[Should we all do mouth taping? The real story behind breathing through the nose.].

Breathing through the nose has many benefits compared to mouth breathing. There are ways to force breathing through the nose, for instance by mouth taping. It is, however, normal that nasal passage variates.

The Cost Evaluation of Day-Case Compared With Inpatient Stapes Surgery for Otosclerosis: Subanalysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To evaluate the difference in overall, hospital, and out-of-hospital cost difference of day-case stapes surgery, compared with inpatient stapes surgery, while maintaining equal hearing outcomes and quality of life (QoL).

Study Design: A single-center, nonblinded, randomized controlled trial in a tertiary referral center.

Methods: A total of 112 adult patients planned for primary or revision stapes surgery for clinically suspected otosclerosis were randomly assigned to either the day-case or inpatient treatment group.

The effect of smell training on COVID-19 induced smell loss.

Objective: while smell training appears to be effective for post viral smell loss, its effectiveness in COVID-19 induced smell loss is currently not well known. Therefore, we aim to investigate the potential effect of smell training on patients with COVID-19 induced smell loss.

Methods: we conducted a case-control study with two comparable cohorts.

Systemic and Local Medical or Surgical Therapies for Ear, Nose and/or Throat Manifestations in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Systematic Literature Review.

Background: Ear, nose and throat (ENT) manifestations are common in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), yet how to treat these manifestations remains controversial. Therefore, we systematically reviewed the literature on the efficacy of therapies on ENT manifestations in AAV.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines, searching Medline, Embase and Cochrane libraries, including clinical studies between January 2005 and January 2022, in adults with AAV and ENT involvement, reporting on the effects of local and systemic therapy.

Prednisolone does not improve olfactory function after COVID-19: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Background: Prednisolone has been suggested as a treatment for olfactory disorders after COVID-19, but evidence is scarce. Hence, we aimed to determine the efficacy of a short oral prednisolone treatment on patients with persistent olfactory disorders after COVID-19.

Methods: We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-centered trial in the Netherlands.

Hearing Results, Quality of Life, Patient Satisfaction, and Postoperative Complications of Day-case Versus Inpatient Stapes Surgery for Otosclerosis in Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To investigate the effect of day-case stapes surgery on hearing results, quality of life, patient satisfaction, and complications rates, compared with inpatient stapes surgery.

Study Design: A single-center, nonblinded, randomized controlled trial in a tertiary referral center.

Methods: One hundred twelve adult patients planned for primary or revision stapes surgery were randomly assigned to either the day-case or inpatient treatment group.

COCOS trial: rticosteroids for VID-19-induced loss of mell-protocol for a single-centred, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

Introduction: Hyposmia and anosmia are common in COVID-19. Most patients regain normal smell within 4 weeks, but severe loss of smell persists roughly in 20% after 2 months and may last up to a year or longer. These persistent smell disorders greatly influence daily life.

[A toddler with complicated otorrhea].

A 4-year-old boy was diagnosed with intracranial abscess following adequately treated otorrhea and mastoiditis. This is an uncommon finding. He underwent mastoidectomy with drainage of the abscess.

Diagnosis of Sweet's syndrome in otolaryngology.

Sweet's syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis) consists of acute onset of painful cutaneous erythematous lesions, mostly found in the upper extremities followed by the head and neck region, particularly in patients with underlying malignancies. We describe the case of a woman in her mid-30s, who was treated for acute myeloid leukaemia and presented with a severe painful and progressive erythematous lesion of the retroauricular skin. Clinical features, laboratory tests, blood cultures and histological biopsy yielded a diagnosis of Sweet's syndrome.

Admission Rates Following Day-Case Major Otologic Surgery: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To assess whether day-case major otologic ear surgery is a safe and feasible alternative to inpatient surgery, while maintaining equal complication rates, and to identify causes of admission after day-case surgery.

Data Sources: PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane.

Review Methods: A systematic search was conducted.

Diagnostic accuracy of fetal MRI to detect cleft palate: a meta-analysis.

This systematic review aims to determine the diagnostic accuracy of fetal MRI for detecting cleft palate in fetuses at risk for orofacial clefts. Pubmed, Embase, and CINAHL were searched systematically. A diagnostic study was included if it performed MRI (index test) and postnatal examination (reference test) in fetuses at risk for orofacial clefts.

