Balloon sinuplasty in one-day surgery.

Introduction: Balloon sinus dilation is becoming an increasingly common procedure, finding a niche as an invaluable tool in endoscopic sinus surgery.

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of balloon sinus dilation (BSD) in 1-day surgery in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis without polyps based on our own experience.

Material And Methods: The study group consisted of 9 patients.

Insulin resistance is associated with impaired olfactory function in adult patients with type 1 diabetes: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To investigate whether insulin resistance is a predictor for decreased olfactory function in adult type 1 diabetes patients (T1DM).

Materials And Methods: The following parameters were examined in the group of 113 T1DM participants: body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), TG/HDL ratio, glycated hemoglobin (HbA ), visceral fat (VF) in body bioimpedance, specific calculators (eGDR, VAI). Bilateral olfactory test score (BOTS) was performed using 12-odour-tests from Sniffin' Sticks.

Simultaneous treatment of intracranial complications of paranasal sinusitis.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to analyse 51 patients with intracranial complications of sinusitis treated in the Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngeal Oncology at Poznań University of Medical Sciences from 1964 to 2016.

Materials And Methods: Males made up a significant portion of study participants at 70.5%.

Middle Fossa Approach for Cochlear Implantation.

Objective: To present qualification criteria, surgery, and results of cochlear implantation via the middle fossa approach.

Study Design: A retrospective analysis of medical charts of patients.

Setting: Cochlear implant program in academic medical center.

Impaired olfactory function is related to the presence of neuropathy in adults with type 1 diabetes.

Introduction: Olfactory dysfunction is suggested to be a clinical manifestation of central diabetic neuropathy. The aim of the study was to assess olfactory function in adult patients with type 1 diabetes.

Materials And Methods: A total of 106 patients with type 1 diabetes and 30 healthy subjects were included in the study.

Skin flap complications after cochlear implantations.

The objective of the study was to analyse and present the surgical management strategy for major skin flap complications (MSFC) after cochlear implantations. Patients fitted with a titanium-silicone-coated implant of the same kind, operated on between 1994 and 2013 with a standardised procedure (1076 medical charts) were analysed. Analysis aimed to identify and study individuals with skin problems related to the cochlear implant treatment, i.

Intracranial complications from sinusitis.

Introduction: Despite increasingly better diagnostic and therapeutic methods intracranial sinogenic complications, invariably pose a direct threat to the lives of patients and a challenge for otolaryngologists.

Aim: The aim of the study was to analyze patients with intracranial sinogenic complications treated at the Department of Otolaryngology and Otolaryngological Oncology of Poznań University of Medical Sciences in the years 2000-2013.

Material And Methods: Analysis covered the period from January 2000 to December 2013.

Fully endoscopic resection of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma - own experience and clinical outcomes.

Objectives: The treatment of choice in juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is surgery - nowadays endoscopic techniques. The aim of the study was to present the results of endoscopic treatment in patients diagnosed with juvenile angiofibroma.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective case series, 10 patients with a diagnosis of JNA treated at the Department of Otolaryngology of the Medical University in Poznań from 2006 to June 2013 were included.

[Evaluation of results of using new Baha(®) abutment and new surgical technique without soft tissue reduction].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study is the evaluation of results of using new Baha abutment covered by hydroxyapatite (Baha(®) BA400, Cochlear Ltd.) which enables new surgical technique without soft tissue reduction.

Material And Methods: The results of treatment of 9 adult patients were compared with results of 126 patients implanted earlier by standard technique with soft tissue reduction.

Observations on hearing preservation in patients with hybrid-L electrode implanted at Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland.

The objective of the paper is to evaluate the hearing preservation rate in patients with high frequency hearing loss, treated with Cochlear Nucleus Freedom Hybrid-L implant in the Otolaryngology Department, Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland. Study was designed as the retrospective analysis. Twenty-one patients were operated and implanted with Nucleus Freedom Hybrid-L implant.

[Epidemiological and demographic analysis of indications for Baha® surgery in Poland--multicenter study].

Aim Of The Study: To collect and analyze epidemiological and demographical data of patients qualified for and implanted with the Baha® system in Poland.

Material And Method: 17 out of 28 otolaryngology departments performing Baha® implantation in Poland participated in the study. Up to date there were 286 patients registered in database.

European Bilateral Pediatric Cochlear Implant Forum consensus statement.

This is a consensus statement on pediatric cochlear implantation by the European Bilateral Pediatric Cochlear Implant Forum. The consensus statement was determined by review of current scientific literature to identify areas of scientific and clinical agreement of current understanding of bilateral cochlear implantation. The statement is "Currently we feel that the infant or child with unambiguous cochlear implant candidacy should receive bilateral cochlear implants simultaneously as soon as possible after definitive diagnosis of deafness to permit optimal auditory development; an atraumatic surgical technique designed to preserve cochlear function, minimize cochlear damage, and allow easy, possibly repeated re-implantation is recommended.

