Endonasal Lacrimal Transposition to Expand Pre-Lacrimal Medial Maxillectomy Approach.

EPLA lacrimal transposition facilitates management of maxillary sinus/pterygopalatine fossa lesions and overcomes limitations such as the Simmen type I recess or IPMS pedicled on the medial wall, without increasing peri-operative morbidity. Laryngoscope, 133:2090-2094, 2023.

[Sinonasal cancers].

Sinonasal cancers. Sinonasal cancers (SNC) belong to the spectrum of rare tumors, with respect to other tumors of the head and neck and intrinsically by the multiple histological entities that they cover. It is important to raise awareness among physicians about the diagnostic and therapeutic elements of SNC, as well as their functional consequences, so that these patients are better diagnosed and monitored during and following specific oncological treatment.

Surgical Management of Sinonasal Cancers: A Comprehensive Review.

Surgery plays an important role in the treatment of sinonasal cancer. Many surgical approaches have been described, including open, endoscopic, or combined approaches. The choice is based on several criteria: general criteria related to the oncological results and morbidity of each technique, specific criteria related to the tumor (tumor extensions, tumor pathology), the patient, or the surgeon himself.

[Classification of vascular tumours and vascular malformations. Contribution of the ISSVA 2014/2018 classification].

The study of vascular anomalies, "angiomas", vascular tumours and vascular malformations is made difficult by the great variety and confusion of the names used in the literature for these diseases, some of which are rare. The great merit of the classification proposed by the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA), adopted in 2014 and modified in 2018, is to propose a unambiguous nomenclature and to try to group these lesions in a logical way, contrasting with the lists of the usual "classifications". This classification is based on the distinction between proliferative lesions (tumours and reactive lesions) and those which are due to a congenital anomaly of vascular morphogenesis (vascular malformations).

Mucocele formation after surgical treatment of inverted papilloma of the frontal sinus drainage pathway.

Background: Inverted papillomas (IP) inserted in the frontal sinus and/or recess may be treated by using an endoscopic endonasal or an external approach. There are still few data available on this uncommon localization of IPs.

Objective: To report our experience in the management of IP of the frontal drainage pathway, to describe a previously unreported specific complication of this surgery, and to discuss the optimal surgical strategy.

Sinonasal Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor with Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase 1 Rearrangement: Case Study and Literature Review.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are rare mesenchymal tumors initially described in the lung. About half of them exhibit expression of the ALK1 protein, generally resulting from a gene rearrangement. Paranasal sinus IMTs are extremely uncommon, and gene rearrangement of ALK1 is very rare in this localization.

Diode endovascular laser treatment in venous malformations of the upper aerodigestive tract.

Purpose: Venous malformations of the upper aerodigestive tract can cause pain, dysphagia, obstructive sleep apnea, and rarely bleeding. We studied 980-nm diode endovenous laser therapy.

Material And Methods: This is a 2007-2014 retrospective study in our vascular anomalies center.

Skull base osteomyelitis: incidence of resistance, morbidity, and treatment strategy.

Objectives/hypothesis: The pathogeny of osteomyelitis of the skull base has evolved over time with the emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Pseudomonas strains and significant fungal infections, both of which seem to bring a higher morbidity. The aims of this study were 1) to document the incidence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa over the past 7 years; 2) to assess morbidity by a radiologic score, the occurrence of cranial nerve palsies, and the duration of the hospital stay, according to the pathogenesis; and 3) to propose a treatment strategy.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review of necrotizing external otitis cases from 2004 to 2011.

Comparison of 3 procedures for hypoglossal-facial anastomosis.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate rehabilitation of complete facial palsy with 3 procedures for hypoglossal-facial anastomosis: end-to-end ("original"), partial end-to-end with interpositional jump grafting ("jump") and the new partial end to end without grafting ("modified").

Methods: A medical jury reviewed videos of 36 patients with complete facial palsy who underwent surgery from 1998 to 2008 by original (n = 13), jump (n = 13), and modified (n = 10) procedures. The jury of 5 ear, nose, and throat surgeons who were blinded to the procedure evaluated rehabilitation by 3 facial nerve grading systems-House and Brackman (HB), Sunnybrook, and Freyss scales-and 3 subjective scores for the face at rest and during voluntary and emotional motions.

Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy: Learning curve in terms of mean operative time and conversion and complication rates.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the learning curve for minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT).

Methods: Fifty consecutive patients were prospectively included in groups corresponding to their surgical order (10 patients in each group).

Results: The mean operation times between 2 neighboring groups were 33.