Keep Calm: Does parental preoperative anxiety affect post-tonsillectomy pain scores in children?

Purpose: To understand if high parental anxiety leads to increased post-tonsillectomy pain in children.

Methods: Prospective study including parents of children aged 3-10 years old submitted to tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy. To evaluate anxiety, parents were asked to fill the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory form-Y, with postoperative pain being evaluated with the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale at postoperative days 1, 3 and 7.

Proxies to detect hotspots of invertebrate biodiversity on rhodolith beds across the Southwestern Atlantic.

Rhodolith beds are known worldwide to host high biodiversity to several taxa. Despite their importance, few ecological data explored the influence of rhodolith features and environmental variables on associated biodiversity, a gap that has been hampering the mapping of diversity hotspots and priority areas for conservation. In this study, we investigated large-scale spatial variations of rhodolith beds and their associated fauna, using annelid polychaetes as a biological model.

Laryngectomy: Phonation Alternatives and Their Impact on the Quality of Life.

Background The decision to consent to surgery is a life-changing moment. This study addresses the impact of total laryngectomy (TL) on phonation and its effect on the quality of life (QoL) of patients. The primary objective of this cohort study is to compare the alternatives in phonation rehabilitation, and the secondary objective is to identify concurrent predictors of vocal outcomes.

Labyrinthine Fistula in Chronic Otitis Media Surgery: Management and Outcomes.

The objective of this retrospective study was to present the experience on the management of labyrinthine fistula secondary to chronic otitis media in a tertiary center. 263 patients, who underwent tympanomastoidecomy, in Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, between 2015 and 2020 were reviewed, to select only those with labyrinthine fistulas. 26 patients (9.