Evolution in management of otogenic brain abscess.

Objective: To present the therapeutic results related with treating 103 patients with cerebral abscesses of otogenic origin during 3 various time frames (1953-1977, 1978-1989, and 1990-2011).

Patients: A total of 103 patients with cerebral abscess of otogenic origin.

Interventions: Diagnostics and treatment.

[Results of treatment of 101 otogenic brain abscesses--56-years experience].

Introduction: Inflammatory process in the areas of the middle ear creates a possible danger related with the development of extratemporal and intratemporal complications. The most dangerous of those include meningitis and cerebral abscesses, which are still present.

Aim: The aim of the work is to present 101 patients with cerebral, in temporal lobe, and cerebellar abscesses of aural origin throughout the period of 56 years, namely between 1953 and 2009.

Otologic symptoms as initial manifestation of wegener granulomatosis: diagnostic dilemma.

Objective: To show 7 cases of Wegener granulomatosis (WG) with early aural symptoms and to discuss the problems of otologic manifestation in WG.

Study Design: Retrospective case review.

Setting: : Tertiary care university hospital.

[Tracheal stenting in patients treated due to carcinoma of the larynx].

Introduction: Stenosis of the trachea and main bronchia can occur in patients with lung, larynx, thyroid gland, esophagus, in metastatic tumors, can be also caused by trauma and foreign bodies. Treatment in this condition can be difficult. Tracheal stenosis in patients after total removal of the larynx is relatively rare.

[Head and neck amyloidosis].

Introduction: Amyloid is a pathological protein which can accumulate in almost every tissue, consequently resulting in illness (amyloidosis). Amyloid has a red color when the slice preparation is stained with Congo red staining and under polarized light exhibits a characteristic apple-green color. Over 26 different proteins, that can form amyloid, have been described.

[Paratracheal lymph nodes in patients with larynx and hypopharynx cancer in radiological and clinical examination].

Introduction: Paratracheal lymph nodes receive the lymph from the larynx, hypopharynx, esophagus, thyroid gland and trachea. It is evaluated, that metastases to these nodes occur in about 10-30% of patients with cancer of the larynx, hypopharynx or cervical esophagus. These metastases can lead to the most tragic complication after total laryngectomy, which is the stomal recurrence, Paratracheal lymph nodes are not accessible to examine by palpation or ultrasonography.

[Endoscopic surgery for selected tumors of the nose and paranasal sinuses--practical sense of the four hands technique].

Endoscopic sinus surgery is a gold standard in chronic sinusitis since middle '80. More and more attention is put on endosnasal tumor removal with the endoscopic technique. Two major pathologies are present in the literature, the inverted papilloma and the angiofibroma.

[Value of angiography and embolisation in treatment of head and neck vascular malformations at Otolaryngology Department, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland].

Angiography is an invasive, radiological investigation of vascular system. It plays an important role within variety of diagnostic tools in head and neck pathologies. In selected cases with well defined tumor supply vessels, angiography may be combined with intravascular obliteration.

[Four hands surgery in endoscopic sinus surgery--our experience].

Endoscopic surgery in chronic sinusitis became a gold standard since Stammberger and Kennedy describe there technique in '80 s. During last 20 years an enormous progress has been done in that field. Tumors of the nose and paranasal sinuses became a target for endonasal surgery, alternatively to open approaches.

[Neurovascular conflicts].

Neuro-vascular conflict is a pathophysiologic phenomenon which is implicated in several cranial neuropathies. The most common are trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. Spasmodic torticolis, glosopharyngeal neuralgia, disabling positional vertigo may be due to neural compression as well, but other pathologies such as neurogenic hypertension and limited cases of tinnitus, although rare, highly susceptible to the neurovascular conflict, should be taken into considerration.

[Rare case of the Recklinghausen disease in the head and neck region].

Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type I (Recklinghausen disease) is one of the most common genetic disorders. Symptoms in head and neck region are present in nearly 30% of cases, but the most frequent are skin café-au-lait lesions or lesions localized in craniofacial region. Neurinomas of the last four cranial nerves are also described.

[Stomal recurrence after total laryngectomy].

Unlabelled: Stomal recurrence after total laryngectomy is a very serious complication, in general with dismal prognosis. There are only a few possibilities of treatment, so stress should be put on prevention.

Material: In the ENT Department Poznań University of Medical Sciences between 1997-2004 829 total laryngectomy were performed, because of advanced laryngeal cancer (T3, T4).

[Sphenoid sinus surgery].

Sphenoid sinus surgery due to specific localization is placed in otolaryngologists and neurosurgeons field of interest. Surgery of this area, from one side, causes number of problems, which usually arise due to close neighbourhood of important structures, but on the other, serves as alternative approach, eliminating necessity of extended operations with craniotomies. The article summarizes results of sphenoid sinus surgery at ENT Department, University of Medical Sciences in Poznan between 1990 and 2003, as well as points out characteristic features of the surgery in this specific localization.