Functional outcomes and caloric response changes after endolymphatic sac decompression.

Objective: To evaluate caloric response changes after endolymphatic sac decompression (ESD), together with hearing outcomes and the functional benefit of the operation.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of subjects who underwent endolymphatic sac decompression at a tertiary referral centre was performed. Data on audiological results, caloric testing, and functional level scale of the patients were analysed.

The effect of bony obliteration on quality of life after tympano-mastoidectomy surgery: A prospective observational controlled cohort study.

Objectives: The study's primary objective was to compare the quality of life (QoL) and external auditory canal (EAC) hygiene among patients who underwent bony mastoid obliteration or meatoplasty after canal wall down (CWD) mastoidectomy.

Methods: A prospective, observational, controlled cohort study was conducted at our tertiary referral university hospital. Twenty-eight patients older than 16 years of age with chronic otitis media who underwent CWD mastoidectomy were included.

Wideband Absorbance Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation: A Comparative Clinical Study.

Objectives: Wideband tympanometry (WBT) measurements show sensitivity to trends in external ear canal/middle ear maturation and changes in middle ear status as a result of different types of dysfunction. This study aims to determine the effects of cochlear implantation (CI) on middle ear status.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective comparative clinical study that has been done in a tertiary referral center.

Investigation of DFNB4 SLC26A4 mutation in patients with enlarged vestibular aquaduct.

Objectives: Mutations of the SLC26A4 gene causing enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) syndrome have not yet been fully elucidated. The study aimed to investigate SLC26A4 mutations in patients with EVA syndrome in the Turkish population. Identifying these mutations may play an essential role in determining the prognosis, follow-up, and management options of these patients.

Translation and Validation of Chronic Otitis Media Benefit Inventory (COMBI) in Turkish Language.

Objective: The aim of this study was to translate the Chronic Otitis Media Benefit Inventory (COMBI) into Turkish and evaluate the questionnaire's reliability in assessing benefit outcomes in patients after ear surgery.

Methods: A total of 30 patients with chronic otitis media who underwent ear surgery were asked to fill out the translated Turkish version of the COMBI questionnaire six months after their surgery twice, 10 days apart. The patients were divided into two groups in two different ways based on surgical and audiological outcomes.

Endoscope-Assisted Surgery for Petrous Bone Cholesteatoma with Hearing Preservation.

Objectives: Petrous bone cholesteatoma is a rare pathologic entity and may be a difficult surgical challenge because of potential involvement of the facial nerve, carotid artery, dura mater, otic capsule and superior petrosal or lateral sinus. The objective of this article is to present the endoscope-assisted surgery for petrous bone cholesteatoma.

Materials And Methods: Eight patients (nine ears) who underwent endoscope-assisted petrous bone surgery for cholesteatoma.

Are home sleep studies useful in diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea in children with down syndrome?

Introduction And Aim: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is frequent in children with Down syndrome (DS) and polysomnography (PSG) is recommended for all children with DS. However PSG is not always available and alternative diagnostic methods are needed. The aim of the study was to evaluate the feasibility and validity of home polygraphy (HPG) in children with DS.

Turkish Translation and Validation of Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire-12.

Objective: The aim of this study was to translate the Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire-12 (COMQ-12) into Turkish, evaluate the internal consistency of the test and test-retest reliability, and validate the adaptation for further use in Turkish studies.

Methods: A total of 50 healthy subjects and 50 patients with chronic otitis media (COM) have completed a translated Turkish version of the COMQ-12. Healthy subjects were asked to complete the test twice.

Impact of Routine Plain X-ray on Postoperative Management in Cochlear Implantation.

Objectives: To determine the benefit of a routine plain radiography (X-ray) for confirming the optimal electrode position in cochlear implant surgery.

Materials And Methods: In total, 245 patients (135 males and 111 females) who underwent cochlear implantation in a single tertiary referral center were included in this study. Postoperative plain X-ray findings and electrophysiological tests were retrospectively analyzed.

Posttraumatic Intramuscular Hemangioma Arising from Scalene Muscles in Supraclavicular Region.

Intramuscular hemangiomas (IMH) account for <%1 of all hemangiomas and are rarely located in the head and neck region. The most common site of origin in the head and neck is the masseter muscle, whereas IMH originating from the scalene muscles are rarely seen. Surgical excision of intramuscular hemangioma is considered the main treatment modality.

Repair of Tegmen Tympani Defect Presenting with Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea Using the Middle Cranial Fossa Approach.

Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorrhea frequently occurs without temporal bone trauma, fracture, surgery, or any identifiable causes. It is usually associated with tegmen tympani defects of the temporal bone in adults. The congenital origin theory and the arachnoid granulation theory have been accepted to explain the tegmen tympani defect.

Surgical Success of Tympanoplasty Using Composite Tragal Cartilage in Chronic Otitis Media.

This study aims to investigate the preoperative, postoperative airway hearing threshold levels, and perforation closure rates in patients who underwent primary tragal cartilage tympanoplasty. One hundred seventy-one patients who had chronic otitis media without cholesteatoma underwent primary tragal cartilage tympanoplasty with endaural approach by using underlay technique. Preoperative and postoperative airway hearing threshold levels at 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 Hz frequencies in 8 to 99 months' follow-up were found and compared with each other.

