Impact of Functional and Aesthetic Factors on Patient Satisfaction in Septorhinoplasty.

Objective: This study aimed to differentiate the functional or aesthetic factors affecting the result of septorhinoplasty and to determine the most important factor related to patient satisfaction.

Methods: Rhinoplasty Outcome Evaluation (ROE) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for obstruction (VAS-O) and for appearance (VAS-A) were administered to fifty-five patients undergoing septorhinoplasty preoperatively and six months after the surgery. VAS scores were evaluated as follows: VAS-O (0: unblocked, 10: completely blocked) and VAS-A (0: worst appearance, 10: best appearance).

Patient reported voice handicap and auditory-perceptual voice assessment outcomes in patients with COVID-19.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare patient-reported voice handicap and auditory-perceptual measures of voice between healthy individuals and COVID-19 patients, as well as to investigate the effect of clinical factors on voice quality.

Methods: COVID-19 patients ( = 138) and 90 healthy controls were included in the study. The Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (CAPE-V) was used to grade voice samples based on overall severity, roughness, breathiness, strain, pitch, and loudness.

Clinical, Prognostic, and Predictive Value of Olfactory Dysfunction for COVID-19: A Prospective Controlled Study.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of olfactory dysfunction on the course and severity of COVID-19 and its prognostic and predictive significance for COVID-19.

Study Design: Prospective case-control study.

Setting: Ondokuz Mayıs University School of Medicine.

Olfactory dysfunction in passive vs active smoking.

Background: The aim of this study is to assess the olfactory functions of passive smokers compared to active smokers and nonsmokers.

Methods: This prospective case-control study included 30 nonsmokers, 30 passive smokers, and 30 active smoker participants. All groups were matched for gender and age.

Clinical significance of smell and taste dysfunction and other related factors in COVID-19.

Purpose: The objective of this study is to evaluate smell and taste dysfunction (STD) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive and negative patients, and to assess the factors associated with STD in COVID-19 positive patients.

Methods: Patients who had been tested with the real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for COVID-19 were identified, and according to the RT-PCR test results, patients were separated into Positive and Negative Groups. A telephone-based assessment was applied to both groups using the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Anosmia Reporting Tool.

Screening of dysphagia by DYMUS (Dysphagia in multiple sclerosis) and SWALQoL (Swallowing quality of life) surveys in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Background: Dysphagia is a life-threating symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) because aspiration pneumonia develops as a consequence of swallowing disorders. Dysphagia can be detected by using patient-reported outcome measures in order to prevent complications.

Objective: To identify the dysphagia prevalence, severity, and swallowing related quality of life (QoL), by using two validated dysphagia questionnaires.

A rare cause of acute severe upper airway obstruction that required endotracheal intubation: adenoid hypertrophy.

Adenoid hypertrophy is one of the common causes of upper airway obstruction in children. It usually presents with sleep-related breathing disorders and associated findings generally occur around the age of 4 years. However, the development of acute upper airway obstruction due to adenoid hypertrophy is extremely rare.

The Effect of Parental Smoking on Voice-Related Quality of Life in the Pediatric Population.

Objectives: Exposure to cigarette smoke has significant effects on the respiratory mucosa. However, little is known about the effects of household smoke exposure on children's voice-related quality of life. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of parental smoking (PS) on voice-related quality of life in the pediatric population.

Examining alloying effect on K X ray intensity ratios and chemical shifts of the Zn, Mn and mixed spinel ferrites.

K X-ray emission spectra of Zn, Mn and mixed (Zn-Mn, Zn- Co, Zn-Ni) spinel ferrites have been acquired by inducing 59.54 keV and 22.1 keV γ-rays emitted from 3 Ci Am annular source and 40 mCi Cd point source with a HPGe detector.

The interaction of gamma radiation with drugs used in cholinergic medications.

Pharmacological medications can reduce the radiation damage in the organism when applied in the stage before or after exposure to radiation. Cholinergic drugs are a category of pharmaceutical agents acting on the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, the primary neurotransmitter in the parasympathetic nervous system. In this investigation, some gamma radiation interaction parameters namely mass attenuation coeffıcients (), effective atomic number () and electron densities () of 12 cholinergic system drugs have been calculated in the energy range 1 KeV-100 GeV.

Effects of Oral Propolis on Mucosal Wound Healing after Endoscopic Nasal Surgery in a Rabbit Model.

Objective: If the respiratory nasal mucosa is damaged and the mucosa does not heal properly during nasal or paranasal sinus surgery, a revision surgery may be required. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of oral propolis application on mucosal wound healing following endoscopic nasal surgery in a rabbit model.

Methods: Twenty four New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into three groups, namely the experimental group (EG), the control group (CG), and the negative control group (NCG).

Thyroglossal Duct Cyst in a 3-Month-Old Infant: A Rare Case.

Thyroglossal duct cyst (TGDC) is the most common congenital midline neck mass in children. It usually becomes symptomatic following a respiratory tract infection and is usually diagnosed at 5 years of age. Thyroglossal duct cyst is rarely observed in less than 1-year-old infants.

Investigation of K X-ray intensity ratios of some 4d transition metals depending on the temperature.

In this paper, we have studied the intensity ratios Kβ/Kα depending on the temperature for transition elements Mo, Nb, Zr and Y by 59.5keV γ-rays from a 100 mCi (241)Am radioisotope point source. The Kα and Kβ emission spectra of Mo, Nb, Zr and Y were measured by using a Si (Li) solid-state detector at temperature between 40 and 400°C.

Determination of energy absorption and exposure buildup factors by using G-P fitting approximation for radioprotective agents.

Purpose: Recently, there has been an increase in interest into research into radioprotective agents. Radioprotectors are compounds that protect against radiation injury when given orally (through drinking water) prior to radiation exposure. The purpose is to achieve preferred protection of normal tissues against injury inflicted by ionizing radiation used to treat tumors.

Photon buildup factors of some chemotherapy drugs.

Everyday more and more people are diagnosed with some form of cancer. Some are treatable with chemotherapy alone, while others need radiotherapy and occasionally surgery. Recently, concurrent administration of chemotherapy and radiotherapy has been increasingly used in cancer treatment, leading to improvements in survival as well as quality of life.

Endoscopic removal of giant intranasal schwannoma.

Schwannoma is a benign neoplasm originating from schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheath. Although nearly half of all schwannomas involve the head and neck region, nasal and paranasal sinus presentations are very rare in the literature. We present a case of nasal schwannoma originating from the right nasal cavity.

A study of the energy absorption and exposure buildup factors of some anti-inflammatory drugs.

Human radiation exposure is increasing due to radiation development in science and technology. The development of radioprotective agents is important for protecting patients from the side effects of radiotherapy and for protecting the public from unwanted irradiation. Radioprotective agents are used to reduce the damage caused by radiation in healthy tissues.