Reconstruction with Modified Bilobe Flap Method in Facial Cancer: Case Report.

Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma are the most common cancers in the skin of the head and neck region where sun exposure is the most intense. The main principle of treatment is to remove the mass with clean surgical margins. In large masses, appropriate reconstruction of the large defect should be provided.

Histopathological Evaluation of the Effect of Bromelain on Myringosclerosis in Rats.

Background: Myringosclerosis is frequently detected after otitis media with effusion treatment via ventilation tube insertion. The study was performed to investigate the effect of bromelain as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory on myringotomized rats. Methods: The myringotomy operations of 15 Wistar Albino rats were performed under an otomicroscope.

Rhinitis medicomentosa and substance addiction.

Background: Rhinitis medicomentosa (RM) is a form of non-allergic rhinitis caused by the use of nasal decongestants for longer than the recommended duration. Because of this problem of use, addiction to the drug occurs in individuals. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the susceptibility of RM patients to substance addiction.

Protective and Therapeutic Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma on Experimental Cisplatin Ototoxicity.

Objective: Cisplatin is a chemotherapeutic agent with an ototoxic effect that is frequently used in head and neck cancers. There are studies in the literature conducted with various antioxidant substances to protect and/or prevent ototoxicity. This study aims to investigate whether platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has a protective and therapeutic effect on cisplatin ototoxicity.

Mechanism of ear canal button battery injury and strategies for mitigation of damage.

Objectives: In this study, the damage caused by button batteries (BB) trapped in the ear canal (EC) and strategies to reduce this damage before their removal were investigated .

Methods: After four EC models prepared from freshly frozen cadaveric bovine ears were thawed, 3 V lithium BBs were placed in the channels. After a three-hour period of preliminary damage, nothing was applied to the first EC model, the second EC model underwent saline administration, the third EC model underwent boric acid administration, and the fourth EC model underwent the administration of 3% acetic acid.

Mucin receptors in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Background: Nasal polyps (NPs) are non-neoplastic, painless inflammatory lesions of the sino-nasal mucosa. Nasal polyp physiopathology is not yet fully understood. There are many potential etiologies of NP, including chronic infections, allergies, asthma, aspirin sensitivity, anatomical disorders, and genetic causes.

Evaluation of age-related changes in middle-ear structures by wideband tympanometry.

Background: Presbycusis is bilateral sensorineural hearing loss associated with the progressive degeneration of cochlear and central auditory pathways with aging.

Aims/objectives: We aimed to reveal age-related changes in middle ear function by using wideband tympanometry (WBT).

Materials And Methods: Fifty-eight patients diagnosed with presbycusis were compared to 52 audiologically healthy participants.

Perspectives of Young Otolaryngologists on Pediatric ENT and the Future of the Field in Turkey.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the current status and the future of pediatric otolaryngology in Turkey by evaluating the opinions of young otolaryngologists on pediatric otolaryngology.

Methods: The study included 224 otolaryngology physicians who were senior residents registered with the Turkish Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery Association (TORL-HNS). The physicians were in their last two years of otolaryngology training (154 physicians) or had completed their residency training and were in their first year of otolaryngology practice (70 physicians).

Bilateral temporomandibular joint luxation in a 6-month-old child: Case report.

Background: Luxation of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is an acute condition associated with translocation of the condylar joint out of its functional position. Traumatic causes are more common in childhood, while non-traumatic causes are very rare.

Clinical Presentation: A 6-month-old patient was brought to a rural hospital emergency department with the inability to close her mouth.

Early clinical outcomes of ınferior turbinate radiofrequency and lateralization combined with septoplasty.

Introduction: Mechanical obstruction is the most common form of nasal obstruction. Among the types of mechanical obstructions, septum deviation and inferior turbinate hypertrophy are the most prevalent.

Objective: This study evaluated the early clinical outcomes of inferior turbinate radiofrequency and inferior turbinate lateralization combined with septoplasty in the treatment of nasal obstruction symptoms.

Postauricular Island Flap in Reconstruction of Auricula Tumor Defects.

The most common malignant tumor in humans is skin cancers. Skin cancers are most commonly seen in the head and neck region due to direct exposure to sunlight. Most frequently seen skin cancer in the auricula are basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Bone turnover in chronic otitis media with bone destruction.

Purpose: This study aims to determine the relationship between bone destruction and bone turnover markers in patients with chronic otitis media (COM).

Methods: Subjects with COM were divided into two groups: those with and without bone destruction. Thirty-seven patients were included in the group with bone destruction; 30 patients were included in the group without bone destruction.

