Diagnostic accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography in the evaluation of chronic rhinosinusitis.

Introduction: This study assessed the agreement of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan and sinus endoscopy findings and attempted to find a diagnostic accuracy of CBCT in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS).

Methods: Forty-two patients with CRS referred to the Aria and 22 Bahman Hospitals in Mashhad, Iran, during the year 2011 were included in this cross-sectional study. Paranasal sinus CBCT scanning and endoscopy were performed in all patients.

Using a sternocleidomastoid muscle flap to prevent postoperative pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy: a study of 88 cases.

Complications of total laryngectomy can have serious implications for the final outcome of treatment, including pharyngocutaneous fistula. We conducted a retrospective study of surgical techniques to determine how to best prevent or decrease the incidence of pharyngocutaneous fistula following total laryngectomy. We reviewed the hospital records of all patients who had undergone total laryngectomy for laryngeal carcinoma at Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad, Iran, from March 1989 through February 2005.

Bipedicles chest flap: a novel technique for the reconstruction of anterior neck defect.

This paper presents our surgical technique and the results of using bipedicled superior chest flaps for head and neck reconstructions. The study design consisted of a case series of surgical technique. The study was conducted at tertiary referral centers with otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery departments.