Safety and long-term efficacy of tonsillectomy versus subtotal tonsillectomy in children with sleep disordered breathing.

Objectives: to compare safety and long-term symptoms after TE compared to Subtotal Tonsillectomy (STT).

Methods: A retrospective review data of 412 patients, one to twelve years old that underwent either TE or STT, as treatment for sleep disorder breathing, at two different medical centers. Symptoms were assessed by a questionnaire 3-5 years post-surgery.

Acute mastoiditis in children under 15 years of age in Southern Israel following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: a 4-year retrospective study (2009-2012).

Objectives: To describe the epidemiologic, microbiologic, clinical and therapeutic aspects of acute mastoiditis (AM) in children <15 years of age during the 4-year period (2009-2012) following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in Israel.

Patients And Methods: The medical records of all children with a discharge diagnosis of AM were reviewed.

Results: A total of 66 AM episodes occurred in 61 patients.

Relation between peritonsillar infection and acute tonsillitis: myth or reality?

Objective: To investigate the relationship between tonsillar and peritonsillar infections.

Study Design: Retrospective population-based study and a retrospective case series review.

Settings: Tertiary academic medical facility.

Beneficial effects of caloric vestibular stimulation on denial of illness and manic delusions in schizoaffective disorder: a case report.

Introduction: Preliminary data suggests that caloric vestibular nerve stimulation (CVS) single session application of cold water to the left ear induces a clinically significant, short-lived beneficial effect on specific types of illness denial (i.e., anosognosia) and delusions (i.

[The Hebrew dizziness handicap inventory].

Background: The dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) has become a well accepted method for specifically assessing the quality of life among dizzy patients and in evaluating the results of different types of therapy, especially of vestibular rehabilitation programs.

Objective: To assess the reliability of a translated Hebrew version of the DHI (HDHI) on a cohort of patients attending a tertiary dizziness clinic.

Methods: A double translation method was applied on the original DHI.

Pediatric cochlear implants in prelingual deafness: medium and long-term outcomes.

Unfortunately, no large-scale, well-designed, comprehensive studies on medium and long-term effect of cochlear implants in prelingual children exist. Furthermore, the few studies listed have addressed different aspects of this issue, in a non-standardized manner. With the question of outcomes becoming so important in modern medicine, standardized reporting methods are essential.

Rates of tympanic membrane closure in double-tympanocentesis studies.

Background: Data on the outcome of tympanic membrane (TM) closure after tympanocentesis in acute otitis media (AOM) patients is limited.

Objectives: To analyze the dynamics of TM perforation closure after 1 or 2 tympanocentesis procedures performed at diagnosis and during AOM treatment.

Patients And Methods: Study population included 113 children enrolled in 4 double-tympanocentesis studies.

A prospective randomized double-blind trial of fibrin glue for reducing pain and bleeding after tonsillectomy.

Objectives: Varying surgical techniques as well as a large selection of analgesics and other medications have been evaluated over the years in the hopes of reducing post-tonsillectomy pain. Several publications in recent years have demonstrated the efficacy of fibrin glue in reducing post-tonsillectomy bleeding and pain. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of fibrin glue on pain and bleeding after tonsillectomy.

Cleidocranial dysplasia - review with an emphasis on otological and audiological manifestations.

Cleidocranial dysplasia is a rare developmental abnormality of bone that affects both the skeleton and the temporal bone. It is genetically characterized and the clinical signs and symptoms can be diverse. Aural pathologies may be the presenting symptoms of the disease.

Bilateral consecutive blindness due to sphenoid sinus mucocele with unilateral partial recovery.

Background: We present an interventional case report of a rare occurrence of sphenoid sinus mucocele causing bilateral consecutive blindness with unilateral partial recovery after endoscopic surgery.

Methods: A 64-year-old woman with known sphenoid sinus mucocele and right blindness was referred because of an acute drop of vision to hand motion in her only-seeing left eye over 5 days. Imaging revealed a large mucocele enlarging the sphenoid sinus, eroding the base of the skull, protruding into the cranial cavity, and compressing the left optic nerve.

The silent sinus syndrome.

Patients with silent sinus syndrome typically present for investigation of facial asymmetry. Unilateral, spontaneous enophthalmos and hypoglobus are the prominent findings at examination. Imaging of the orbit and sinuses characteristically show unilateral maxillary sinus opacification and collapse with inferior bowing of the orbital floor.

Rhinolithiasis: a very late complication after dacryocystorhinostomy with rubber-gum and polyethylene stenting.

Purpose: To describe a rare case of rhinolith formation 21 years after dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with rubber gum and polyethylene tubing surgery.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: A 23-year-old-woman underwent uneventful left DCR with rubber gum and polyethylene tubing for chronic dacryocystitis.

Endoscopic orbital decompression for Graves' ophthalmopathy.

Background: In patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy, orbital decompression surgery is indicated for compressive optic neuropathy, severe corneal exposure, or for cosmetic deformity due to proptosis. Traditionally this has been performed through a transantral approach, but the associated complication rate is high. More recently, endoscopic orbital decompression has been performed successfully with significantly fewer postoperative complications.