Outcomes with gold wire and hydroxyapatite partial ossicular replacement prostheses in type 2 tympanoplasty: a preliminary study.

Objectives: To compare the hearing results and graft take rates of the recently developed gold wire prosthesis with those of the hydroxyapatite partial ossicular replacement prosthesis in patients with chronic otitis media.

Method: This retrospective study examined patients who underwent type 2 tympanoplasty with a minimum follow up of one year. The study population consisted of 32 patients in the partial ossicular replacement prosthesis group and 26 patients in the gold wire group.

Radiofrequency versus electrocautery for inferior turbinate hypertrophy.

Aim: The aims of this study were to compare radiofrequency tissue reduction (RFTR) and electrocautery (EC) techniques by assessing preoperatively and 8 weeks postoperatively the visual analog scale (VAS), inspiratory peak flowmetry (IPF), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) volume measurement of the inferior turbinate and to see whether EC still stands as a valid treatment of inferior turbinate hypertrophy.

Methods: A total of 36 patients were included in the study. An equal number of patients were chosen randomly from 2 groups.

Histological analysis of the effects of anti-adhesive haemostatic agents on the middle ear of the guinea pig.

Introduction: Adhesion formation is a frequent and serious post-operative problem in ENT surgery. This study assessed the effect of two anti-adhesive haemostatic agents on an experimental guinea pig model.

Materials And Methods: The middle-ear mucosa of 14 guinea pigs was exposed to surgical trauma.

Relationships between facial canal dehiscence and other intraoperative findings in chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma.

Objective: We investigated the relationship between facial canal dehiscence and intraoperative middle ear and mastoid findings in patients operated on for cholesteatoma.

Methods: We examined retrospectively 334 patients who had been operated on for cholesteatoma in Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, ENT Clinic, between April 1997 and April 2010. The patients were examined for facial canal dehiscence according to age, gender, side of the ear, surgery type, first or revision surgery, localization of the facial canal dehiscence, spread of the cholesteatoma, with the presence of lateral semi-circular canal (LSCC) fistula and any defect in the ossicle chain, and destruction in the posterior wall of the external auditory canal(EAC).

Results of decompression with middle cranial fossa approach or traumatic intratemporal fascial nerve injury.

Objective: To present the results of the traumatic intratemporal facial nerve injury that have undergone facial nerve decompression by using middle cranial fossa (MCF) approach.

Study Design: A retrospective study

Setting: Tertiary referral center

Patients And Methods: In this study, 13 patients who developed facial paralysis due to temporal bone trauma and undergone decompression by using MCF approach in Department of Otorhinolaryngology of İzmir Katip Celebi University Research and Training Hospital between January 1993 and December 2012 were presented retrospectively. Patients were assessed in terms of side, etiology, fracture type, House-Brackmann (HB) grade, electroneuronography (ENOG), electromyography (EMG), hearing loss, operation time, and the region of the injury.

Evaluation of the protective effect of α-lipoic acid on cisplatin ototoxicity using distortion-product otoacoustic emission measurements: an experimental animal study.

The aim of our study was to determine the effectiveness of intratympanic α-lipoic acid injection as an otoprotective agent against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in guinea pigs. Twenty-four adult male albino guinea pigs with normal hearing were divided into 4 groups. The guinea pigs received intraperitoneal cisplatin in group 1, intraperitoneal cisplatin and intratympanic α-lipoic acid in group 2, intratympanic α-lipoic acid in group 3, as well as intraperitoneal cisplatin and intratympanic saline in group 4.

Inhibitory effect of N-acetyl cysteine and ascorbic acid on the development of myringosclerosis: an experimental study.

Objectives: This study investigated the effects of ascorbic acid and N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) antioxidants on the development of myringosclerosis (MS) in an experimental model.

Methods: Myringotomies were performed in the ears of 15 guinea pigs, and Spongostan pieces were placed on the perforated regions of the tympanic membrane. The subjects were divided randomly into three groups and treated with three different solutions on the Spongostan-group 1: (control, 0.

Vocal and ventricular fold lateralization using crossing sutures with the thyroplasty window technique for bilateral vocal fold immobility: long-term results.

Conclusions: Vocal and ventricular fold lateralization using crossing sutures with the thyroplasty window technique is an effective and durable procedure for the management of patients with bilateral vocal fold immobility.

Objectives: To review the long-term results of bilateral vocal fold immobility in 26 patients treated with vocal and ventricular fold lateralization using crossing sutures with the thyroplasty window technique over a 6-year period.

Methods: This retrospective study examined patients with a minimum follow-up of 1 year.

Soft tissue giant cell tumor of low malignant potential of the neck: a case report and review of the literature.

Giant cell tumor of soft parts is a rare tumor that is clinically and histologically similar to giant cell tumor of the bone. We present a 53-year-old female with a giant cell tumor of low malignant potential arising from the neck. The clinicopathological features and the importance of immunohistochemistry in the differential diagnosis with other giant cell rich tumors was discussed.

Postintubation laryngotracheal stenosis: assessing the success of surgery.

Objective: This study evaluated the outcome in adult patients with laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS) and assessed the effect of procedures on their quality-of-life scores.

Methods: The study included 15 adult patients with LTS (11 males [73.3%], 4 females [26.

Factors confusing the diagnosis of laryngopharyngeal reflux: the role of allergic rhinitis and inter-rater variability of laryngeal findings.

The objective of the study was to determine the inter-rater variability in assessment of laryngeal findings and whether diagnosing laryngopharyngeal reflux based on the laryngeal findings and history alone without considering allergic rhinitis leads to the overdiagnosis and overtreatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux. Patients with positive and negative skin prick tests were recruited from an allergy clinic in a tertiary teaching university hospital. All subjects completed the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and underwent laryngeal examinations by three physicians blinded to the skin prick test results and the Reflux Finding Score (RFS) was determined.

