Picosecond Infrared Laser (PIRL) Application in Stapes Surgery-First Experience in Human Temporal Bones.

Objective: Using a contact-free laser technique for stapedotomy reduces the risk of mechanical damage of the stapes footplate. However, the risk of inner ear dysfunction due to thermal, acoustic, or direct damage has still not been solved. The objective of this study was to describe the first experiences in footplate perforation in cadaver tissue performed by the novel Picosecond-Infrared-Laser (PIRL), allowing a tissue preserving ablation.

Survival analysis of 287 oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients in a single institution: a retrospective comparison of two consecutive time intervals with surgical and conservative treatment approaches.

This study is a retrospective analysis of clinico-pathological data to investigate survival rates of patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) treated with different modalities in a single academic head and neck cancer center in different time intervals. Altogether, 287 patients with OPSCC were included in this comparison. Patients were analysed during two different treatment periods: Group 1 included patients treated mainly with primary surgery ± adjuvant radio(chemo)therapy between 2002 and 2007, while Group 2 included patients treated with organ/function-preservation protocols if indicated.

Comparative study of wound healing in rat skin following incision with a novel picosecond infrared laser (PIRL) and different surgical modalities.

Background And Objective: As a result of wound healing the original tissue is replaced by dysfunctional scar tissue. Reduced tissue damage during surgical procedures beneficially affects the size of the resulting scar and overall healing time. Thus the choice of a particular surgical instrument can have a significant influence on the postoperative wound healing.

Endonasal dilatation of the Eustachian tube (EET) in children: feasibility and the role of tubomanometry (Estève) in outcomes measurement.

Studies on endonasal dilatation of the Eustachian tube (EET) utilizing a balloon catheter have shown encouraging results over the last years. This retrospective analysis presents our outcomes with EET in children with chronic obstructive dysfunction of the Eustachian tube, as well as the role of tubomanometry (TMM, Estève) as a diagnostic tool in the pre- and postoperative assessment of the Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction. The data of 33 children, having undergone EET between September 2010 and March 2014, were retrospectively evaluated.