The effect of nasal polyposis related nasal obstruction on cognitive functions.

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory mucosa of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. The aim of this study was investigate the effect of nasal obstruction related to chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis on cognitive functions. Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis causing bilateral total or near total nasal obstruction were enrolled in the study.

Surgical Management of Dysphagia Due to Anterior Cervical Osteophytes.

Purpose: The present study was performed to share personal experiences and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of anterior cervical osteophytes surgical procedures.

Methods: The operative records of anterior cervical osteophytes patients who did not benefit from conventional treatments and underwent osteophytectomy were analyzed retrospectively. Transoral and transcervical anterolateral methods were applied, considering both the localization of the osteophyte and the patient's preference.

Effect of antibiotic use on bacterial flora of tonsil core in patients with recurrent tonsillitis.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of commonly used antibiotics on bacterial flora of the tonsil core. Patients who underwent tonsillectomy for recurrent chronic tonsillitis were included in the study. Three groups were formed: group 1 was treated for 10 days preoperatively with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid; group 2 was treated for 10 days preoperatively with clarithromycin; and group 3 included patients who underwent tonsillectomy without preoperative antibiotic use.

Types of endoscopic endonasal resections for sinonasal malignancies.

Aim: The aim of this study was to define the types of endoscopic endonasal resection for sinonasal malignancies according to their origin and extension.

Methods: Patients who underwent endoscopic endonasal surgery for the removal of malignant tumors of the nasal passages, paranasal sinuses, and the anterior cranial base between 2003 and 2010 were included in the study. Patients' data were collected retrospectively.

A case of mucosal leishmaniasis: Mimicking intranasal tumor with perforation of septum.

A 79-year-old male suffering from nasal congestion was referred to our hospital. Endoscopic examination revealed a hyperemic mass obstructing the left nasal passage. The lesion's surface was smooth.

[An evaluation of histopathological changes in ethmoid sinus mucosa after endoscopic sinus surgery].

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate postoperative histopathological changes in ethmoid sinus mucosa in patients undergoing limited or extensive endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) due to chronic rhinosinusitis.

Patients And Methods: A total of 120 patients (74 males, 46 females; mean age 33 years; range 18 to 56 years) with chronic rhinosinusitis who underwent limited ESS (n=40), extensive ESS (n=40) and septoplasty or septorhinoplasty (n=40) in our clinic between May 2009 and October 2010 were enrolled. The control group consisted of patients who underwent septoplasty and septorhinoplasty alone.

Predictors of surgical approaches for the repair of anterior cranial base encephaloceles.

Surgical approaches to the anterior cranial base have changed considerably with the introduction of endonasal endoscopic surgery. This study aims to define the factors which help in selecting the optimal surgical approach for the treatment of anterior cranial base encephaloceles. Patients who received treatment for anterior cranial base encephaloceles at our department between 1996 and 2011 were included in the study.

Subcutaneous approximation suture for preventing soft tissue pollybeak deformity.

Background: Pollybeak deformity due to abundant fibrosis formation in the supratip region after rhinoplasty is still a common problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a modified subcutaneous approximation suture on pollybeak deformity of soft tissue origin.

Methods: Three groups, each consisting of eight rabbits, were included in the study.

Relationship between nasal valve changes and nasalance of the voice.

Objective: It is well known that the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses affect the acoustic characteristics of the voice as resonators. Any expansion in nasal valve area, the narrowest segment of the nasal cavity, affects the nasal resistance and therefore has the potential to alter the nasalance. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of nasal valve changes on nasalance of the voice by using an external nasal dilator strip that widens the nasal valve area.

Castleman disease as a giant parapharyngeal mass presenting with dysphagia.

A giant unilateral parapharyngeal mass from the skull base to the vocal folds is presented in this case. A 20-year-old man experiencing dysphagia for 4 years was admitted, and his magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic scans showed a giant parapharyngeal ellipsoid mass from the left jugular foramen to the vocal folds. Its craniocaudal length was 9 cm.

A case of rhinoorbital mucormycosis in a leukemic patient with a literature review from Turkey.

Mucormycosis (Zygomycosis) is a rare, invasive, opportunistic fungal infection of the paranasal sinuses, caused by a fungus of the order Mucorales. We report a case of rhinoorbital mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient and review the 79 Mucormycosis cases reported in the last decade from Turkey. In our case, the diagnosis was made with endoscopic appearance, computerized tomography of the paranasal sinuses, and culture of the surgical materials.

Optimum height from the roof of the choana for seeking the sphenoid ostium.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the optimum height that the sphenoid sinus ostium can be probed safely from the roof of choana in a large group of patients.

Methods: The study was performed retrospectively. The 200 sphenoid ostia of the 100 patients whose thin-section computed tomography (CT) including the sphenoid sinus region, made for various reasons, were included in the study.

Prevertebral corridor: posterior pathway for reconstruction of the ventral skull base.

