Clinico-radiological parameters predicting early diagnosis of foreign body aspiration in children.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate clinical and radiological findings to make early diagnosis of foreign body (FB) aspiration in children.

Patients And Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 45 children younger than 12 years with a clinical diagnosis of FB aspiration undergone rigid bronchoscopy between September 2010 and May 2014. The results of 37 children (22 males, 15 females; mean age 2.

Topical Mitomycin C in functional endoscopic sinus surgery.

In recent literature, there has been an interest in the use of Mitomycin C to reduce post-operative complications following endoscopic sinus surgery. We report our results on a prospective, randomized controlled trial involving 50 patients with chronic bilateral rhino sinusitis. We eliminated various confounding factors by studying a single group of patients, with symmetrical disease, without pre-existing gross anatomical abnormalities.