Efficacy of octyl-2-cyanoacrylate in type I tympanoplasty.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of octyl-2-cyanoacrylate for type I tympanoplasty.

Methods: This study involved 23 patients (14 females and 9 males) with chronic otitis media who underwent type I tympanoplasty. During surgery, the temporal fascia is placed underlying the eardrum remnant, and octyl-2-cyanoacrylate was dropped over the temporal fascia.

Unilateral osteotomies for external bony deviation.

Objective: Deviated nose is a challenge for rhinoplasty surgeons. We applied a new technique to correct nasal bone asymmetry in selected patients. We assessed the efficacy of the technique and discussed the surgical outcomes.

Surgical outcomes of primary and revision endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.

Objective: In the current study, whereas the results of endoscopic primary and revision endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomies (END-DCR) were evaluated, the success rates in patients who did or did not undergo nasal surgery were also compared.

Methods: A retrospective medical record review of 70 patients (with a total of 72 affected cases) who were admitted to our clinic with a primary complaint of epiphora between January 2002 and July 2009 was performed. Patients who required additional nasal procedures were also included in the analysis.

Effect of pharyngeal packing during nasal surgery on postoperative nausea and vomiting.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of pharyngeal packing in reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after nasal surgery by taking into consideration the surgery types.

Study Design: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Setting: A tertiary referral center.

A comparison of endonasal with external dacryocystorhinostomy in revision cases.

The objective is to compare the success rates of revision endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (END-DCR) with revision external dacryocystorhinostomy (EXT-DCR). The present retrospective study was conducted between January 2002 and July 2009. Seventy-four consecutive patients (17 males, 57 females) who had epiphora or recurrent dacryocystitis after a previous failed EXT-DCR procedure were enrolled in the study.

A randomised prospective trial of trans-septal suturing using a novel device versus nasal packing for septoplasty.

Background: Nasal packing or trans-septal sutures are used to prevent postoperative complications in septoplasty. Trans-septal suturing is not commonly used, since it takes time and is technically difficult with the available devices following septoplasty.

Methods: This study included 64 patients who underwent septoplasty.

Chorda tympani nerve analysis with electron microscopy in chronic suppurative otitis media.

Conclusion: Chronic suppurative otitis media causes some disturbance to the chorda tympani nerve (CTN), which may affect the facial nerve. It is not possible to perform a biopsy of the main truncus of the facial nerve, therefore studies of the CTN might show possible pathologic or physiologic changes of the facial nerve in the future.

Objectives: The specific aim of this study was to investigate the effects of chronic suppurative otitis media on the CTN.

Minimally invasive cochlear implantation with mastoidal three-layer flap technique.

Aims: To describe and evaluate a minimally invasive cochlear implantation approach using mastoidal three-layer flap (TLF) technique.

Methods: We conducted a prospective clinical study at a tertiary referral center. The study population comprised 32 males and 16 females, with an age range of 1-51 years.

Prospective, controlled clinical trial of Ankaferd Blood Stopper in children undergoing tonsillectomy.

Objectives: This is a prospective study evaluating the efficacy of Ankaferd Blood Stopper as a hemostatic agent compared to hemostasis by means of knot-tie after cold knife dissection tonsillectomy.

Methods: Study design was the use of ABS and the KT to reach hemostasis for patients undergoing tonsillectomy. ABS is applied on right side tonsil fossa and KT is used on left side tonsil fossa.

Regional spread of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the face via facial vein tumor thrombus: a case report.

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck most often spreads via direct extension or through lymphatics to regional lymph nodes. This is a unique case of a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal dorsum with direct vascular invasion of the facial vein. This was initially incorrectly identified as a regional level Ib lymph node metastases, and the intervening venous structures were neither extirpated during an initial surgery nor recognized during subsequent radiation therapy.

Laryngeal transplantation in the setting of cancer: a rat model.

Objective: Traditional immunosuppressive regimens make laryngeal transplantation in cancer patients prohibitive because of the increased risk of recurrence. Everolimus, a recently developed immunosuppressant, has demonstrated significant antitumor properties. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of everolimus alone and in combination with other immunosuppressants on tumor growth in a combined laryngeal transplantation and tumor model.

Use of in situ hybridization to detect human papillomavirus in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients without a history of alcohol or tobacco use.

Context: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is commonly associated with tobacco and alcohol use. There are, however, a group of patients without a significant history of tobacco or alcohol use, and the etiology of these tumors is incompletely understood.

Objective: To examine tumors in this subpopulation for association with human papillomavirus (HPV) using newly available in situ hybridization probes.

[Endoscopic approach in patients with choanal polyps].

Objectives: We evaluated the results of endoscopic treatment for choanal polyps.

Patients And Methods: Twelve patients (5 females, 7 males; mean age 25 years; range 10 to 49 years) underwent endoscopic surgery for choanal polyps. Preoperatively, all the patients were evaluated with endoscopic nasal cavity and nasopharyngeal examination and computed tomography of the paranasal sinuses.

Immunotherapy of established murine squamous cell carcinoma using fused dendritic-tumor cell hybrids.

Objective: To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of fused dendritic-tumor cell hybrids against murine squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Design: Squamous cell carcinoma VII is a poorly immunogenic murine SCC tumor in C3H/HEN (H-2(K)) mice. Subdermal tumors were established by inoculation in the mid abdomen of mice.

Ansa cervicalis-to-recurrent laryngeal nerve anastomosis for unilateral vocal fold paralysis: experience of a single institution.

Objectives: One treatment option for unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) is ansa cervicalis-to-recurrent laryngeal nerve (ansa-RLN) anastomosis to provide reinnervation to the affected vocal fold. The advantages of this treatment approach are that it 1) provides vocal fold tone, bulk, and tension, 2) is technically simple, and 3) does not preclude other medialization procedures. We present all patients who have undergone ansa-RLN anastomosis for UVFP at our institution.

[Ectopic molar tooth in the maxillary sinus].

The development of intranasal ectopic teeth is rare. Although they are more commonly seen in the palate and maxillary sinus, they can also be found in the mandibular condyle, coronoid process, and nasal cavity. A 30-year-old male patient presented with a complaint of headache.