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.

Graft Success and Hearing Results between Cartilage Island Graft and Temporal Muscle Fascia Graft Myringoplasty.

Objective: To compare the graft success and hearing results in patients who underwent cartilage island graft (CIG) myringoplasty and temporal muscle fascia graft (TFG) myringoplasty.

Study Design: Retrospective clinical study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Otolaryngology Clinic, Ankara, from January 2013 to January 2018.

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.