) for type 1 tympanoplasty. The study was designed retrospectively. Only patients with conductive hearing loss and simple pars tensa perforation of the tympanic membrane were included in the study.

Lacrimal Sac Anterior Border-Maxillary Line Distance: Effect on Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy (EDCR) Surgery Results and NLDO-SS Questionnaire.

This study aimed to investigate the effect of the maxillary line (ML)-lacrimal sac anterior border (LSA) distance on the results of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EDCR) operation. The study was designed retrospectively. The distance between LSA and ML was measured from preoperative paranasal sinus computed tomography (PNSCT) images.

Inferior Turbinate Bone Graft for Dorsal Augmentation in Rhinoplasty.

The most serious form of nasal dorsum pathologies is saddle nose deformity. Vary of nasal dorsal augmentation grafts were reported in the literature but inferior bone graft (ITBG) alone has not attracted attention. The ITBG has advantages such as easy and fast harvesting, easy to shape due to cancellous bone tissue.

The critical period for development of secondary restenosis following post-intubation tracheal stenosis surgery.

Background: Determining a predictable duration to restenosis very essential for reducing mortality and morbidity for tracheal stenosis surgery.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the critical periods for secondary restenosis risk for operated patients with post-intubation tracheal stenosis (PITS) during the initial healing period.

Methods: A total of 61 patients with a diagnosis of surgically treated PITS were included in the study.

Diagnostic and predictive value of resistive / pulsatility indices of ophthalmic artery and common carotid artery for the development of diabetic retinopathy.

Background: Ophthalmic artery resistive index (OA RI) was a controversial parameter to show hemodynamic changes due to diabetic retinopathy (DRP).

Purpose: To investigate the diagnostic and predictive value of resistive and pulsatility index (RI and PI, respectively) of OA and common carotid artery (CCA) for the development of DRP.

Material And Methods: A total of 60 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 (study group) and 30 healthy participants (control group) were evaluated between January and June 2021 by Doppler ultrasonography (DUS).

Association of immune response with overall and disease-free survival in laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the relationship between checkpoint receptors (PD-1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA-4) and lymphoid infiltration level (TILs) with prognostic features of patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC).

Methods: A retrospective study was designed at a tertiary referential university hospital between April 2008 and December 2020. The surgical specimen of the patients who met the eligibility criteria were re-examined histopathological, sociodemographic, clinical, pathological, and follow-up findings of patients were determined.

Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment for Accelerated Androgenetic Alopecia Pattern Hair Loss After COVID-19 Infection: A Case Series.

Background: Hair-related manifestations such as alopecia areata or telogen effluvium were reported during COVID-19 disease. Accelerated hair loss with androgenetic alopecia (AGA) pattern or management has not been discussed before.

Aims: This study aimed to examine the accelerated AGA pattern hair loss and management with PRP treatment.

Anterior Palatoplasty With Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty for All Type of Pharyngeal Collapse.

Objectives/hypothesis: This study was aimed to compare the efficiency of the anterior palatoplasty and expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty (APwESP) technique for all patterns of velopharyngeal obstruction (anterior-posterior [APPC], lateral [LPC], or combined circular pharyngeal collapse [CPC]).

Study Design: The study was designed as a randomized prospective trial at Kâtip Çelebi University, Atatürk Training, and Research Hospital.

Methods: Patients only with velopharyngeal obstruction were included.

Analysis of patient- and procedure-related risk factors for nasal septal perforations following septoplasty.

Objectives: To assess the possible relationship between various predictive factors (patient or surgery related) and the development of nasal septal perforations (NSP) with the help of a large study group.

Methods: One hundred and forty-three patients were included in the study. The presence of the following factors was evaluated and compared between the NSP and healthy group: types of surgeries, presence of unilateral or bilateral mucosal tears, concomitant inferior turbinate interventions, smoking, accompanying diabetes mellitus (DM) or allergic rhinitis (AR), types of nasal packings, duration of the surgery (minutes), and the experience of the surgeon (senior/junior).

Phantosmia with COVID-19 Related Olfactory Dysfunction: Report of Nine Case.

Unlabelled: Phantosmia has been described as a sense of smell without a true stimulating odor and not been reported with COVID-19 disease. Nine patients admitted to Ear Nose Throat (ENT) Clinic with complaints of a phantom smell sense after an average of 33.5 ± 9.

Evaluation of effects of chronic nasal steroid use on rhinological symptoms of COVID-19 with SNOT-22 questionnaire.

Background: The benefits of corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID-19 infection are documented in the literature. The goal of the study is to compare the severity of rhinological symptoms of COVID-19 between patients with nasal steroid use (NSU) and the control group (CG) using the sino-nasal outcome test (SNOT-22) questionnaire.

Methods: A face-to-face survey was conducted at a second referral state hospital between.

Analysis of Factors Causing False-Negative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Results in Oropharyngeal and Nasopharyngeal Swabs of Patients With COVID-19.

Objectives: To analyze factors regarding patient characteristics, sampling techniques, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) specific manifestations that may cause false-negative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. For the diagnosis of COVID-19, patients with RT-PCR test positive in the first nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs were accepted as true positive, and patients with negative 3 consecutive swab results were considered true negative.

Diagnostic Value of Butanol Threshold Test in COVID-19 Related Olfactory Dysfunction.

Olfactory and taste dysfunction has been reported as a specific, preliminary symptom in COVID-19, but a few comparative studies with quantitative tests are reported. In this study, we aimed to compare the butanol olfactory threshold values between COVID-19 patients and healthy volunteers.A cross-sectional study was designed.

Evaluation of Nasal Mucociliary Clearance, Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation, and Epistaxis Severity Score in Isotretinoin Treatment.

Objectives: The study aims to investigate the possible side effects of isotretinoin use on the nasal mucosa with objective methods in the treatment of acne vulgaris.

Methods: Before the treatment, nasal mucociliary clearance time (MCT) was measured in all patients. Also all patients were asked to complete the questionnaires about the nasal dryness (visual analog scale [VAS]), nasal obstruction (Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation [NOSE]), and presence of epistaxis (Epistaxis Severity Score [ESS]).

Prognostic value of F-FDG PET/CT parameters and histopathologic variables in head and neck cancer.

Introduction: F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography parameters such as; maximum standardized uptake values, standard metabolic tumor volume and otal lesion glycosis are important prognostic biomarkers in cancers.

Objective: To investigate the prognostic value of these parameters in patients with head and neck cancers.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study including 47 patients with head and neck cancer who underwentF-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography prior to treatment.

Is topical fluorescein that effective in endoscopic CSF leak closure?

Purpose: Several diagnostic modalities are used to detect CSF leaks. Intraoperative use of intrathecal fluorescein can help to detect and localize a CSF leak simultaneously. However, it is not FDA approved, the application is invasive and has serious complications.