Tinnitus and Otosclerosis: An Exploratory Study about the Prevalence, Features and Impact in Daily Life.

 Tinnitus is experienced by a significant part of the patients suffering from otosclerosis.  To assess the prevalence of tinnitus in otosclerosis, its main features, and the impact on the daily life.  Patients diagnosed with otosclerosis in 2019 in a tertiary hospital were enrolled in the study.

Nasal septum deviation and Eustachian tube function: A prospective case-control study based on tympanometry, tubomanometry, and ETDQ-7.

Introduction: The influence of isolated nasal septum deviation (NSD) in the Eustachian Tube (ET) function is still undetermined.

Objective: compare ET function between patients with severe NSD and patients with adequate nasal patency in terms of symptomology and objective exams and assess the impact of septoplasty in ET function in patients with severe NSD. METHODS AND METHODOLOGY: a prospective study was conducted.

[Vestibular Disorders in the Pediatric Age: Retrospective Analysis and Review of the Literature].

Introduction: Vestibular disorders in pediatric patients is still a controversial subject but has gained relevance over the years. In recent studies, its prevalence varied between 0.7% and 15%.

Nasal septum deviation and Eustachian tube function: A prospective case-control study based on tympanometry, tubomanometry, and ETDQ-7.

Introduction: The influence of isolated nasal septum deviation (NSD) in the Eustachian Tube (ET) function is still undetermined.

Objective: compare ET function between patients with severe NSD and patients with adequate nasal patency in terms of symptomology and objective exams and assess the impact of septoplasty in ET function in patients with severe NSD. METHODS AND METHODOLOGY: a prospective study was conducted.

Is pediatric cholesteatoma more aggressive in children than in adults? A comparative study using the EAONO/JOS classification.

Introduction: chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma (COMC) is a serious condition that may cause severe complications. According to the literature, in pediatric patients this entity can have a more aggressive behavior, leading to higher rates of morbidity. Consensus regarding the definition of aggressive and extensive cholesteatoma was lacking until recently.

Extra-skeletal Ewing's sarcoma of the frontal sinus: a rare disorder in pediatric age.

Paediatric sinonasal tumours comprise numerous aetiologies. Ewing's sarcoma (ES) consists of a malignancy of neuroectodermal origin. This type of sarcoma affects mainly children and adolescents and can assume the skeletal or extra-skeletal form.