[Drug-induced sleep videoendoscopy: clinical usefulness and literature review].

Fiberoptic examination of the pharynx under drug-induced sleep is a test that helps to detect the areas of vibration and collapse in patients with sleep-disordered breathing. This article is a review of the available literature on the subject, aimed at helping otolaryngologists to understand the procedure and to resolve some controversies surrounding it.

Airway evaluation by indirect laryngoscopy in patients with lingual tonsillar hypertrophy.

Introduction And Objectives: Prevalence of the lingual tonsillar hypertrophy is unknown but it is believed that its presence is associated with the difficult airway. To investigate this, indirect laryngoscopy was performed on patients in the preoperative evaluation and this pathology was diagnosed. The relationship with difficulty of viewing the larynx, intubation and ventilation, under general anaesthesia and using direct laryngoscopy, was then studied.

[Septoplasty and rhinoplasty, a descriptive study].

Introduction And Objectives: This is a retrospective study on patients who underwent septoplasty and septorhinoplasty at Dr. Peset Hospital in Valencia. Surgical procedures are described and results evaluated.