U shaped costal cartilage resection to reduce donor site morbidity.

Objective: The aim of our study is to reduce the complications of pain and chest wall deformity by modifying conventional costal cartilage graft harvesting.

Method: In this method while the superior part of the costal cartilage is removed completely, medial, lateral, and inferior parts are excised incompletely and used as a graft. Hence, continuity of the costal cartilage is maintained inferiorly.

Evaluating the accuracy and readability of ChatGPT in providing parental guidance for adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, and ventilation tube insertion surgery.

Objectives: This study examined the potential of ChatGPT as an accurate and readable source of information for parents seeking guidance on adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, and ventilation tube insertion surgeries (ATVtis).

Methods: ChatGPT was tasked with identifying the top 15 most frequently asked questions by parents on internet search engines for each of the three specific surgical procedures. We removed repeated questions from the initial set of 45.

The Effects of the Maxillary Movements in Angle Class 2 and 3 Malocclusion Treatment on Nose Air Flow Amount, Rate, and Resistance.

Maxillary movements performed during orthognathic surgery affect the external and internal anatomy of the nose. The functional and anatomical effects may change nasal airway parameters after the surgery, and these alterations can be examined objectively by rhinomanometry. In this study, patients who underwent maxillary orthognathic surgery were divided into 3 groups based on their surgical plans: advancement (group 1), impaction and advancement (group 2), and setdown and advancement (group 3).

Factors Affecting the Level of Reflective Thinking and Clinical Decision-Making Skills in Medical Faculty Students.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the reflection skills of students at the Faculty of Medicine and the factors influencing these skills, as well as to measure the impact of students' reflection skills on their clinical decision-making.

Methods: This study is an educational research project conducted on fifth-year Ear Nose Throat (ENT) interns at Vakif University's Faculty of Medicine. The "Reflective Thinking Level Determination Scale" and the "Clinical Decision-Making Scale," which are valid and reliable, were used to assess the reflection skills and clinical decision-making abilities of the 125 students participating in the study.

Medial flap middle turbinoplasty for solid middle turbinate hypertrophy: improving airway, speeding healing and preserving olfaction.

Purpose: The techniques to be performed for bullous middle turbinates are well-defined and widely accepted in the literature. However, in the case of solid middle turbinate hypertrophy, information on surgical techniques that take into account function and sense of smell is very limited in the literature. The aim of this study was to compare the airway patency and olfaction results of patients diagnosed with solid middle turbinate hypertrophy, who underwent subtotal (transverse) resection or medial flap turbinoplasty of the middle turbinates.

Evaluating the changes in nasal airway volume and nasal airflow after surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion.

Objective: This study aims to compare the changes in the nasal airway volume and nasal airflow using acoustic rhinometry (AR), rhinomanometry (RMN), and dental volumetric tomography (DVT) after surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME).

Study Design: Our study consists of 13 adults, 3 male and 10 female patients, aged between 15 and 26, with completed skeletal development. In our study, DVT imaging was obtained twice, preoperation and 3 months after expansion.

Two-handed endoscopic ear surgery: Feasibility for stapes surgery.

Objective: Endoscopic ear surgery is becoming an increasingly popular approach. Our aim in this study is to evaluate the feasibility of the two-handed endoscopic technique for stapes surgery, which has its own unique steps.

Methods: Patients who underwent two-handed endoscopic stapes surgery between September 2017 and February 2018 were included in this study.

Effect of allergic rhinitis on the outcomes of diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy.

Purpose: Studies on patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction have suggested the presence of comorbid allergic rhinitis. This study aimed to investigate the role of allergic rhinitis in the long-term surgical failure of diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 153 patients undergoing diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy between 2013 and 2017 were included in the study.

Are the oxidative stress levels in the tumor center and tumor boundary different from those in healthy tissue?

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between oxidative stress levels in the tumor center, tumor edge, and healthy tissue.

Methods: This study included a total of 53 patients with head and neck cancer. Samples of 5 × 5 × 5 mm were collected from the tumor center, tumor edge, and the healthy tissue.

Changes in olfactory function and olfactory bulb after treatment for acromegaly.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the olfactory functions of the acromegaly patients and to discuss the possible causes of olfactory dysfunction in acromegaly patients.

Methods: A case-control study was carried out in a tertiary referral center. 52 patients with acromegaly (Acromegaly group) and 52 healthy individuals (Control group) were included in the study.

