The value of Ems Mineral Salts in the treatment of rhinosinusitis in children. Prospective study on the efficacy of mineral salts versus xylometazoline in the topical nasal treatment of children.

Unlabelled: The treatment of rhinosinusitis seen in the light of uncertain pathogenesis and variable symptoms is under discussion and ranges from the administration of antibiotics, decongestants and anti-allergic agents to no treatment. In this randomized, prospective, double-blind and controlled study the effect of a 14-day treatment (1-2 sprays into each nostril t.d.

Prospective randomized investigation for evaluation of postoperative changes in the microbial climate of paranasal mucosa by the use of different dissoluting techniques during postoperative care.

Endonasal dissolution by the use of NaCl-solution is a common postoperative treatment of the nasal mucosa after endonasal surgery. These procedure involve for example endonasal shower and sterilized solutions. The contamination of nasal shower in case of unprofessional cleaning after treatment was an argument against this technique in earlier discussions.

Alpha 1-receptors at pre-capillary resistance vessels of the human nasal mucosa.

The aim of the present study was to further characterise the alpha-adrenoceptors in pre-capillary arteries of the human nasal mucosa. Mucosa was obtained from patients undergoing endonasal surgery. From the isolated conchae small arteries (diameter: 90-220 microns) were dissected, avoiding any direct traumatisation.

[Effect of postoperative endonasal mucous membrane care on nasal bacterial flora: prospective study of 2 irrigation methods with NaCl solution after paranasal sinus surgery].

Background: Endonasal irrigation with saline solution is a widely used constituent of mucosal care after sinus surgery. This procedure could explain a repeatedly observed phenomenon: contamination of the endonasal mucosa by facultative skin pathogens from the palm during paranasal sinus irrigation.

Method: For this reason the effect of nasal rinses with saline solution on the endonasal bacterial flora was investigated (use of so-called nasal douche [Siemens & Co.

[Epithelioid sarcoma of the parotid region].

Background: Epithelioid sarcoma has been described in 1970 by Enzinger as a separate tumor entity. It is a rare soft-tissue tumor mostly found in the distal extremities in young adults. The head and neck region is only very infrequently affected.