Tinnitus: Evaluation of Intratympanic Injection of Combined Lidocaine and Corticosteroids.

Background: Tinnitus is an annoying problem and until now there is no consensus on its treatment.

Aims: In this prospective study, we evaluated the effectiveness of intratympanic lidocaine and dexamethasone (ITLD) injections for the management of subjective idiopathic tinnitus (SIT).

Methods: Forty patients with SIT attended the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tanta University Hospital, Egypt, between May 2013 and May 2014.

Inferior turbinate reduction; coblation versus microdebrider - a prospective, randomised study.

Objectives: We prospectively evaluated and compared the safety, subjective and objective efficacy of the coblation and microde- brider for inferior turbinate reduction.

Methods: We designed a prospective randomized trial recruiting 70 patients with symptomatic enlarged inferior turbinates. Forty had coblation and 30 had microdebrider.

Endoscopic repair of acquired encephaloceles, meningoceles, and meningo-encephaloceles: predictors of success.

Meningoceles, encephaloceles, and meningo-encephaloceles may develop through defects associated with congenital anomalies or through defects produced by tumor, trauma, or surgery. Their initial management, surgical indications, and repair techniques are not universally accepted. We undertook this study to compare the contributions of different surgical techniques and materials to the success of endoscopic repairs of acquired meningo-encephaloceles.

Retinal toxicity of intravitreal 5-fluorouracil in silicone-filled rabbit eyes.

Objective: To determine the retinal toxicity of 5-fluorouracil, by means of electroretinography and histopathology, at different doses in vitrectomized rabbit eyes injected with silicone oil.

Design: A pre-clinical experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The Louisiana State University Eye Center and the Department of Ophthalmology at the Tulane University Health Sciences Center, between June 1999 and May 2002.