Changes in Proinflammatory Cytokines in the Cochlea in Relation to Hearing Thresholds in Noise-Exposed Rats.

Objective: Our aim was to investigate time effects in proinflammatory cytokines and the auditory brainstem response (ABR) thresholds of rat cochlea exposed to noise.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-one rats were divided into two groups: the control group and the noise group. As high as 115 dB sound pressure of white noise was administered to the noise group of 16 rats for 3 h a day for 10 days.

The Management of the Paranasal Sinus Osteomas.

Objective: Osteoma is the most common benign tumor of the paranasal sinuses. The clinical characteristics and treatment of this disease remain controversial. The aim of this study is to determine the appropriate method of treatment approach according to the features of osteomas.

[Treatment approaches to temporal bone osteomas].

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate treatment approaches in relation to the localization, size and symptoms of temporal bone osteoma according to the complaints of the patient.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 23 patients (16 males, 7 females; mean age 28.6 years; range 14-69 years) followed up with the diagnosis of temporal bone osteoma at our clinic between January 2005 and April 2016.

Life Priorities in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Between Ages of 45 to 65.

Diseases in head and neck cancer patients and applied therapies according to former affect life quality to a higher extent. In this paper, life priorities in 49 patients with head and neck cancer who referred to Gulhane Military Medical Academy for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes and the relationship between these priorities and sociodemographic properties have been studied. Following life priorities have been observed more important for the patients: to communicate with people in social places, to eat without any help by themselves, external appearance, taste and odor sense, continuing sexual life.

Increased frequency of mitral valve prolapse in patients with deviated nasal septum.

Any abnormality of collagen may affect the tissues with higher collagen content, e.g., joints, heart valves, and great arteries.

Evaluation of the changes in the nasal cavity during the migraine attack.

Objectives: There are some subjective symptoms involving the nasal cavity such as nasal congestion during a migraine attack. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the possible changes occurring in the nasal cavity during headache in patients with migraine.

Materials And Methods: Patients with migraine were studied.

Diagnostic utility of Stenger test: reappraisal of its value.

Objective: Nonorganic hearing loss (NOHL) is a lack of consistency in audiological testing. Although NOHL is relatively rare, it is important to identify suspicious patients. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Stenger test and acoustic reflexes test (ART) in the evaluation of patients with suspicious of unilateral NOHL.

Validity of late-term electroneurography in Bell's palsy.

Objective: To evaluate the validity of early (within 3 wk) and late-term (after 3 wk) electroneurography (ENoG) findings in Bell's palsy (BP) to predict the prognosis.

Study Design: Retrospective case review.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Nasalance scores for normal-speaking Turkish population.

Objective: The aim of this study was to obtain normative nasalance scores for adult and children subjects speaking Turkish language and obtain a reference for normality when nasality is evaluated.

Methods: Mean nasalance scores were obtained from 35 normal-speaking children aged 7 to 13 years, and 125 adults aged 18 to 69 years during the repetition of 3 nasalance passages that were categorized according to the amount of nasal consonants (oral, oronasal, and nasal passages). The Nasometer (model 6400) was used to obtain nasalance scores for the 3 reading passages.

Effects of hyperbaric oxygen and dexamethasone on proinflammatory cytokines of rat cochlea in noise-induced hearing loss.

Hypothesis: To investigate effects of dexamethasone and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on proinflammatory cytokines and hearing levels in the noise-exposed cochlea of rats.

Background: There is an arising concern about negative effects of early initiation of HBOT on hearing in noise-induced hearing loss. Furthermore, effects of HBOT and dexamethasone on cochlear cytokines are not fully elucidated.

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.

Comparison of early postoperative pain among surgical techniques for obstructive sleep apnea.

One of the criticized aspects of surgeries for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is postoperative pain. We performed a study to compare the severity of pain occurring after different surgical techniques and to determine analgesic requirements in the first postoperative 24 h. Forty-eight patients with primary snoring or OSA who underwent anterior palatoplasty (AP), lateral pharyngoplasty (LP) or tongue base suspension suture (TBS) were included in this study.

HASTE diffusion-weighted MRI for the reliable detection of cholesteatoma.

Purpose: To assess the detection efficiency of Half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo (HASTE) diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for cholesteatoma.

Materials And Methods: A total of 21 patients with suspected primary (n=16) or recurrent cholesteatoma (n=5) underwent MRI in a 1.5 Tesla scanner using an adapted protocol for cholesteatoma detection that included a coronal HASTE diffusion-weighted MRI sequence.

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.

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.

Analysis of jugular foramen exposure in the fallopian bridge technique.

Objective: To analyze the exposure of the jugular foramen afforded by the fallopian bridge technique.

Method: The jugular foramen exposure was obtained using the jugular foramen approach combined with the fallopian bridge technique. We applied this technique using 10 temporal bone specimens at a tertiary referral center.