Risk Factors and Diagnostic Methods in Vocal Cord Mucosal Lesions.

Objectives: This study was an examination of malignancy risk determined according to clinical characteristics and preoperative diagnosis in vocal cord lesions compared with the definitive pathology results.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of the files of patients who were admitted to a clinic due to hoarseness and/or a laryngeal lesion and underwent a suspension laryngoscopy (SL) between 2014 and 2018. The patient files were examined and the parameters of age, gender, smoking status, alcohol use, and the site of the lesion were compared for the risk of malignancy.

Diagnosis and treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux: Use of empirical lansoprazole.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of empirical medical treatment in patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) disease by scoring the findings and symptoms. Hence, 122 patients were examined at the voice laboratory with a laryngovideostroboscopic device, and all results were recorded for further evaluation. Patients were treated with lansoprazole twice a day.

Original Research: Aerosolized Lidocaine: Effective for Safer Arousal After Suspension Laryngoscopy.

Aim: To examine the systemic and local effects of the lidocaine on the larynx and trachea which is applied after the end of the surgery and through various application methods.

Study Design: Randomized controlled prospective study.

Method: The study is composed of patients who underwent suspension laryngoscopy (SL) for benign laryngeal diseases (cysts, polyp, granuloma, etc) and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I, between January 2017 and January 2018.

The follow-up results of newborn hearing screening of Gaziosmanpasa Taksim Research and Training Hospital.

Aim: This study aimed to present the results of newborns who were referred to advanced audiology centers after newborn hearing screening, and to determine concordance of our results with the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines about the ages of hearing loss, aid fitting, and cochlear implantation.

Materials And Methods: A total of 7502 newborns were screened in Gaziosmanpaşa Taksim Research and Training Hospital between March 2014 and June 2016 using the transient otoacustic emissions test as the first two steps and automated auditory brainstem response test for the third step. Newborns who had risk factors were screened using the automated auditory brainstem response only.