Comparison of the efficacy of dry needling and trigger point injections with exercise in temporomandibular myofascial pain treatment.

Objectives: We aimed to compare the efficacy of dry needling, trigger point injection, and protection methods through physical exercise on clinical symptoms and the pain threshold in patients with temporomandibular myofascial pain.

Patients And Methods: Between March 2013 and September 2013, in a random consecutive manner, a total of 63 consecutive patients (10 males, 53 females; median age 39.4±14.

Human olfactory stem cells for injured facial nerve reconstruction in a rat model.

Background: The purpose of this study was to show the efficacy of olfactory stem cells for injured facial nerve reconstruction in a rat model.

Methods: Olfactory stem cells were isolated from the olfactory mucosa of human participants. A 2-mm excision was performed on the right facial nerve of all rats.

[A comparison of the effects of mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty on contralateral ear using otoacoustic emission in chronic otitis media surgery].

Objectives: In this study, we compared possible changes in the opposite ears of the patients who underwent mastoid surgery using a drill or tympanoplasty surgery without the use of a drill through distortion product otoacoustic emissions.

Patients And Methods: Between November 2011 and March 2012, a total of 41 patients (17 mastoidectomy, 24 tympanoplasty) who were scheduled for surgery with the diagnosis of chronic otitis media without any pathology identified in their contralateral ears in our clinic were included. Distortion product otoacoustic emissions measurements were performed on their opposite ears of the patients for which no surgery was planned at the frequencies of 1, 1.

Lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the larynx.

Lymphoepithelial carcinoma (LEC) of the larynx is a rare neoplasm; with a review of the literature having disclosed only 34 documented cases. This neoplasm seems to behave in a fashion reminiscent of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In contrast to nasopharyngeal carcinoma, most cases have not been associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).