Efficacy of intratympanic corticosteroid as a salvage treatment in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Introduction: Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) is defined as an abrupt hearing loss of at least 30dB of unknown cause. The hearing response obtained after intratympanic steroid injection as a salvage treatment after a prior failure of initial systemic steroid treatment was analysed.

Material And Method: An observational study was performed on 125 cases of ISSHL who were diagnosed from 2006 to 2014.

Clinical assessment of Eustachian tube dysfunction through the Eustachian tube dysfunction questionnaire (ETDQ-7) and tubomanometry.

Objective: Evaluation of the severity of Eustachian tube dysfunction using the Spanish validation of the Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Questionnaire-7 (ETDQ-7) and tubomanometry (TMM).

Materials And Methods: Spanish validation of the ETDQ-7.

Patients: Prospective study with 125 patients, 75 of whom reported symptoms compatible with Eustachian tube dysfunction.

Balloon dilation of the frontal recess: a randomized clinical trial.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of balloon dilation of the frontal recess in the management of chronic rhinosinusitis of the frontal sinus.

Methods: We designed a double-blind randomized clinical trial of functional endoscopic sinus surgery assisted by balloon dilation versus conventional functional endoscopic sinus surgery in the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis of the frontal sinus. We enrolled a total of 40 patients in whom medical therapy had failed.

[Surgical management of salivary gland tumours].

Introduction And Objectives: Salivary gland tumours account for 3% of head and neck tumours. The aim of this study is to analyze our series of tumours of the salivary glands requiring surgical treatment at our centre from 2004 to 2007.

Material And Methods: This study is a retrospective review of 49 patients diagnosed as having tumours of the major and minor salivary glands or ectopic salivary tumours, and surgically treated at our hospital between 2004 and 2007.

[Increased expression and activity of MMP-9 in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis].

Introduction: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are a family of endopeptidases involved in extracellular matrix degradation and which could potentially explain specific histological changes in nasal polyposis. The aim of this study is to determine whether MMP-2 and 9 are involved in chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis.

Material And Method: Specimens were collected from 15 patients affected by nasal polyposis and 15 control patients (with turbinoplasty performed).

[Nasosinusal endoscopic surgery as major out-patient surgery].

Introduction: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a useful and widespread technique that allows the treatment of a large number of nasal pathologies. Nevertheless, although many ENT operations are carried out on an out-patient basis, FESS procedures commonly require at least 1 day of hospital admission in many centres.

Objectives: To evaluate our experience in FESS as day-case, to study causes of unexpected overnight admission, and to identify any risk factors for failing to comply with early discharge.