[Acute sore throat, not always innocent].

Acute sore throat is one of the most common problems in general practice. It usually concerns a viral oropharyngeal infection, with good recovery within 10 days. In current guidelines, antibiotics are recommended only in exceptional situations.

Practical applicability of the STAMCO and ChOLE classification in cholesteatoma care.

Background: To compare cholesteatoma care internationally and to evaluate outcomes, ear surgeons must use the same terminology. However, a clear universal definition on how to describe the extension, destruction and accompanying morbidity caused by the cholesteatoma is lacking. The practical applicability by means of interrater agreement is assessed for the STAMCO and the ChOLE classification.

Evaluation of the SAMEO-ATO surgical classification in a Dutch cohort.

Purpose: Differences in the definition and classification of cholesteatoma hinders comparing of surgical outcomes of cholesteatoma. Uniform registration is necessary to allow investigators to share and compare their findings. For many years surgical cholesteatoma procedures were divided into two main groups: canal wall up mastoidectomy (CWU) and canal wall down mastoidectomy (CWD).

Surgical or medical management of subperiosteal orbital abscess in children: a critical appraisal of the literature.

Objective: Subperiosteal orbital abscesses (SPOA) are a complication of sinusitis. Traditional treatment of SPOA is surgical. Recently, a number of studies report successful medical treatment.

The AMORE protocol for advanced-stage and recurrent nonorbital rhabdomyosarcoma in the head-and-neck region of children: a radiation oncology view.

Purpose: A multidisciplinary approach, consisting of consecutive Ablative Surgery, MOld technique with afterloading brachytherapy and immediate surgical REconstruction (AMORE) applied after chemotherapy, was designed for children with rhabdomyosarcoma in the head-and-neck region. Analysis of the first 42 patients was performed.

Methods And Materials: After macroscopically radical tumor resection, molds were constructed for each individual to fit into the surgical defect.

Anosmia after endovascular and open surgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms.

Object: Patients treated for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) often report a loss of smell. To discriminate between the effects of aneurysmal rupture and treatment, the authors assessed the occurrence of anosmia after clipping and coiling of unruptured aneurysms as well as after the coiling of ruptured aneurysms.

Methods: The authors interviewed patients in whom an unruptured aneurysm was treated by clipping (32 cases) or endovascular coiling (26 cases) as well as patients with SAH who underwent coil therapy (32 cases).

AMORE protocol in pediatric head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma: descriptive analysis of failure patterns.

Background: The AMORE protocol is a local treatment for patients with nonorbital pediatric head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma (HNRMS). The objectives of this study were: (1) to assess the adequacy of the concept, and (2) to identify factors associated with relapse.

Methods: We performed a retrospective multidisciplinary review of 22 children primarily treated according to the AMORE protocol, excluding two children with inadequate imaging data.