Prognostic factors in head and neck mucosal malignant melanoma.

Objective: Primary mucosal malignant melanoma of the head and neck (HN-PMMM) is an aggressive and uncommon neoplasm. Herein, we present a series of 33 patients and the results of treatment, and aimed to determine prognostic factors in HN-PMMM.

Methods: Patients who were diagnosed as having HN-PMMM in our reference hospital, between 2005 and 2014 were evaluated.

A Rare Complication of Cochlear Implantation After Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Reversion of the Magnet.

Cochlear implants are mechanical devices used for patients with severe sensory-neural hearing loss, which has an inner magnet. It is proven that 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners are safe to use in patients with cochlear implant.

Endoscopic-Assisted Cochlear Implantation: A Case Series.

The aim of the present study was to describe the use of the endoscopic-assisted cochlear implantation in cases with an unsuccessful standard surgical technique because of not achieving adequate exposure to the round window (RW). Three patients with a bilateral profound hearing loss were operated using an endoscopic-assisted cochlear implant procedure at our tertiary university referral center between 2012 and 2014. In all of the patients, a retroauricular "c" shaped incision was performed and a subperiosteal pocket was created.

Paratracheal lymph node dissection, in which patients should it be performed?

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effect of paratracheal lymph node (PTLN) metastasis on survival in patients with advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer.

Patients And Methods: Medical records of advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers who underwent surgery between May 1995 and June 2008 were assessed and 78 of the patients (63 males, 15 females; mean age 55±11.3 years; range 25 to 76 years) who has PTLN metastasis were included in this study.

Two Different Percutaneous Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid Abutment Systems: Comparative Clinical Study.

Objective: To compare two different percutaneous bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) abutment systems regarding operation time, scar healing, quality of life, implant stability, audiologic results, and complications.

Materials And Methods: The study involves a prospective multi-center clinical evaluation. Thirty-two consecutive patients who had undergone BAHA surgery from January 2011 to January 2013 in two tertiary centers were included in the study.

Transnasal Prelacrimal Recess Approach for Recurrent Antrachoanal Polyp.

Purpose: To assess the effectiveness and usefulness of transnasal prelacrimal recess approach (TPRA) in patients with recurrent antrochoanal polyps.

Methods: Twelve patients with antrochoanal polyp recurrence underwent surgery with a transnasal endoscopic prelacrimal recess approach. Success for visualization of the origin of the polyps, surgical complications, and recurrence was evaluated.

[A juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma: our 10-year experience in a tertiary centre].

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the demographic characteristics, tumor stage, surgical treatment and recurrence rate among patients operated with a juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included 45 patients (44 males, 1 female; mean age 21 years, range 9 to 55 years) who underwent surgery at Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Otorhinolaryngology clinic between March 2006 and July 2015. The patients were classified according to age, sex, presenting symptom, tumor stage, surgical procedure applied, preoperative embolization, perioperative blood transfusion, complications, and the presence of recurrence.

Unilateral Inner Mucoperichondrium Flap From Upper Lateral Cartilage and Inferior Mucosal Advancement Flap Technique for Repair of Septal Perforations.

Background: Many surgical technique have been described for repair of nasal septal perforations with different success rates. This study aimed to describe authors' surgical technique and discuss its results as well as those reported in the literature.

Methods: Nineteen patients with nasal septal perforation were operated on between March 2009 and February 2015 at Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty.

Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Arising in a Lymph Node Metastasis of a Testicular Teratoma: A Very Rare Occurrence.

We present a case of a teratoma with somatic type malignancy (TSM) in the form of papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC) within supraclavicular and retroperitoneal lymph node metastases of a testicular pure teratoma. Resection of both masses revealed a teratoma without any other germ cell tumor component. A papillary carcinoma component was also detected intermingled with the teratomatous elements.

Hydatid cyst in unusual location: Pterygopalatine fossa-infratemporal fossa.

Introduction: Hydatid Cyst is a zoonotic infection most commonly caused by larvae of the Echinococcus granulosus. Humans are an accidental intermediate host following ingestion of the larvae.

Case Report: We report the case of a 16-year-old male patient presenting with a hydatid cyst in the pterygopalatine fossa.

The effects of indwelling voice prosthesis on the quality of life, depressive symptoms, and self-esteem in patients with total laryngectomy.

This study aims to evaluate the effects of voice rehabilitation with indwelling voice prosthesis on quality of life, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and sexual functions in laryngectomy patients. Provox-1 was applied to 30 patients who underwent total laryngectomy by opening a tracheoesophageal fistula. WHO Quality of Life-BREF, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Arizona Sexual Experience Scale forms were asked to be filled out by the patients before voice prosthesis application.

Spontaneous bone bed formation in cochlear implantation using the subperiosteal pocket technique.

Objective: To show evidence of spontaneous bone pocket formation using the subperiosteal pocket technique for cochlear implantation surgery.

Study Design: Clinical capsule report.

Setting: University hospital.