Publications by authors named "Naya Wang"

Purpose: To review delayed-onset skin flap complications associated with pediatric cochlear implantation (CI) in our institute, analyze the etiology, and explore effective treatment strategies.

Methods: Retrospective analyses of 811 children who had undergone cochlear implantation between January 2003 and March 2019 were performed. Twelve (1.

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Objective: To evaluate the etiology and management of delayed epistaxis after endoscopic surgery.

Method: To retrospectively analyze the clinical data of 11 cases for epistaxis after nasal endoscopic surgery. To compare their precipitating factors, their surgical approach, time and site of bleeding and management in order to find the intrinsic rules.

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Objective: To describe a modified lateral pharyngoplasty with partial transsection of levator veli palatine muscle in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and report the primary outcomes.

Method: Retrospective review was performed in sixty patients with OSAHS. All the patients underwent modified surgical procedures, including partial transsection of levator veli palatine muscle and high soft palatoplasty.

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Objective: congenital anosmia is extremely rare and tends to present late. We report on a series of patients with congenital anosmia to analyze its clinical characteristics and present illustrative cases.

Design: retrospective chart review.

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Objective: Using olfactory event related potentials (OERP) and magnetic resonance to evaluate olfactory function in patients with posttraumatic anosmia.

Methods: Twenty four patients with posttraumatic anosmia were reviewed retrospectively. A thorough medical history, physical examination, nasal endoscopy, T&T olfactory testing, olfactory event-related potentials, brain computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance image of olfactory pathway were performed in all patients.

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Objective: To develop a reliable, rapid assay for detecting pathogenic aspergillus species in fungal sinusitis.

Methods: Thirty-seven formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded surgical tissue specimens from patients with fungal sinusitis were used in the present study. The aspergillus specific oligonucleotide probe was designed, commercially synthesized, and digoxigenin-labeled.

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Objective: To report on a series of patients with congenital anosmia, and to discuss its classification and clinical characteristics.

Methods: Eight patients with congenital anosmia were reviewed retrospectively. Four of eight cases were congenital anosmia with other abnormalities, including three cases with Kallmann's syndrome, one with hypoplasia of nasal cavity and nasal sinus.

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Objective: To investigate the expression of p53 in squamous cell carcinoma of larynx (LSCC) and mucosa adjacent to LSCC and study the correlation between it and the biological behavior with retrospective analysis.

Method: p53 protein overexpression was detected in 76 squamous cell carcinoma and the tissue beside the LSCC with SP method of Immuno-histochemical staining [IHC].

Result: p53 overexpression was observed in 47.

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Objective: To find a way of reserving normal high quality phonatory function after vocal cord surgery.

Methods: Various benign lesions (vocal nodules, polyp of vocal cord, cyst of vocal cord, etc) as well as premalignant lesion and early glottic cancer were treated with minimally excision, lateral microflap, medial microflap, submucosal infusion, mucosal stripping or epithelium stripping of phonomicrosurgical techniques to achieve minimally invasion.

Results: The 1,044 (99.

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