Publications by authors named "Gamze Ozturk Yılmaz"
Objective: It was aimed to investigate the role of tonsil ultrasonography(USG) in the diagnosis of pediatric OSAS.
Methods: Before tonsillectomy (±adenoidectomy) for OSAS, all patients tonsil USG and polysomnography (PSG) tests were performed. Tonsil volume was measured preoperatively with the Brodsky tonsil grading scale and by postoperative water displacement test.
Objectives: The aims of the study are to explore the morphological changes of olfactory bulb (OB) and olfactory sulcus in COVID-19 patients with associated olfactory dysfunction (OD) by measuring the OB volume (OBV) and olfactory sulcus depth (OSD) and to compare the measurement values with those of healthy individuals.
Methods: Between March 2020 and January 2022, 31 consecutive hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 with anosmia and hyposmia who underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging and 35 normosmic control individuals were retrospectively included in the study. Bilateral OBV and OSD were measured and shape of the OB was determined based on the consensus by a neuroradiologist and an otorrhynolaryngologist.
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- The study investigates the role of periostin as a potential biomarker for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and its relationship with polyp burden and surgical outcomes.
- In a sample of 26 CRSwNP patients undergoing endoscopic surgery and 30 patients undergoing septoplasty, they measured preoperative and postoperative scores along with tissue and serum periostin levels.
- Findings showed that periostin levels were significantly higher in CRSwNP patients and correlated positively with tissue eosinophils and postoperative symptom scores, suggesting it could be useful for assessing disease severity and prognosis.
Objective: It is aimed in this study to investigate the reliability of the cochlear implant receiver-stimulator (CIR-S) placement using unfixed subperiosteal tight pocket technique and the postoperative soft tissue changes that occur around the CIR-S, in toddlers under 2 years of age.
Methods: Nonsyndromic toddlers with normal radiological findings and who were planned to have cochlear implantation were included in the study. Preoperative and postoperative complications, device migration, and postoperative soft tissue changes occurred around the CIR were analyzed using objective methods.
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- The study investigates the level of SCUBE1, a biomarker that may help predict cardiovascular events in patients undergoing treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
- A total of 129 patients participated, with 30 having simple snoring and 99 diagnosed with OSA.
- Results show that higher SCUBE1 levels in males with severe OSA were linked to lower oxygen saturation levels and significant differences between OSA severity groups, highlighting the need for future research comparing male and female responses.