The Hellenic Voice Handicap Index of Different Laryngeal Mass Lesions: A Receiver-Operating Characteristic Analysis.

Background: Voice disorders influence the quality of people's life. When the type of disorder is determined then the clinicians are capable of finding their patients' needs and address their complaints concerning their vocal problems. One of the most used tools, for assessing the patients' quality of life (in accordance with their vocal status), is the Voice Handicap Index.

Checking for voice disorders without clinical intervention: The Greek and global VHI thresholds for voice disordered patients.

Voice disorders often remain undiagnosed. Many self-perceived questionnaires exist for various medical conditions. Here, we used the Greek Voice Handicap Index (VHI) to address the aforementioned problem.

Recurrent Desmoid Tumor of the Neck: A Case Report of a Benign Disease with Aggressive Behavior.

We present a case of a desmoid tumor recurrence in a patient with a history of a resected desmoid tumor of the right neck area with free surgical margins six months earlier. The neoplasm was found to invade the parapharyngeal space, and wide excision was performed including most of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM), the thrombosed internal jugular vein (IJV), and the infiltrated spinal accessory nerve (SAN). The histopathologic findings displayed free microscopic margins, with close margins at the site of the parapharyngeal space extension.

Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Greek Voice Handicap Index-10 (GVHI-10) With Additional Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis.

Objective(s): The use of subjective evaluation tools are proven useful and of high clinical value in the case of voice disordered population. For that type of evaluation, self-assessment questionnaires about the severity of the voice like Voice Handicap Index-30 (VHI-30) have been developed. The VHI-30 is the most studied tool which includes psychometrically robustness while guiding physician's therapeutic decision making.

Substernal goiter: Treatment and challenges. Twenty-two years of experience in diagnosis and management of substernal goiters.

Objective: Descending goiter has been a focus of controversy in thyroid surgery until nowadays. This study aims to investigate the diagnosis and treatment options of thyroid goiters extending into the mediastinum and the thoracic cavity.

Methods And Materials: A retrospective study was conducted assessing all cases of substernal goiter managed in a tertiary care referral center within 22 years.