Rare Cause of Severe Dyspnea After Tracheotomy-Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema.

Deep neck infections are serious conditions and can present with acute upper airway obstruction. Our priority in the treatment is to ensure airway safety, and tracheotomy may be needed to overcome the upper airway obstruction. Unceasing dyspnea after tracheotomy should suggest serious pulmonary pathologies in patients with upper airway obstruction due to deep neck infection.

Pterygopalatine-Infratemporal Fossa Hydatid Cyst Resembling Cystic Tumor.

Hydatid cyst is an endemic disease in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries, Eastern European countries, East Africa, China, New Zealand, Australia. We aimed to present this educational case, which is endemic in our country and seen in a very rare localization, with the combined surgical approach, within the literature.

Do Lymph Node Ratio and Histopathologic Parameters Have Any Prognostic Value in Primary Parotid Gland Carcinomas?

Objective: To analyze the demographic characteristics and the pathological results of neck dissection in primary parotid gland (PG) cancer patients, and to investigate the effects of histopathological parameters (perineural invasion, lymphovascular invasion, and extracapsular spread), neck metastasis, stage and lymph node ratio (LNR) on survival.

Methods: Patients who underwent parotidectomy for malignant PG tumors between 2000 and 2019 years were retrospectively reviewed from the medical records. Thirty patients who were treated with parotidectomy and neck dissection were included in the study.

Results of 301 Parotidectomies: A Twenty-Year Experience of One Single Institution.

To evaluate demographic, clinical, surgical and histopathological results and complications of 301 parotidectomies performed in southern part of Turkey. The results of 297 patients undergoing 301 parotidectomies between 2000 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Four patients underwent bilateral parotidectomy.

Olfactory Neuroepithelium in Olfactory Cleft Polyps: Do They Have Any Effect on Olfaction Results After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery?

Objective: How the presence of olfactory structures in olfactory cleft polyps (OCPs) affect olfaction function outcomes after surgical removal has not yet been investigated. In this study we aimed to assess the presence of olfactory structures in OCPs and correlate these findings with olfactory outcomes after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS).

Methods: Twenty seven patients with OCP underwent preoperative topical and systemic steroid treatment and ESS.

RhoA, ROCK-1, and ROCK-2 Gene Expression and Polymorphisms in Cholesteatoma Patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the gene polymorphism and expressions of Rho-A, ROCK-1, and ROCK-2 in cholesteatoma.

Methods: In this study, 120 healthy control group patients and 120 cholesteatoma patients were enrolled. Venous blood was taken from all of the cholesteatoma and control group patients.

Olfactory neuroepithelium in the middle turbinate: is there any impact on olfaction function after lateral marsupialization for concha bullosa surgery?

Introduction: The effect of the quantity of olfactory neuroepithelium in the middle turbinate on the postoperative olfactory function for middle turbinate concha bullosa patients has not yet been evaluated.

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the olfactory structures in the middle turbinate by immunohistochemical analysis of the olfactory marker protein and to correlate the immunostaining results with the olfaction test results for patients with middle turbinate concha bullosa.

Methods: Surgical materials of 18 middle turbinate concha bullosa patients who had undergone lateral marsupialization surgery were immunostained with olfactory marker protein antibodies.

Differential Expression of Ki-67 and P27 in Cholesteatoma Compared to Skin Tissue Predicts the Prognosis of Adult Acquired Cholesteatoma.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the differential Ki-67 and p27 staining properties of acquired cholesteatoma in adult patients for prognostic analysis.

Methods: Forty-two adult patients with acquired cholesteatoma were enrolled. The cholesteatoma and matched meatal skin tissues of the patients were immunostained with Ki-67 and p27 antibodies.

Surgical Outcomes of Transmastoid Facial Nerve Decompression for Patients With Traumatic Facial Nerve Paralysis.

Objective: To evaluate the facial nerve function and audiological results of delayed (by at least one month after the insult) transmastoid facial nerve decompression (FND) in traumatic facial nerve paralysis (FNP).

Methods: Medical records of 57 patients with traumatic FNP were reviewed and surgical results of 13 patients (mean age 28.0 ± 17.

Clinical and surgical factors affecting the prognosis and survival rates in patients with mucormycosis.

Purpose: To investigate the factors affecting disease specific mortality (DSM) in patients with mucormycosis.

Methods: This retrospective study included 24 patients diagnosed with mucormycosis and who had undergone surgical and medical treatment between 2010 and 2020. There were 14 male and 10 female patients whose mean age was 53.

Effectiveness of sialendoscopy on the symptoms of chronic obstructive sialadenitis and patient satisfaction degree.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of sialendoscopy (SE) on the symptom severity of chronic obstructive sialadenitis (COS) and patient satisfaction by using the Chronic Obstructive Sialadenitis Symptoms (COSS) questionnaire and the Patient Satisfaction Scores (PSS).

Patient And Methods: COSS questionnaire was employed to 51 Turkish patients with COS before and three months after SE. Patients' satisfaction with SE was evaluated by analyzing the PSS.

The effectiveness of propranolol, flunarizine, amitriptyline and botulinum toxin in vestibular migraine complaints and prophylaxis: a non-randomized controlled study.

Introduction: Vestibular migraine is the most common cause of spontaneous episodic vertigo in adult patients and the second most common cause of vertigo in patients of all ages.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of oral medication type (propranolol, flunarizine, and amitriptyline) and botulinum toxin A application on vestibular symptoms, headache severity and attack frequency for vestibular migraine patients.

