How does allergic rhinitis impact the severity of COVID-19?: a case-control study.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease whose symptoms and risk factors are newly described. Some allergic diseases, including asthma, have been defined as risk factors for a poor outcome in COVID-19. We aimed to investigate the role of another allergic disease-allergic rhinitis-in the severity of COVID-19.

Effects of vaginal birth versus caesarean section on hearing screening results in a large series from the Aegean region.

To evaluate the effects of caesarian section (CS) versus vaginal birth (VB) delivery techniques on results from neonatal hearing screening tests (NHSTs). Retrospective analysis. A total of 10,767 neonates divided into two groups according to delivery technique underwent NHSTs.

Caudal Septal Stabilization Suturing Technique to Treat Crooked Noses.

Aim: To rotate the nasal axis and septum to the midline using an L-strut graft and a novel caudal septal stabilization suturing technique to treat crooked noses.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-six patients were included in the study. First, an L-strut graft was prepared by excising the deviated cartilage site in all patients.

Treatment of large persistent tracheoesophageal peristomal fistulas using silicon rings.

Introduction: Tracheoesophageal peristomal fistulae can often be solved by reducing the size of the fistula or replacing the prosthesis; however, even with conservative techniques, leakage around the fistula may continue in total laryngectomy patients. Also, several techniques have been developed to overcome this problem, including injections around the fistula, fistula closure with local flaps, myofascial flaps, or free flaps and fistula closure using a septal perforation silicon button.

Objective: To present the results of the application of silicon ring expanding the voice prosthesis in patients with large and persistent peri-prosthetic fistula.

The impact of topical and systemic enoxaparin sodium use on traumatic tympanic membrane perforation and myringosclerosis.

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of topical and systemic enoxaparin sodium on the healing pattern of experimentally induced tympanic membrane perforation and formation of myringosclerosis. A total of 24 Wistar-Albino strain rats were included in the study. Standard myringotomies were performed on each rat.

The Impact of Systemic and Local Administration of Ascorbic Acid on Traumatic Perforation of Tympanic Membrane and Myringosclerosis.

Objective: In the present study, tympanic membranes (TM) harvested from myringotomized rats were analyzed histopathologically to compare the systemic and local effects of ascorbic acid on the development of myringosclerosis.

Materials And Methods: Forty male Wistar-Albino rats weighing between 350-400 g were included in this study. Under otomicroscopic examination, a standard 2-mm myringotomy incision was made on the posteroinferior quadrant of the TM of both ears.

Detection of ideal reservoir level after laryngectomy using endoilluminator in voice rehabilitation.

Objective: To assess the diagnostic value of a novel device, the endoilluminator, in patients who can or cannot attain effective speech after application of voice prosthesis.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Methods: Thirty-four patients who underwent total laryngectomy and whose insufflation test was positive were included.

The physiological impact of high altitude on nasal and lower airway parameters.

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of high altitude on nasal and lower airway parameters in a healthy population. This was a prospective study of 61 individuals who climbed to the summit of Mount Kackar, at 3,937 m. Peak nasal inspiratory flow rates were recorded in all participants at sea level and at the summit.

Assessment of the impact of altitude on nasal airflow via expiratory nasal sound spectral analysis.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of high altitude (HA) on the expiratory nasal sound spectra. The design consisted of a prospective analysis. The study group consisted of 24 otorhinolaryngologists and a student (2 females, 23 males) climber of the mountain of Kackar in Rize, a city located in northeastern Turkey.

Oropharyngeal leech infestation and therapeutic options.

This is a case report about a rare oropharyngeal foreign body causing oropharyngeal symptoms such as sore throat, dysphagia and hemoptysis. We reported a 7 year-old boy who had ingested a leech from a bottle which had been filled with water and it had attached to the palate within 4 days. The leech was identified as approximately 3 cm in length.

Permanent t-tube insertion in two patients with Hurler's syndrome.

Hearing loss in mucopolysaccharidosis is usually both conductive and sensorineural. The conductive component is attributable to serous otitis media secondary to dysfunction of the eustachian tube and chronic thickening of the mucosa of the middle ear. The conductive component may persist after myringotomy and insertion of short-term or long-term ventilation tubes.