The effect of psychological inflexibility on health-related quality of life, depression, and anxiety in patients with chronic tinnitus without hearing loss.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological inflexibility, depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with chronic tinnitus without hearing loss.

Methods: The study was carried out involving 85 patients with chronic tinnitus without hearing loss and a control group of 80 individuals. All participants completed the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait, the Beck Depression Inventory, and Short Form-36.

Decreased frontal and orbital volumes and increased cerebellar volumes in patients with anosmia Of Unknown origin: A subtle connection?

Purpose: Neuroimaging studies have shown that anosmia is accompanied by a decreased olfactory bulb volume, yet little is known about alterations in cerebral and cerebellar lobule volumes. The purpose of this study was to investigate structural brain alterations in anosmic patients.

Methods: Sixteen anosmic patients (mean age 42.

The effect of thymoquinone and propranolol combination on epidermoid laryngeal carcinoma cell.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the effects of thymoquinone and propranolol on Hep-2 cells representing laryngeal Ca cell type in comparison with cisplatin. We also evaluated their combined effects.

Methods: Apoptotic effects were directly analyzed via mitochondrial membrane potential and caspase-3 assays.

Evaluation of the Mastoid Emissary Canals with Computerized Tomography in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media.

 The mastoid emissary veins (MEVs) pass through the mastoid emissary canal-mastoid foramen (MEC-MF) in the mastoid region of the skull. MEVs can give rise to complications during surgical procedures. The purpose of our study was to investigate the morphological and morphometric characteristics of MECs of patients with clinical chronic otitis media (COM) using high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT).

The Development of a New Medical Instrument: Modified Tongue Depressor.

In the oropharyngeal region examinations, the abeslang (tongue depressor) used to create a wider field of vision and press down the tongue to make the pharynx easier. In order to look under the tongue, the depressor is redesigned so that it can be examined under the tongue and transformed into a retractor by creating an angle in the body of the present invention. This technique is intended to be used in conjunction with new technology surgical procedures.

Bilateral Post-Traumatic Facial Paralysis That Contains Longitudinal and Transverse Temporal Fracture.

Acute bilateral post-traumatic facial paralysis is rare in the literature. Post-traumatic facial paralysis is frequently accompanied transverse fractures of temporal more. The incidence of acute bilateral post-traumatic facial paralysis has been reported as 1 to 5 per million in the literature.

Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio, Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio, Mean Platelet Volume and Red Cell Distribution Width Measures in Bells Palsy.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) and Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) in the differential diagnosis and follow-up of patients with Bells Palsy.

Material And Methods: Twenty-eight patients diagnosed with Bells Palsy and 28 control patients were included in the study. Serum samples were analysed retrospectively on the initial presentation and the seventh day of admission.

Evaluation of Patient Satisfaction After Nasal Septoplasty Operation Using Peak Nasal Inspratuar Flow and Nasal Obstruction Symptom Score Questionare.

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of the peak nasal inflamatuar flow (PNIF) and Nasal Obstruction Symptom Score (NOSE) questionnaire in the diagnosis and follow-up of nasal septum deviation surgery.

Methods: Sixty patients diagnosed with nasal septum deviation were included in the study. Nasal Obstruction Symptom Score scales of patients, PNIF and is measured preoperatively and 14 days after surgery.

Somatoform disorders in patients with chronic subjective tinnitus.

This study aimed to investigate the correlation of psychiatric disorders with tinnitus and tinnitus handicap scores. A total of 30 patients and 30 otherwise healthy people were enrolled for the study. Somatoform disorder questionnaire SDQ-20 was filled in by both the study and the control group.

The Effect of Nasal Packing Removal on Patients Anxiety.

Aim: We aimed to investigate the effect of removal of merocel nasal packings on patients anxiety after septoplasty using Hamilton Anxiety Scale.

Material And Methods: Total amount of 50 patients who had septoplasty operation in the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic of our hospital were enrolled to the study. Patients anxiety determined using Hamilton Anxiety Scale.

Influence of nasal pack removal on patients' anxiety after septoplasty.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effects of the removal of Merocel nasal packs on patients' anxiety after septoplasty.

Patients And Methods: Fifty patients (26 males, 24 females; mean age 30 years; range 18 to 56 years) who underwent septoplasty in the Department of Ear Nose and Throat of our hospital between January 2013 and January 2015 were enrolled in this prospective study. Patients' anxiety was measured using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

Application of drill in otoplasty: a technical modification.

Purpose: Prominent ear is one of the most common congenital deformities in the head and neck region. More than 100 techniques have been described for correction of prominent ears in literature. Mustarde technique is one of the most widely accepted procedures of otoplasty.

Giant rhinophyma: Excision with coblation assisted surgery.

An 83-year-old man presented with an unusually severe case of rhinophyma. Giant rhinopyhma is very rare in literature. The giant lesion was widely excised using sharp surgical incision and coblation assisted surgery.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of lower lip.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are rare, highly aggressive tumors capable of arising de novo or from preexisting benign neurofibromas or schwannomas. The treatment of choice is surgery. Trunk and extremities are the commonest sites involved.

[Ophthalmic complications of paranasal sinus mucoceles].

Objectives: This study aimed to describe ophthalmic complications of paranasal sinus mucoceles and principles of treatment.

Patients And Methods: The medical records of 25 paranasal sinus mucoceles patients (18 males, 7 females; mean age 35 years; range 20 to 62 years) that had been treated in two different ear, nose and throat clinics between the years January 2004 and June 2009 were evaluated retrospectively. Out of 22 patients of who had developed internal mucoceles in anterior paranasal sinuses, diplopia was observed in five, proptosis in four and partial loss of sight in one.

Nasolabial cyst.

Nasolabial cyst is a rare nonodontogenics, soft-tissue cyst occurring in the sublabial area and anterior maxillary region. The patient usually presents with a slowly enlarging asymptomatic swelling. They are usually diagnosed in early stages because of cosmetic problems.

Choanal polyp originated from the inferior nasal concha.

Almost all choanal polyps originate from the maxillary sinus and a choanal polyp (CP) originating from the inferior nasal concha (INC) is a rare entity. It presents in a similar manner to the more common antrochoanal polyp and may be confused on anterior rhinoscopy. In this report, an unusual case of a CP taking origin from the INC that was removed by endoscopic endonasal surgery in a young man is presented.