Lipid Profile and IL-17A in Allergic Rhinitis: Correlation With Disease Severity and Quality of Life.

Background: Recent data display the possible role of cytokines such as interleukin-10 (IL-10), IL-17 and IL-23 as a link between dyslipidemia and atopy; however, the relationship between dyslipidemia, allergic rhinitis (AR), and the underlying mechanisms involved is unclear.

Purpose: To measure the lipid profile and IL-17A level in AR patients in comparison to healthy controls, and correlate serum lipid level with the severity of symptoms and quality of life (QoL) of AR patients.

Patients And Methods: Peripheral blood samples were collected from AR patients (n=70) and a control group (n=80).

Timing of tracheostomy in patients with prolonged endotracheal intubation: a systematic review.

The objective of this article is to evaluate the appropriate timing of tracheostomy in patients with prolonged intubationregarding the incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia, mortality, length of stay in intensive care unit (ICU) and duration of artificial ventilation. The study included published articles yielded by a search concerning timing of tracheostomy in adult and pediatric patients with prolonged intubation. The search was limited to articles published in English language in the last 30 years (between 1987 and 2017).

The effectiveness of low-level laser on postoperative pain and edema in secondary palatal operation.

Objective: The postoperative period after palatal surgery is usually very painful, requiring the use of pain-relieving drugs. Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in post-operative pain control and edema after secondary palatal operations.

Methods: A randomized double blinded clinical study on 20 children undergoing secondary palatal operations between 2013 and 2015 was done.

The value of using loupe magnification and methylene blue dye in intra-operative identification of thyroglossal duct tract.

Background: This was a comparative randomised study to find out the value of using loupe magnification and methylene blue dye in identification of the thyroglossal duct and to compare between them.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-two patients who presented with infrahyoid thyroglossal duct cyst were subjected to excision of the cyst with two methods for identification of thyroglossal duct track during the operation. Data were anlysed for identification of multiple tracts, the tract relation to the hyoid bone, incidence of complications and operative time.

Using low level laser therapy to reduce early postoperative airway obstruction following modified Hogan's flap.

Introduction And Objective: The most common postoperative complications of velopharyngeal insufficiency surgery are postoperative bleeding and airway obstruction or obstructive sleep apnoea. Consequently, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of low level laser therapy (LLLT) during the first postoperative days in children undergoing superiorly based pharyngeal flap (SBF) surgery.

Materials And Methods: A randomized double blind clinical study on 30 children divided on two groups 15 patients each, who underwent SBF.

The effects of palatal lengthening on the functional and speech outcomes after submucous cleft palate repair.

Unlabelled: This study was designed to compare intravelar veloplasty with and without V-Y pushback palatoplasty regarding postoperative functional and speech outcomes.

The Aim: is to find out the importance and influence of palatal lengthening on the functional and speech outcomes after SMCP repair.

Study Design: This is a prospective randomized comparative study of 20 patients divided into 2 equal groups.

COMPARISON OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS TO IMPROVE HEARING AFTER OBLITERATION OF THE MASTOID CAVITY.

Background: Indications for removal of mastoid air cells and obliterating the mastoid cavity vary considerably from surgeon to surgeon. Various obliteration techniques have been recommended to eliminate open cavity problems. Here we investigated the difference between natural and synthetic filling materials to improve hearing after obliteration of the mastoid cavity.