Publications by authors named "Manuel Manos"
Article Synopsis
- This study analyzed the occurrence of acute infectious supraglottitis at a medical center from 2010 to 2020, aiming to identify patient characteristics, trends, and factors requiring airway interventions.
- A total of 88 patients were examined, showing a 9% annual increase in cases, particularly rising in 2019, with common symptoms including muffled voice and respiratory distress; 17% of patients needed airway interventions such as intubation or tracheotomy.
- Key findings suggested that younger patients and those with specific conditions like epiglottic abscess, hypersalivation, and smoking were more likely to require airway management, although the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic complic
Purpose: Analyse the evolution and outcomes of COVID-19 tracheostomised patients. Clarify if this cohort presents an increased risk of haemorrhagic complications and verify the correlation between some risk factors with increased mortality.
Methods: A retrospective single-centre observational study of a prospective cohort of all COVID-19 patients admitted to our centre between March and April 2020.
Facial paralysis: Clinical practice guideline of the Spanish Society of Otolaryngology.
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp (Engl Ed)
December 2020
Bell's palsy is the most common diagnosis associated with facial nerve weakness or paralysis. However, not all patients with facial paresis/paralysis have Bell's palsy. Other common causes include treatment of vestibular schwannoma, head and neck tumours, iatrogenic injuries, Herpes zoster, or trauma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCetuximab is a monoclonal antibody against epidermal growth factor receptor useful in the treatment of patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma combined with radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Its pharmacokinetics are not influenced by hepatic status and there are no specific warnings concerning its indication in patients with impaired hepatic function. Patients with a previous liver transplant are at risk for hepatic toxicity and use immunosupressants to avoid rejection that can interact with other drugs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Results in the surgical treatment of giant acoustic neuromas].
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp
September 2012
Introduction And Objectives: To compare the results obtained in the resection of 21 giant vestibular schwannomas via retrosigmoid (RS) and combined retrosigmoid/translabyrinthine (RS/TL) approaches with respect to intra- and postoperative complications, facial nerve preservation and postsurgical sequelae.
Methods: This was a retrospective study of 21 patients who underwent a resection of a giant vestibular neuroma according to the Tos & Thomsen Scale (greater than or equal to 4 centimetres) in a tertiary care centre in the period between 2000 and 2008. We present the most significant characteristics of the series studied and the analysis of the advantages and inconveniences of each approach.
Purpose: The purpose of this work is to evaluate the contribution of hyperfractionated radiotherapy (RT) in head and neck cancer by sub-localisation.
Patients And Methods: From 1992 to 1999, 318 patients with squamous head and neck tumours treated by hyperfraction RT were analysed according to their sub-localisation and stage. Fractions used were 1.