Echinacea can help with Azithromycin in prevention of recurrent tonsillitis in children.

Purpose: Recurrent tonsillitis in children is a common disease affecting children quality of life and extends to their families. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of combined use of oral Azithromycin (AZT) plus Echinacea compared to exclusive use of AZT in children with recurrent tonsillitis.

Material And Methods: A prospective comparative study including three groups of children with recurrent tonsillitis.

Prevalence of humoral immunodeficiency in adult patients with recurrent tonsillitis.

Purpose: Recurrent tonsillitis in adults has a significant impact on patients' daily life and healthcare costs. Humoral immunodeficiency increases the susceptibility to recurrent infections. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and contribution of humoral immunodeficiency in adult patients with recurrent tonsillitis.

Impact of habitual marijuana and tobacco smoke on severity of chronic rhinosinusitis.

Purpose: Health concerns around cannabis (marijuana) use have focused on the possible relationship with psychosis and lower airway health, however; the effect of cannabis smoking on upper airway health has received less attention. The aim of this study is to investigate difference between exclusive tobacco cigarettes smoking compared with tobacco plus cannabis smoking regarding severity of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS).

Material And Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study with two groups of CRS patients recruited (Group 1: tobacco cigarettes smokers; 100 patients and group 2: tobacco cigarettes smokers and also cannabis users; 100 patients).

Topical Mitomycin-C can help as an adjunct to alkaline nasal wash and rifampicin in primary atrophic rhinitis.

Purpose: Primary atrophic rhinitis (PAR) is a well-known old disease characterized by a roomy nose and extensive crustations. This study was designed to investigate the effect of topical Mitomycin-C as an adjunct to medical treatment with respect to objective and subjective improvement in patients treated with PAR.

Material And Methods: This prospective randomized controlled study was conducted in a tertiary referral hospital in January 2016 and March 2018.

Pulmonary Function of Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis and the Impact of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare pulmonary function tests (PFTs) among control subjects and patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and to investigate the outcomes of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) on PFTs among patients with CRS.

Study Design: Prospective study conducted from June 2015 to June 2016.

Setting: Tertiary referral hospital.

Honey can help in herpes simplex gingivostomatitis in children: Prospective randomized double blind placebo controlled clinical trial.

Purpose: Herpes simplex gingivostomatitis (HSGS) in children is a common painful infectious disease. This study aims to examine the combined efficacy of honey with acyclovir suspension compared to acyclovir alone for treating HSGS in young children.

Material And Methods: This Randomized double blind placebo controlled study was conducted from June 2015 to September 2017 in a tertiary referral hospital.

The possible effect of human menopausal gonadotropin on the audio-vestibular system.

Objective: Human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG) is one of the commonest drugs used for ovarian stimulation with no reports on the audio-vestibular system. This study aims to examine HMG on the hearing profile of patients planning intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Methods: This prospective study was conducted from June 2016 to June 2017 in a tertiary referral hospital.

Risk factors of sensorineural hearing loss in patients with unilateral safe chronic suppurative otitis media.

Purpose: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is the major cause of hearing impairment, especially conductive hearing loss. Few patients also had sensorineural component, the sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in CSOM is controversial, especially for safe mucosal type. This study aims to assess the relationship between the frequency of SNHL development in patients with safe mucosal CSOM and its relation to patient's age, sex, duration of disease, size of perforation and different audiological findings.

Timing for Removal of Asymptomatic Long-Term Ventilation Tube in Children.

Otitis media with effusion (OME) is the most frequent illness in children. Surgical treatment options include ventilation tube insertion, adenoidectomy or both. Opinions regarding the risks, benefits and intubation period of ventilation tube insertion vary greatly.

Topical mitomycin C as an adjunct to surgical debulking and medical treatment in rhinoscleroma.

Background: Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granuloma that is endemic in Egypt and is caused by gram-negative bacilli (Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis). The nasal mucosa is affected in almost all cases, which causes nasal obstruction, anosmia, and epistaxis. The disease usually passes through an atrophic stage (atrophic rhinitis) and a granulomatous stage before ending in the fibrotic stage, with possible bone destruction.

Topical mitomycin C as an adjunct to surgical debulking and medical treatment in rhinoscleroma.

Background: Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granuloma that is endemic in Egypt and is caused by gram-negative bacilli (Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis). The nasal mucosa is affected in almost all cases, which causes nasal obstruction, anosmia, and epistaxis. The disease usually passes through an atrophic stage (atrophic rhinitis) and a granulomatous stage before ending in the fibrotic stage, with possible bone destruction.

Endoscopic type 1 tympanoplasty in pediatric patients using tragal cartilage.

Importance: The main objective in the treatment of chronic otitis media is to relieve drainage and to rehabilitate hearing. Various materials can be used to repair the tympanic membrane (TM) through different tympanoplasty techniques.

Objective: To assess the results of endoscopic type I tympanoplasty in pediatric patients using tragal cartilage as a grafting material.

The value of intranasal splints after partial inferior turbinectomy.

To assess the value of using the intranasal septal splint after partial inferior turbinectomy (PIT) surgery. Prospective, randomized comparative study. The study was conducted over a period of 2 years from January 2012 to January 2014 at Minia University hospital, Minia, Egypt.