Publications by authors named "Maide Hacer Alagoz"
Objective: The objective of this study is to demonstrate any inner ear injury caused by drilling in mastoid surgery with prestin, outer hair cell motor protein specific to the cochlea.
Methods: The patients with chronic otitis media requiring mastoidectomy (n = 21) and myringoplasty (n = 21) were included. Serum prestin level obtained from blood samples was measured before surgery and on postoperative days 0, 3, and 7 using Human Prestin (SLC26A5) ELISA Kit.
Objective: To investigate the association of allergic rhinitis (AR) severity with neutrophil-lymphocyte and platelet-lymphocyte ratios in adult patients.
Methods: The study design was prospective observational study and the study included 209 AR patients and 243 healthy individuals. The patient group comprised 38.