A Postpartum Immigrant with Pulmonary, Pleural, and Intestinal Tuberculosis.

Intestinal tuberculosis is a rare extrapulmonary condition and mainly involves the ileocecal region. Most of the patients with tuberculosis during the postpartum period present with extrapulmonary involvement. The postpartum period has a higher risk of the reactivation of tuberculosis due to changes in the immune system.

Digital Citizenship: Beyond Big Data, Technical Skills, Industry 4.0, and COVID-19.

Big data and data deluge are topics that are well known in the field of systems science. Digital transformation of big data and omics fields is also underway at present. These changes are impacting life sciences broadly, and high-throughput omics inquiries specifically.

The effects of 2100-MHz radiofrequency radiation on nasal mucosa and mucociliary clearance in rats.

Background: Nasal mucociliary clearance has an important role in voiding the airways from inhaled foreign substances. This activity could be disturbed by environmental factors such as radiofrequency radiation. The aim of the present study was to investigate short-term and relatively long-term effects of 2100-MHz radiofrequency radiation emitted by a generator, simulating a 3G-mobile phone, on the nasal septal mucosa and mucociliary clearance in rats.

Voice Assessment After Treatment of Subacute and Chronic Cough With Inhaled Steroids.

Introduction: Inhaled steroids are widely used for persistent cough treatment. Although the side effects of long-term inhaled steroids have been well described in the literature, their laryngeal side effects after short-term use have not yet been defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of 1 month application of inhaled steroid treatment on voice parameters in patients with subacute or chronic cough.

[Importance of laryngologic examination in chronic cough].

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the distribution of etiologic factors related to otorhinolaryngology in chronic cough patients with normal lung examination and spirometric findings, and also highlight the importance of videolaryngostroboscopic (VLS) examination with these patients.

Patients And Methods: Seventy-six patients (31 males, 45 females; mean age 48.0±15.

The effect of 2100 MHz radiofrequency radiation of a 3G mobile phone on the parotid gland of rats.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the effect of 2100 MHz radiofrequency radiation on the parotid gland of rats in short and relatively long terms.

Material And Methods: Thirty Wistar albino rats were divided into four groups. Groups A and B served as the control groups (for 10 days and 40 days, respectively), and each group included six rats.

[The same nasal tip deformity in three siblings].

Similar to all other system anomalies, congenital nasal anomalies are caused by the defects during embriyogenesis and organogenesis. Nasal tip anomalies are usually accompanied by other systemic pathologies and syndromes. In this article, we report a nose anomaly with the same nasal tip appearance in three siblings.

[An evaluation of the radioprotective effect of vitamin E on the salivary glands of radioactive iodine in rats].

Objectives: This study aims to examine the acute effect of vitamin E on salivary gland of radioactive iodine (RAI; 131I)-induced rats and to evaluate whether vitamin E have a radioprotective effect.

Materials And Methods: Sixteen Wistar albino rats were used in the study. The rats were divided into two groups.

The effects of nasal base stabilization techniques on nasal tip rigidity.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the degree of nasal tip rigidity from different techniques for increasing nasal tip projection.

Methods: Retrospective records of patients who had undergone rhinoplasty were reviewed at the tertiary referral center. 81 patients who had undergone suturing of the medial crura to the extension graft or to the long septum were selected.

Does helicobacter pylori have a role in the etiology of adenoid hypertrophy?

To investigate whether there is any association between nasopharyngeal reflux and adenoid hypertrophy in children by using 24-h pH monitoring with dual probe and to determine whether Helicobacter pylori simply colonises in adenoid tissue or it is present there temporarily due to extraesophageal reflux. A prospective study at a tertiary referral center. Thirty-two patients who underwent adenoidectomy, aged ranged between 4 and 13 were included.

The use of glass ionomer cement in the reconstructıon of the dorsal L-strut: an experımental study on rabbıts.

Objectives/hypothesis: This experimental study in a rabbit model aimed to investigate the use of glass ionomer cement as a tissue adhesive on the dorsal L-strut.

Study Design: Sixteen adult male New Zealand White rabbits were used. The rabbits were equally divided into two groups as the control and the study groups.

Is there a relationship between serum levels of vitamin a, vitamin e, copper and zinc and otitis media with effusion in children?

The aim of this study is to determine whether the serum levels of vitamin A, vitamin E, copper and zinc have a role in the development of otitis media with effusion (OME) in childhood. This prospective study was conducted between February 2010 and February 2011 at a tertiary Otorhinolaryngoloy Clinic. There were 113 subjects and subdivided into three groups.

Antioxidant role of selenium in rats with experimental acute otitis media.

The aim of this prospective experimental animal study was to determine whether selenium had a protective effect on oxidative stress in rats with acute otitis media, by measuring the alterations of antioxidant parameters and lipid peroxidation on days 4 and 10 after inoculation into the middle ear. Streptococcus pneumoniae was inoculated into the middle ear cavities of 32 rats in animal laboratory of a tertiary medical center. Group 1 served as the control group and the animals were administered 1.

