Radiotherapy versus laser microsurgery in the treatment of early glottic cancer.

Background: Glottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in stages I or II can be treated by transoral CO laser microsurgery (TLM) or exclusive radiotherapy (RT).

Objectives: To compare the oncological results of patients treated with TLM, to those treated with RT, in a tertiary hospital.

Material And Methods: Data from patients diagnosed with glottic SCC in stages I and II between 2004 and 2018 were analyzed.

Tonsillectomy in adults: Analysis of indications and complications.

Objective: Tonsillectomy is one of the surgical techniques most practiced by otolaryngologists, and despite being a relatively simple technique; it presents a considerable percentage of complications, such as postoperative bleeding. The aim of this study is to describe the surgical indications and most frequent complications, analyze whether surgical suture of the tonsillar pillars has an influence on bleeding, and study the data of hospital stay and its importance for the control of complications.

Methods: A retrospective study of 326 patients who underwent a tonsillectomy in our Department of Otolaryngology from 2006 to 2014 was conducted.

CO2 laser surgery of supraglottic carcinoma: our experience over 6 years.

Introduction And Objectives: The study goal was to analyze the oncologic and functional outcomes of transoral laser microsurgery in the treatment of carcinoma of the supraglottic larynx.

Material And Methods: A total of 53 patients were included in this retrospective review between 2000 and 2006. The follow-up period was more than 2 years and the mean follow-up for all patients was 49 months.

[Abscess of cavum and ophthalmoplegia secondary to malignant external otitis].

We present a rare case of ophthalmoplegia, labyrinthitis and abscess of cavum secondary to skull base osteomyelitis by malignant external otitis. Since symptoms persisted in spite of antibiotic therapy, surgical drainage using a transnasal endoscopic approach was performed.

[Subacute necrotizing histiocytic lymphadenitis. An almost unknown condition].

The etiology of neck masses is multifactorial, including genetical troubles, infections or tumoral lesions. A detailed medical history and a thorough physical check-up with the aid of analyses and imaging pictures properly selected, provide the doctor with the needle information in order to establish a correct diagnosis (table 1). We present the case of a young woman with lateral neck and supraclavicular adenopathies which diagnosis although sporadic must be keep in mind in daily clinic owing its growing incidence in last years.