Transoral robotic surgery for parapharyngeal lesions: a case series of four benign tumours.

Objectives: The parapharyngeal space (PPS) is an anatomically complex space in the vicinity of vital structures. With the introduction of the daVinci robot in head and neck surgery, the surgical robotic system is now being used to gain direct access to the parapharyngeal space and to excise the tumors endoscopically. This study evaluates the outcomes of four patients with benign PPS tumors treated with a transoral robotic surgery approach in a single centre.

Surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency: The outcomes of the University Hospitals Leuven.

Objectives: We reviewed the outcomes of patients who underwent a velopharyngoplasty and subsequent speech therapy for velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) to determine possible prognostic variables.

Methods: During the period 2002-2010, 91 patients with VPI underwent a velopharyngoplasty (either the Honig velopharyngoplasty, the modified Honig velopharyngoplasty or the Hynes pharyngoplasty). Of these, 62 had complete data for long-term evaluation of speech outcome and analysis of variables potentially influencing this outcome.

Myospherulosis as a complication of functional endoscopic sinus surgery: a double case report.

Introduction: Paraffinomas (also known as 'sclerosing lipogranulomas' or 'myospherulosis') are a widely acknowledged complication of cosmetic paraffin injections but they are rare following functional endoscopic sinus surgery.

Case Presentations: Our first case features a 45-year-old woman presenting with a peri-ocular swelling two weeks after functional endoscopic sinus surgery. The procedure was complicated by a fractured lamina papyracea.