A 1,470 nm diode laser in stapedotomy: Mechanical, thermal, and acoustic effects.

Background And Objectives: Multiple laser systems have been investigated for their use in stapes surgery in patients with otosclerosis. The diode 1,470 nm laser used in this study is an attractive laser system because it is easily transported and relatively inexpensive in use. This wavelength has relative high absorption in water.

Congenital Stapes Ankylosis in Children: Surgical Findings and Results in 35 Cases.

Objective: To evaluate surgical findings and hearing results in children undergoing middle ear surgery for congenital stapes ankylosis with or without other ossicular malformations (Teunissen and Cremers class I and class II malformations).

Study Design: A nonrandomized, nonblinded case series of prospectively collected data.

Setting: A tertiary referral center.

Day-case stapes surgery: Day-case versus inpatient stapes surgery for otosclerosis: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Otosclerosis is characterized by bony deposits in the otic capsule, resulting in stapes fixation and progressive hearing loss. It can be treated effectively by surgically removing (part of) the stapes and replacing it with a prosthesis. Increasingly, stapes surgery is performed as a day-case procedure.

Primary stapedotomy in children with otosclerosis: A prospective study of 41 consecutive cases.

Objectives/hypothesis: To prospectively evaluate hearing outcomes in children with otosclerosis undergoing primary stapes surgery.

Study Design: A nonrandomized, nonblinded, prospective case series.

Methods: Thirty-four consecutive pediatric patients who underwent 41 primary stapedotomies for otosclerosis in a tertiary referral center were included.

The reliability and validity of cervical auscultation in the diagnosis of dysphagia: a systematic review.

Objective: To systematically review the available evidence for the reliability and validity of cervical auscultation in diagnosing the several aspects of dysphagia in adults and children suffering from dysphagia.

Data Sources: Medline (PubMed), Embase and the Cochrane Library databases.

Review Methods: The systematic review was carried out applying the steps of the PRISMA-statement.

A nonrandomized comparison of the thulium laser and the CO2 laser in primary stapedotomy for otosclerosis.

Objective: Comparing hearing results in patients with otosclerosis treated with laser-assisted stapedotomy using the 2-μm thulium laser or the CO2 laser.

Study Design: Prospective nonrandomized clinical study.

Setting: In a tertiary referral center in France (Jean Causse Ear Clinic, Béziers), 208 primary stapedotomies were performed in 204 patients between March 2008 and November 2009.

Influence of laser-assisted cochleostomy on acoustically evoked compound action potentials in the guinea pig.

Hypothesis: Making a cochleostomy with a laser can affect the inner ear function.

Background: Different types of lasers can be used to create a fenestration in the footplate of the stapes during stapedotomy. Because of variations in absorption spectra of the laser light in various tissues or fluids, each laser has its own characteristics and possible side effects.

Comparing mechanical effects and sound production of KTP, thulium, and CO2 laser in stapedotomy.

Hypothesis: The mechanical and acoustic effects that occur during laser-assisted stapedotomy differ among KTP, CO2, and thulium lasers.

Background: Making a fenestration in stapedotomy with a laser minimizes the risk of a floating footplate caused by mechanical forces. Theoretically, the lasers used in stapedotomy could inflict mechanical trauma because of absorption in the perilymph, causing vaporization bubbles.

Capturing thermal, mechanical, and acoustic effects of the diode (980 nm) laser in stapedotomy.

Introduction: The diode laser, with a wavelength of 980 nm, has promising characteristics for being used for the fenestration during stapedotomy. It is known that at this wavelength absorption in pigmented tissues is high, and absorption in water is relatively low compared with medical lasers in the infrared, making it theoretically an applicable laser for stapes surgery in patients with otosclerosis. Another important advantage is that, with respect to other lasers, this device is relatively inexpensive.

Effect of KTP laser cochleostomy on morphology in the guinea pig inner ear.

Background: The main advantage of using the KTP (potassium-titanyl-phosphate) laser for stapedotomy instead of the conventional micropick instrument is the smaller risk for mechanical damage. However, the KTP laser could theoretically inflict damage to inner ear structures. We hypothesize that KTP laser light [wavelength (λ) = 532 nm] is hardly absorbed in perilymph but well absorbed in solid structures.