The Effect of Nystatin Solution on Otoacoustic Emissions in Rats.

Objective: In patients with a perforated tympanic membrane, topically administered medication reaches the middle ear and thus creates a risk of ototoxicity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible ototoxic effect of the antifungal medication nystatin when administered to the rat middle ear cavity.

Materials And Methods: Three groups (negative control, positive control, and study groups), each containing eight rats, were formed.

Effect of Septoplasty on Voice Quality: A Prospective-Controlled Trial.

Objectives: The purpose is to investigate effect of septoplasty and widened nasal patency on voice quality.

Methods: Fifty patients who undergone septoplasty were included in the study. Thirty-three people who had similar age and distribution were enrolled as control group.

Evaluation of the effect of intranasal infiltrated botulinum toxin-A on a model of allergic rhinitis in rabbits: An Experimental Study.

Introduction: Allergic Rhinitis (AR) effects 20-40% of the global population and its prevalance increases. Medical treatment and immunotherapy could be used in AR management. But they are not definitive solution.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease in children with chronic otitis media with effusion.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate a possible relation between gastroesophageal reflux disease and middle ear effusion in children.

Methods: Children who came to ear, nose, and throat (ENT) department with the symptoms of hearing loss or aural fullness and diagnosed as OME by examination and tympanometry were included into the study. Children were reviewed gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms including the following: (a) airway symptoms: stridor, frequent cough, recurrent croup, wheezing, nasal congestion, obstructive apnea, hoarseness, and throat clearing; (b) feeding symptoms: frequent emesis, dysphagia, choking: gagging, sore throat, halitosis, food refusal, regurgitation, pyrosis, irritability, failure to thrive, and anemia.

The evaluation of ozone and betahistine in the treatment of tinnitus.

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of ozone and betahistine treatments in the treatment of tinnitus. Sixty-eight patients were enrolled in this randomized, prospective controlled study. The ozone group consisted of 27, betahistine group consisted of 26 and control group consisted of 15 patients.

[An etiological study in a school for the deaf and radiological findings].

Objectives: The causes of sensorineural hearing loss were assessed in a population of students in a school for the deaf.

Patients And Methods: Ninety-one students (34 girls, 57 boys; mean age 10.6 years; range 7 to 20 years) from a school for the deaf were evaluated together with their family tree.

Successful Surgical Management of an Intraorbital Hydatid Cyst through a Transmaxillary Approach: Case Report.

A patient with an intraorbital hydatid cyst was treated successfully through a transmaxillary approach. Numerous procedures to remove intraorbital hydatid cysts are discussed.

Audio-vestibular disturbances in Behcet's patients: report of 62 cases.

Unlabelled: This study was carried out to determine the characteristics and incidence of hearing loss and vestibular disturbance in Behcet's syndrome with a large number of patients. Sixty-two patients with Behcet's syndrome were included in this study, 34 men and 28 women whose mean age was 33.7 (15-60).

[Fibrous dysplasia in the head and neck region: a report of three cases].

Fibrous dysplasia is a benign process in which bone expands due to abnormal development of fibrous tissue. Involvement of single or multiple bones may occur. Common sites of involvement in the head and neck region are the maxilla and the mandible.