Objective: Regional vascularized flaps, such as the pericranial and temporoparietal fascia flaps, are currently used for reconstruction of skull base defects after endoscopic endonasal surgery whenever local vascularized flaps, such as the nasoseptal flap, are not available. Two different transposition pathways, infratemporal transpterygoid and subfrontal, have been proposed for regional flaps. The objective of this study was to describe and assess the feasibility of the transposition of a vascularized pedicled flap from the occipital galeopericranium via the prevertebral space corridor into the nasopharynx.

Unexpected tumor incidence in surgically removed unilateral and bilateral nasal polyps.

Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate the postoperative tumor incidence on routine histopathologic examination of surgical specimens in patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery with the preoperative diagnosis of unilateral or bilateral nasal polyposis.

Methods: Patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery with the preoperative diagnosis of unilateral or bilateral nasal polyposis between 2000 and 2009 were included in the study as the 2 separate groups. In both groups, tumor incidence that had been noticed on routine postoperative histopathologic examination was recorded retrospectively.

[Ophthalmic complications of paranasal sinus mucoceles].

Objectives: This study aimed to describe ophthalmic complications of paranasal sinus mucoceles and principles of treatment.

Patients And Methods: The medical records of 25 paranasal sinus mucoceles patients (18 males, 7 females; mean age 35 years; range 20 to 62 years) that had been treated in two different ear, nose and throat clinics between the years January 2004 and June 2009 were evaluated retrospectively. Out of 22 patients of who had developed internal mucoceles in anterior paranasal sinuses, diplopia was observed in five, proptosis in four and partial loss of sight in one.

Relationship between postoperative recurrence rate and eosinophil density of nasal polyps.

Objectives: Nasal polyps develop as a result of chronic inflammation, mostly accompanied by pronounced eosinophil leukocyte infiltration. In this study we aimed to investigate the relationship between eosinophil density in nasal polyps and the postoperative recurrence rate of this disease.

Methods: Forty-two patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery for massive nasal polyposis by one surgeon were included in the study.

Myoepithelioma of the parotid gland in a child: a case report.

Myoepitheliomas of the parotid glands are very rare in the pediatric population. Only a few cases of myoepitheliomas of the salivary glands have been reported in children. They have some similar features with pleomorphic adenoma.

Endoscopic transnasal transpterygoid approach for parasphenoidal myxoma.

The parasphenoidal region is a difficult location to gain access to and contains a lot of vital neurovascular structures that have risk of injury during surgery. The transnasal endoscopic approach for this region has been described in several cadaveric studies in recent years. Herein we present a case of parasphenoidal myxoma, extending to the anteroinferior border of the cavernous sinus in a 48-year-old woman.

Choanal polyp originating from the nasal septum: septochoanal polyp.

Most of the nasal polyps arise from the lateral walls of the nasal cavity. Nasal polyps originating from the nasal septum with choanal extension are extremely rare. We report a case of large choanal polyp that arised from the posterosuperior aspect of the nasal septum, and extended down to the oropharynx.

Impact of endoscopic sinus surgery on sleep quality in patients with chronic nasal obstruction due to nasal polyposis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of endoscopic sinus surgery on sleep quality in a patient group who has chronic nasal obstruction resulting from nasal polyposis.

Methods: Twenty-seven patients with nasal polyposis, filling at least 50% of each nasal passage, were enrolled in the study. Assessment of nasal patency was determined by nasal endoscopy and acoustic rhinometry.

Spontaneous involution of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.

There are several studies addressing regression of residual nasopharyngeal angiofibroma after surgery, but spontaneous regression of this tumor has been reported in only 2 cases. We present a case of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma that has involuted spontaneously in the last 5 years. The tumor had been diagnosed at another institute.

Transnasal endoscopic repair of choanal atresia: results of 13 cases and meta-analysis.

Transnasal endoscopic approach for the repair of choanal atresia (CA) has gained favor in recent years. However, the studied cohorts are too small to make a comprehensive comment on this approach. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different techniques, used for the removal of CA under endoscopic guidance, on surgical outcome and effectiveness of transnasal endoscopic approach in these patients as a whole.

Rate of allergic fungal etiology of chronic rhinosinusitis in Turkish population.

The aim of this study is to investigate intranasal fungal incidence in Turkish patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). One hundred patients with CRS and 40 healthy subjects as a control group were included in the prospective study. Nasal lavage samples were investigated for the presence of fungus, using new culture techniques and histopathologic examination.

Osteolipoma of the nasopharynx.

Osteolipomas of the head and neck are very rare, and there is no reported case of osteolipoma of the nasopharynx in the literature. Here, we present a case of osteolipoma of the nasopharynx in a 21-year-old male who was referred for a nasopharyngeal mass causing a defect in the left half of the soft palate. The well-demarcated, firm tumor was excised through transnasal endoscopic and transpalatal approaches, and the defect of the soft palate was repaired by a superiorly based pharyngeal flap.