Transcanal Endoscopic Type 1 Cartilage Tympanoplasty in Children.

Objective: Transcanal endoscopic type 1 tympanoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that enables better visualization of deep and narrow spaces compared to conventional microscopic methods. In our study, we aimed to evaluate air-bone gap difference, graft success, and hearing gain according to the perforation size and location in pediatric patients who underwent transcanal endoscopic type 1 cartilage tympanoplasty.

Methods: Fifty pediatric patients who underwent transcanal endoscopic type 1 cartilage tympanoplasty for chronic otitis media were included in the study.

Endoscopic butterfly inlay myringoplasty: new technique extended perichondrium butterfly.

Various graft materials and surgical methods are used in the treatment of tympanic membrane perforations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the operation method and graft success of extended perichondrial butterfly myringoplasty performed by an endoscopic method and the hearing gain of patients. This was a retrospective study evaluating the hearing tests of 54 ears of 48 patients (28 male, 20 female) who underwent surgery between February 2017 and March 2019.

Classification of laryngeal injury in patients with prolonged intubation and to determine the factors that cause the injury.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate injuries occurring in the larynx of patients intubated in intensive care units for a long time.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Setting: Tertiary hospital.

The Economic Burden of Vertigo: Results From the Hospitalized and Outpatients.

Objective: Vertigo and dizziness are the common presenting concerns in emergency departments and outpatient clinics, accounts for approximately 15% to 20% of adults annually. We aimed to evaluate economic burden of vertigo on health-care system and work productivity in association between clinic characteristics of in- or outpatients.

Methods: A total number of 2289 patients diagnosed with peripheric (noncentral) vertigo were evaluated retrospectively.

Vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) results in migraine and migrainous vertigo.

The pathophysiology of vertigo is not fully known; thus, it is difficult to diagnose vestibular migraine (VM) in some migraine patients with vertigo symptoms. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) in patients with VM. Thirty-two patients diagnosed with migraine and 31 patients with VM were prospectively included in this study.

Does Postauricular Incision Cause Auricula Protrusion After Tympanoplasty?

Background: An ear surgery can be performed via transcanal, endaural, or postauricular approach according to the surgeon's desicion. The postauricular one is the most commonly performed approach.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether preferring postauricular approach during ear surgery cause auricular protrusion in over time.

What Are We Missing From Asymmetric Relationship Between the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Profiles and Sphenoid Sinus Volume?

Purpose/aim Of The Study: Detailed analysis of retinal structure such as the retinal nerve fiber layer can be performed by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). There are no published studies concerning a relationship between retinal nerve fiber layer and human sphenoid sinus volumes. We investigated this relationship.

Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Patients With Low Vitamin B12 Levels.

Objective: Vitamin B12 deficiency-induced hyperhomocysteinemia has been associated with impaired microarterial flow, demyelization, and neuronal damage, resulting in cochlear damage and auditory dysfunction. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the possible vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) abnormalities in patients with vitamin B12 deficiency.

Material And Method: In this prospective study, 37 patients diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency (<220 pg/mL) were compared with 31 audiologically healthy participants with normal B12 levels.

Voice Quality After Radiotherapy and Cordectomy in Early-Stage Glottic Carcinomas.

Laryngeal carcinomas are the most common upper respiratory tract cancers and most commonly involve the glottic region. The aim of this study is to evaluate the voice quality after radiotherapy (RT) and microsurgical cordectomy (MC) treatments using Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and Grade, Roughness, Breathiness, Astenicity, and Strain (GRBAS) perceptual evaluation scale in patients with early-stage glottic carcinoma. A total of 37 patients with early-stage glottic carcinomas, 19 patients had RT and 18 patients with MC, were included in our study.

Outcomes of endoscopic transcanal type 1 cartilage tympanoplasty.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate air-bone GAP (ABG), graft success and hearing gain according to the size and location of perforation in patients who underwent endoscopic transcanal type 1 cartilage tympanoplasty due to the tympanic membrane perforation and chronic otitis media.

Methods: The 104 patients (52 male and 52 female) who underwent endoscopic transcanal type 1 cartilage tympanoplasty, were evaluated retrospectively. Tragal cartilage grafts were utilized in all patients.

The effect of rosmarinic acid on the prevention of myringosclerosis.

Objectives: Myringosclerosis commonly occurs as a long-term complication of ventilation during the treatment of otitis media. We aimed to determine the effects of rosmarinic acid as an antioxidant on experimentally induced myringosclerosis.

Methods: Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats, weighing 250-300 g, were unilaterally myringotomized and randomly separated into three groups.