Treatment outcomes of the external auditory canal and temporal bone malignancy with dura invasion.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics and surgical outcomes of patients with external auditory canal (EAC) and temporal bone (TB) malignancy with dura invasion.

Methods: The medical records of patients with EAC and TB malignancy with dura invasion were retrospectively reviewed. Survival outcomes (overall survival [OS], disease-specific survival [DSS], recurrence-free survival [RFS], and distant metastasis-free survival [DMFS]) were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method.

A Canine Case of Infection Detected by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry.

Nocardiosis, a rare infectious disease in dogs and cats, is caused by Gram-positive aerobic actinomycetes of the genus . A one-year-old castrated male Great Dane was presented with clinical signs of an ulcerated nodule on the right ear, which was observed after two weeks of treatment with cyclosporine and prednisolone due to idiopathic hepatitis. Cytological examination revealed pyogranulomatous inflammatory cells and blanched filamentous rods.

Suture Ligation of Pyriform Sinus Fistulas Following Cauterization to Treat Branchial Cleft Anomalies.

Objectives: Obliteration with cauterization of the internal opening of pyriform sinus fistulas, with or without marsupialization, has been a mainstay for preventing recurrence. However, this procedure predisposes patients to recurrence caused by the reopening of the cauterized orifice. We applied suture ligation to secure the closure of the internal orifice following cauterization and evaluated treatment.

Diagnostic Accuracies of Laryngeal Diseases Using a Convolutional Neural Network-Based Image Classification System.

Objectives/hypothesis: There may be an interobserver variation in the diagnosis of laryngeal disease based on laryngoscopic images according to clinical experience. Therefore, this study is aimed to perform computer-assisted diagnosis for common laryngeal diseases using deep learning-based disease classification models.

Study Design: Experimental study with retrospective data METHODS: A total of 4106 images (cysts, nodules, polyps, leukoplakia, papillomas, Reinke's edema, granulomas, palsies, and normal cases) were analyzed.

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of bilateral ureteral calculi, hydronephrosis, pyometra, pyocolpos, vestibulovaginal stenosis, and imperforate hymen in a dog: A rare critical case report.

Objective: Bilateral ureteral calculi, hydronephrosis, pyometra, pyocolpos, vestibulovaginal stenosis, and imperforate hymen in a dog are uncommon and can be difficult to diagnose. The aim of this article is to report diagnostic challenges and successful surgical treatment of this rare event and the long-term outcomes.

Materials And Methods: A 5-year-old, spayed (partial ovariohysterectomy) female dog was primarily diagnosed with bilateral hydronephrosis and ureter obstruction due to urolithiasis along with pyometra.

Measurement of the tibial plateau angle of normal small-breed dogs and the application of the tibial plateau angle in cranial cruciate ligament rupture.

Objective: In Korea, small dogs are more common than large breeds. This study was performed to measure the influence of body weight, sex, breed, age, and cranial cruciate ligament rupture (RCCL) on the tibial plateau angle (TPA) in small-breed dogs.

Materials And Methods: A total of 274 dogs (221 normal dogs and 53 RCCL dogs) were selected for this study based on medical records.

Association between the sinus microbiota with eosinophilic inflammation and prognosis in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Dysbiosis of the sinus microbiome affects the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNPs). We investigated whether the sinus microbiota in CRSwNPs is associated with eosinophilic inflammation, especially in relation to innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), prognosis, and serum extracellular vesicles (EVs). Middle meatal swabs and serum from 31 CRSwNPs patients and six healthy controls were analyzed by 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing.

Risk factors for survival and distant metastasis in 125 patients with head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma undergoing primary surgery.

Purpose: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) is generally slow growing but has highly metastatic potential to distant organs. Several factors and biomarkers are associated with metastasis and treatment outcomes, although further definition is needed. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the risk factors for survival and distant metastasis in patients with head and neck AdCC.

Canine thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation and rehabilitation therapy after surgical decompression: A retrospective study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of surgical decompression and rehabilitation therapy in dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation (IVDH).

Materials And Methods: After surgery, physiotherapeutic rehabilitation was performed by a combination of electrotherapy, infrared therapy, training for standing, deep tendon reflex, and aquatic treadmill exercise. A total of 186 dogs were selected from the hospital records and included in two groups: the rehabilitated group (RG, = 96) and non-rehabilitated group (NRG, = 90).

Management of sternal dislocation with and without surgery in cats: Owner-assessed long-term follow-up of two clinical cases.

The aim of this paper is to report two cases of sternal dislocation (SD) in cats and the long-term outcomes with and without surgery. In a cat with poly-traumatized SD (Case 1), mandibular, radial, and ulnar fractures were corrected first, and the SD was allowed to heal without intervention for 14 months. However, normal healing did not occur and sternal instability remained.

Evaluation of four portable blood glucose meters in diabetic and non-diabetic dogs and cats.

Background: Monitoring of an animal's blood glucose concentration is critical for diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. Over the past few decades, portable blood glucose meters (PBGMs) have been used to monitor blood glucose concentrations in animals. Recently, new and improved PBGMs have been made available on the market.

Total hip replacement in a dog.

An intact male German shepherd dog (4 y, body wt. 35.5 kg) was referred to the Animal Medical Center, Chonbuk National University with severe lameness, pain and gait abnormality on the right hind limb.