Diagnosis of allergic rhinitis: inter-rater reliability and predictive value of nasal endoscopic examination: a prospective observational study.

Objective: To determine the inter-rater reliability of nasal endoscopic findings and the feasibility of diagnosis of allergic rhinitis based solely on symptoms and nasal endoscopy.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: University Teaching hospital.

Hearing loss effects of administering boric alcohol solution prepared with alcohol in various degrees on guinea pigs (an experimental study).

Objective: To investigate the ototoxic effect of boric acid solution prepared with different degree of alcohol.

Methods: This study was performed on 28 young albino guinea pigs. After the animals divided four groups prior to the application of the solution an auditory brainstem response (ABR) test was applied to the each animal under general anesthesia.

Searching for the cheese: does ethmoid pneumatization affect the location of the anterior ethmoid artery?

Endoscopic sinus surgery is a widely used technique in otolaryngologic practice. To avoid complications, the locations of important anatomical structures, such as the anterior ethmoid artery (AEA), should be determined preoperatively. We want to evaluate the effect of ethmoid cavity pneumatization on the location of the AEA and to determine consistent landmark(s) for locating the AEA.

Complications of tracheoesophageal puncture and speech valves: retrospective analysis of 47 patients.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the complications of tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) for voice restoration and speech valves in patients undergoing total laryngectomy.

Patients And Methods: Between January 2006 and June 2011, 47 male patients (mean age 62.8±1.

Synovial sarcoma of the infratemporal fossa with intracranial extension.

Synovial sarcomas (SS) account for 7-8% of soft-tissue cancers and 3-5% of all cases with head and neck involvement. Synovial sarcoma of the infratemporal fossa is very rare In this article, we report the fourth case of SS of infratemporal fossa and the first case with intracranial extension via the foramen ovale. A 31-year-old man admitted with a one-year history of intense pain in his right jaw.

Puffed-cheek computed tomography: a dynamic maneuver for imaging oral cavity tumors.

We conducted a prospective study to compare the effectiveness of conventional computed tomography (CT) and puffed-cheek CT in detecting the presence and extension of oral cavity malignant tumors. We enrolled 11 patients--5 men and 6 women, aged 32 to 85 years--who had a primary squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. These tumors were located in the floor of the mouth in 4 patients, in the buccal mucosa in 4, in both the buccal mucosa and retromolar trigone in 2, and in the retromolar trigone only in 1.

Supracricoid partial laryngectomy: analyses of oncologic and functional outcomes.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the functional and oncologic results of supracricoid partial laryngectomy.

Study Design: Case series with chart review.

Setting: Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.

Prevention of cisplatin ototoxicity: Efficacy of micronized flavonoid fraction in a guinea pig model.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of micronized flavonoid fraction in preventing cisplatin ototoxicity in a guinea pig model.

Methods: This study was conducted on 23 guinea pigs in the Animal Laboratory of Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital. Animals were divided into three groups: Group 1 consisted of eight animals receiving cisplatin only; Group 2 contained eight animals receiving cisplatin+micronized flavonoid fraction; and Group 3 contained seven animals that received micronized flavonoid fraction only.

Conquering the castle: a novel technique for the middle fossa approach in facial decompression.

Objective: To describe 2 subapproaches of the middle fossa approach: the transillumination method and transection of lines using the foramen spinosum, greater superficial petrosal nerve, and trigeminal impression to locate the malleus head for safe identification and decompression of the geniculate ganglion and facial nerve.

Study Design: Cadaver study.

Setting: A tertiary university hospital anatomy laboratory.

[Clear cell mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland: a case report].

Clear cell variant of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary glands is rare. A 55-year-old male patient with recently growing left parotid mass underwent superficial parotidectomy. Although the dominant component of the tumor was composed of clear cells, mucin containing cells were also present.

MRI assessment of internal acoustic canal variations using 3D-FIESTA sequences.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the internal acoustic canal is the standard diagnostic tool for a wide range of indications in patients. This study aims to investigate the vascular variations and compression of the cranial nerves (CNs) VII and VIII at the cerebellopontine angle in patients with neuro-otologic symptoms using 3D-fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (FIESTA) MR imaging. One hundred and eighty-seven patients (374 temporal bones) were examined on a 1.

The necessity of dissection of level IIb in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a clinical study.

Objective: Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas readily metastasize to adjacent cervical lymph nodes. This is seen frequently in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), and neck dissection may be performed in addition to excision of the primary lesion. The aim of this study was to define the frequency of level IIb metastasis to the lymph nodes in patients who underwent selective neck dissection because of LSCC.

Increased expression of VEGF, iNOS, IL-1β, and IL-17 in a rabbit model of gastric content-induced middle ear inflammation.

Objective: To investigate the histopathological changes and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), inducible NO-synthase (iNOS), endothelial NO-synthase (eNOS), interleukin (IL)-1β, and IL-17 in the rabbit middle ear mucosa after direct gastric content exposure.

Methods: Exploratory controlled study in which histological and immunochemical features were studied after gastric content-induced inflammation was established in rabbits. Sixteen healthy rabbits were divided into two equal groups.

New technique for the treatment of bilateral vocal cord paralysis: Vocal and ventricular fold lateralization using crossing sutures with thyroplasty technique.

Conclusion: All patients treated with this new lateralization technique had a good quality of life and no dyspnea at rest or upon exertion. We believe that this technique is an important addition to the many surgical techniques for the treatment of bilateral vocal cord paralysis (BVCP).

Objectives: Most techniques used in the treatment of BVCP result in a prolapse of the laryngeal soft tissues into the endolarynx owing to Bernoulli's principle.