Is there any effect of coenzyme Q10 on prevention of myringosclerosis? Experimental study with rats.

Unlabelled: Recent studies have shown that the formation of myringosclerosis could be reduced by the application of antioxidant enzymes and elements.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of coenzyme Q10 on the prevention of experimentally induced myringosclerosis.

Method: Forty-eight healthy female wistar albino rats were bilaterally myringotomized and divided into four groups randomly.

The oblique split method: a novel technique for carving costal cartilage grafts.

Importance: Autogenous rib cartilage is widely used in the septorhinoplasty cases with major structural grafting requirements. However, there is a risk of warping over time.

Objective: To introduce a novel method for carving costal cartilage grafts to obtain straight grafts of varying thicknesses and to eliminate the risk of warping.

Are systemic voriconazole and caspofungin ototoxic? An experimental study with rats.

Objectives: To determine whether systemic administration of voriconazole and caspofungin causes ototoxicity.

Methods: This study was conducted on 32 healthy male Wistar albino rats. The baseline auditory brainstem response (ABR) thresholds of all animals were obtained under general anesthesia.

Concurrent assay for four bacterial species including alloiococcus otitidis in middle ear, nasopharynx and tonsils of children with otitis media with effusion: a preliminary report.

Objectives: To detect the prevalences of Alloiococcus otitidis, as well as Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in children with chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) and to simultaneously investigate the colonization of these bacteria in the nasopharynx and palatine tonsils of these patients.

Methods: The study included 34 pediatric patients with OME, and 15 controls without OME. In the study group, A.

Inferior turbinate composite graft for repair of nasal septal perforation.

Background: Repair of nasal septal perforations is one of the most challenging procedures in nasal surgery. The aim of this prospective clinical study was to determine the efficacy of using an inferior turbinate composite graft (ITCG) for the repair of nasal septal perforation.

Methods: Between 2009 and 2011, 27 consecutive patients with nasal septal perforation underwent endoscopy-assisted, endonasal septal perforation repair by using an ITCG alone or in combination with bipedicled mucosal advancement flap.

Ototoxic effect of topical oxiconazole and terbinafine in rats.

Objective: To assess the ototoxic effects of topically applied oxiconazole and terbinafine by means of auditory brainstem responses in rats.

Design: Nonrandomized, controlled trial.

Setting: Tertiary referral centre.

Role of nasopharyngeal reflux in the etiology of otitis media with effusion.

Objectives: To investigate nasopharyngeal reflux in children with otitis media with effusion (OME) using 24-hour dual-probe pH monitoring and to determine whether nasopharyngeal reflux has a role in the etiology of OME.

Methods: The study was performed in 20 children with OME and adenoid hypertrophy (± tonsillar hypertrophy) and in 20 controls who had adenoid hypertrophy (± tonsillar hypertrophy) without any ear problems. All subjects underwent 24-hour pH monitoring with a dual probe.

Is there any relationship between the frontal cell and the Agger nasi cell and the localization of the anterior ethmoid artery?

Objectives: In this article, we examined the effect of the presence or absence of a frontal cell or an Agger nasi cell on the localization of the anterior ethmoid artery.

Patients And Methods: Coronal paranasal sinus computed tomography scans on 110 sides of 61 patients (35 males, 26 females; mean age 35.6 ± 12.

The effects of repetitious topical use of mitomycin C on antrostomy patency in maxillary antrostomy created rabbit model.

The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of the topical use of mitomycin C (MMC) intraoperatively in single dose and intra-postoperatively in two doses on the narrowing of antrostomy in maxillary rabbit sinus antrostomies created experimentally. And also to determine the local and systemic side effects of topical MMC. With this objective, 0.

Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy with palmoplantar involvement that developed after delivery.

Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy is the most common specific dermatosis of pregnancy. It usually develops in the third trimester and rapidly resolves in the first weeks postpartum. Intensely pruritic urticarial papules and plaques initially occur on the abdomen and/or proximal thighs, particularly within or adjacent to striae distensae with periumbilical sparing, and usually tend to spread to affect the peripheral limbs, buttocks, chest and back.

Bilateral internal jugular vein phlebectasia.

Phlebectasia is a dilation of a vein. Jugular vein phlebectasia can occur in any part of the jugular venous system. It is an uncommon cause of cervical swelling in children.

A novel method for internal nasal valve reconstruction: H-graft technique.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of a novel method for internal nasal valve reconstruction that enables lateralization of the superior segment of upper lateral cartilages (ULC) from the septum to a greater extent than the spreader graft method with lateral wall support.

Study Design: Prospective, controlled study set at a tertiary medical center.

Methods: The study group was composed of 19 consecutive patients with pure internal nasal valve dysfunction who underwent surgery with the presented technique.