Disease-Specific Vs Non-Specific Questionnaires on Septoplasty Outcomes.

Introduction: Validated questionnaires are a valuable tool in medical practice. The role of septoplasty in improving patients' non-nasal symptoms and their quality of life is still controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the differences in outcome after septoplasty measured by a disease-specific questionnaire vs a general QoL questionnaire.

Stridor as initial presentation of rolandic epilepsy.

The authors present the case of a 5-year-old girl referred to our institution due to several episodes of nocturnal stridor with ocular retroversion and parental notion of apnea. She has been previously submitted to adenotonsillectomy. Due to symptoms worsening she was referred to our hospital.

Peripheral Facial Palsy in Emergency Department.

Introduction: Peripheral facial palsy (PFP) is commonly diagnosed in every emergency department. Despite being a benign condition in most cases, PFP causes loss in quality of life mostly due to facial dysmorphia. The etiology of PFP remains unknown in most cases, while medical opinion on epidemiology, risk factors and optimal treatment is not consensual.

Immune-Mediated Inner Ear Disease: Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

Introduction: Immune Mediated Inner Ear Disease (IMIED) is a rare form of sensorineural bilateral hearing loss, usually progressing in weeks to months and responsive to immunosuppressive treatment. Despite recent advances, there is no consensus on diagnosis and optimal treatment.

Methods: A review of articles on IMIED from the last 10 years was conducted using PubMed database.

Cochleotoxicity monitoring protocol.

Introduction: Cochlear damage is frequent in long-term aminoglycosides therapy or chemotherapeutic treatments with platinum-based agents. Despite its prevalence, it is currently underestimated and underdiagnosed. A monitoring protocol is vital to the early detection of cochleotoxicity and its implementation is widely encouraged in every hospital unit.

Septoplasty with or without postoperative nasal packing? Prospective study.

Unlabelled: Anterior nasal packing is carried out in a number of nasal surgeries, especially in septoplasty. However, it is not an innocuous procedure and for this its benefit has been challenged.

Objective: To assess the need for anterior nasal packing and the quality of life of patients submitted to septoplasty.

Respiratory adenomatoid hamartoma must be suspected on CT-scan enlargement of the olfactory clefts.

Objective: To demonstrate that Respiratory Epithelial Adenomatoid Hamartoma (REAH) of the nose, a recently individualized benign tumour, is characterized by a significant widening of the CT-scan width of the olfactory clefts.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective study comparing, in the axial and coronal planes, the CT-scan maximum width of the olfactory clefts, i.e.