A Rare and Unexpected Reason for Unilateral Epistaxis: Nasal Septal Schwannoma.

Nasal septal schwannoma is a rare tumor. It causes complaints such as nasal congestion, nosebleeds, and headaches. There are many diseases such as nasal polyps, antrochoanal polyp, chronic rhinosinusitis, concha bullosa, inverted papilloma, and retention cyst with schwannoma diagnosis.

Oxidative stress values of tumor core, edge, and healthy thyroid tissue in thyroid masses.

Purpose: Reactive oxygen radicals play an important role in tumor formation, progression, and invasion. In this study, the aim was to investigate the relationship between the oxidative stress values of tumor core, edge, and healthy thyroid tissue in thyroid tumors.

Methods: A total of 51 patients with thyroid tumor, 24-malignant, and 27-benign, were included in this study.

The relationship between the tympanostomy tube extrusion time and viscosity.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to assess the correlation between the tympanostomy tube extrusion time and the viscosity of the middle ear fluid.

Methods: Thirty-three patients who were scheduled for a tympanostomy tube (TT) insertion were included in the study. During the paracentesis procedure, fluid from the middle ear was obtained, and the viscosity was measured with a viscometer.

Stapedectomy in patients with dehiscent and prolapsed facial nerve.

Objective: The aim of this study is to apply the modified stapedectomy technique in cases with dehiscent and prolapsed facial nerve canal, and to compare the postoperative results with those with normal facial nerve canal anatomy.

Material And Method: 28 patients who underwent primary stapedectomy were included. Of the patients, 17 were in the normal anatomical facial nerve group, and 11 were in the dehiscent and prolapsed facial nerve group.

A new method in eardrum perforation repair: Accordion myringoplasty technique.

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the accordion myringoplasty technique as a novel method used in the perforation of the eardrum.

Materials And Methods: The study included thirty patients operated by utilizing accordion myringoplasty technique.

Results: We achieved complete closure of the eardrum perforations with the accordion myringoplasty technique in all patients.

Use of topical fluorescein in the diagnosis and localization of perilymphatic fistula.

Objective: The purpose of this video presentation is to demonstrate the effect of intraoperative dilute topical fluorescein in perilympatic fistula diagnosis and localization.

Materials And Methods: Explorative tympanotomy was performed for the diagnosis, localization and repair of the fistula in the patient who had a pre-diagnosis of perilymphatic fistula. Topical fluorescein was applied intraoperatively to localize the defect.

The Effect of Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block on the Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Septorhinoplasty.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative sphenopalatine ganglion block (SPBG) on the postoperative pain (POP) in patients undergoing septorhinoplasty (SRP).

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed. A total of 42 patients that had received septorhinoplasty included in the study.

Effect of Radiofrequency on DNA Damage and Oxidative Status in Patients with Turbinate Hypertrophy.

The radiofrequency devices that are used generate radiofrequency in the frequency range of 1.5 and 2.5 MHz.

Nasal Reconstruction Following a Dog Bite.

Bite wounds in the nose region may lead to serious esthetic problems and functional losses. The authors describe a dog bite to his nose, resulting in a defect involving the entire tip of the nose and a part of the surrounding subunits. He was repaired with forehead flap and auricular conchal cartilage acutely.

Is Osteoplasty With Unilateral Osteotomy Effective in the Correction of the Crooked Nose?

Objective: The crooked nose is frequently observed, and a significant number of correction methods have previously been described. Nevertheless, the condition remains a challenging problem for rhinoplastic surgeons. Here, the authors present a technique that the authors have used to correct a crooked nose in selected patients.

Assessment of the effectiveness of cyclosporine nasal spray in an animal model of allergic rhinitis.

The aim of this study is to show if cyclosporine has an antiallergic role in a rat model of ovalbumin-induced allergic rhinitis. The 54 rats were divided into six equal groups. The first group was a negative control group without induced allergic rhinitis; the second group a positive control with induced allergic rhinitis not receiving treatment.

Temporal Scalp Thickness, Body Mass Index, and Suprafascial Placement of Receiver Coil of the Cochlear Implant.

Objective: The objectives of this study are to demonstrate the relationship between the thickness of the temporal scalp and body mass index (BMI), age, and sex, and to present the surgical technique which we perform in patients with a thick scalp.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective, cross-sectional study. This study was performed in a tertiary referral center.