A Novel Approach for the Treatment of Sialolithiasis that Preserves Salivary Duct Anatomy.

Objective: The sialendoscopy era in the treatment of salivary gland stones has reduced the use of classical surgical methods. However, the miniature ducts and tools may cause difficulties in removing large sialoliths. Therefore, invasive combined oral surgeries or gland resection may be considered.

Sialendoscopy: experience with the first 60 glands in Turkey and a literature review.

Objectives: We performed a retrospective analysis to contribute to the increasing number of reports on sialendoscopy in the literature and give basic concepts for beginners at the same time.

Methods: Between 2004 and 2009, 83 patients with symptoms of ductal obstruction of the major salivary glands were admitted to our clinic. Diagnostic and/or interventional sialendoscopy was applied to 60 glands (33 submandibular and 27 parotid) of 54 patients.

Transnasal endoscopic approach for anterior skull base angiomatosis complicated by a meningocele.

A 42-year-old woman presented with symptoms of left-sided nasal obstruction, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea, and frequent sinus infections. Radiologic investigation revealed a tumor destructing the left cribriform plate and forming opacifications in the olfactory area. She had left-sided submucosal meningocele, deviating the septum to the right side.

Tracheo-innominate artery fistula in a laryngectomized patient.

Tracheo-innominate artery fistula is a rare but usually fatal complication of tracheostomy or intubation. To our knowledge, this complication has been reported following laryngectomy only in two patients. A 45-year-old woman with hypopharynx carcinoma developed tracheo-innominate artery fistula one month after total laryngopharyngoesophagectomy, as a complication of permanent tracheostomy, induced by the erroneous use of a 12-mm diameter silver tracheostomy cannula.

Histopathologic study of minced and injected expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) in quadriceps muscle of rats for injection laryngoplasty.

Objective: Gore-Tex has not yet been used as an injection material, and no animal study has been performed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the histopathological and volumetric changes of minced and injected expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) in the quadriceps muscle of rats to find out its possibility as an injection material in future injection laryngoplasty.

Design: A prospective study was performed in 13 Wistar rats.