Methods: Sixty patients with vestibular migraine were enrolled.

Endoscope Assisted Subcochlear Approach for Symptomatic Petrous Apex Effusion.

Petrous apex effusions are rare disorders and usually occur in the petrous apex (PA) having well-aerated cells and it may present with several symptoms or can be diagnosed incidentally on imaging methods obtained for another reason. If there are persistent symptoms despite the conservative treatment in symptomatic patients, a surgical attempt can be considered. In patients with favorable hearing levels and with the well-pneumatized petrous bone, PA cells may be effectively drained through subcochlear or supracochlear approaches by preserving patient's hearing levels.

Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in deep neck infections: an analysis of 74 consecutive patients.

Unlabelled: INTRODUCTıON: Deep neck infections are a group of diseases with serious complications and mortality, which can occur as a result of common diseases in the community and which have surgical and medical treatment options.

Objectives: Patients ages, genders, complaints, physical examination findings, hospitalization complaints, history of antibiotic use before the application, additional diseases, radiological tests and analysis of examinations, type of treatment method, antibiotic agents selected in treatment, bacterial culture results, duration of hospitalization, complications, mortality rates were systematically recorded. In the study, anaerobic bacterial factors, which are difficult to produce in routine, were produced by considering special transport conditions and culture media.

Is There any Possible Role of Neurotrophin 3 in the Pathogenesis of Antrochoanal Polyp?

Objective: Antrochoanal polyp (ACP) is a benign soft tissue lesion arising from the inner wall of the maxillary sinus that extends into the nasal cavity and choana. Although it was first explained by Killian in 1906, the underlying pathogenesis has not been yet fully understood. Neurotrophins have been demonstrated to have a possible role in the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis, idiopathic rhinitis and nasal polyps.

Double-Layered (Cartilage Island + Extra Perichondrium) Graft for Type 1 Tympanoplasty.

Objective: To compare the graft success rates and hearing results of single-layered (composite island) grafting (SLG) vs double-layered (composite plus second layer of perichondrium) grafting (DLG) for over-under type 1 tympanoplasty techniques.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Settings: Tertiary center otorhinolaryngology clinic.

Treatment of Otomycosis in Ears with Tympanic Membrane Perforation is Easier with Paper Patch.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of paper patch closure of tympanic membrane perforation in patients with otomycosis and tympanic membrane perforation.

Methods: Fifty-six otomycosis patients with central tympanic membrane perforations were included in the study. Patients were randomized into two groups as (PG) and (NPG) groups.

Growth dynamic of the geniculate ganglion in children: a retrospective computed tomography study.

Purpose: The main aim of this retrospective computed tomography (CT) study was to examine the morphometric development of the geniculate ganglion (GG) in children aged between 1 and 18 years for surgical approaches.

Methods: This study was placed on 41 patients (20 females and 21 males) including cochlear implantation cases aged from one to 18 (at mean, 6.44 ± 5.

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Spreading into Branchial Cleft Cyst.

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid malignancy and it can cause cystic metastasis to the neck region. Branchial cleft cysts (BCCs) are among the most commonly encountered congenital cystic neck masses. PTC metastasis into BCC has been rarely reported in the literature.

Morphometric properties of the facial canal in children: A retrospective computed tomography study.

Purpose: The main objective of the study was to examine the morphometric development of the facial canal in temporal bones aged from one to 18 years for pediatric otosurgeons and neurosurgeons.

Methods: The study was performed on 41 patients including cochlear implantation cases (20 females and 21 males) with a mean age of 6.44 ± 5.

Early diagnosis of Grisel's syndrome in children with favorable outcome.

Purpose: The painful torticollis only itself may be a major sign for the diagnosis of Grisel's syndrome (GS). It is known as an inflammatory atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation following upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) and surgical otolaryngological procedures.

Patients And Methods: The analysis of 16 pediatric GS patients were reviewed retrospectively by considering the diagnosis, the treatment modality, and the prognosis at the Department of Neurosurgery and Otorhinolaryngology in Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine between 2008 and 2018.

False-Positive Laryngeal FDG Uptake During PET/CT Imaging: Reinke's Edema.

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is frequently used for diagnosing, staging, and following-up various malignancy types because it provides information on the site and metabolic activity of the tumor. Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake by the normal laryngeal tissue is symmetric and low, whereas that under some non-malignant conditions of the larynx, such as vocal cord paralysis and Teflon granuloma, is asymmetrically increased. We reported the first case of histologically proven Reinke's edema causing false-positive laryngeal FDG uptake on PET/CT imaging.

The Effect of Methylphenidate on the Hearing of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

 There has been a sudden idiopathic hearing loss case presented after methylphenidate treatment in a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).  This study was performed to reveal the probable ototoxic side effects of methylphenidate use in patients with ADHD.  Thirty pediatric patients with ADHD were included in the study.

Surgical Treatment of Rhinosinusitis-Related Orbital Complications: Factors Affecting Irreversible Blindness.

If left untreated, rhinosinusitis can rarely cause a devastating complication irreversible blindness (IB). Despite new technologies in endoscopic sinus surgery and use of new broad-spectrum antibiotics, IB outcome is still a problem for surgically treated orbital complication of paranasal sinus infection (OCPSI) patients, and factors leading to IB outcome are not actually known. The aim of this study was to assess the factors leading to the IB outcome for surgically treated OCPSI patients.