Retrospective Analysis of Systemic Steroid and Combined Systemic-Intratympanic Steroid Treatment Results and Prognostic Factors in Sudden Idiopathic Hearing Loss.

Sudden idiopathic hearing loss (SIHL) is defined as sensorineural hearing loss at 30 dB or more at 3 consecutive frequencies that begins within 72 hours, and the etiology of the disease is still unclear. Steroid treatment is used as systemic and local (intratympanic) in sudden hearing loss, and different results have been reported for both treatment modalities. This study aimed to compare the results of the treatment in patients who received systemic steroid (SS) therapy and in patients who received systemic and intratympanic steroid (ITS) therapy for SIHL.

Endoscopic Resection of Nasal Septal Chondroma.

Chondromas are benign cartilaginous tumors and rarely develop in the nasal septum. Although it causes different symptoms depending on the location and size of the tumor, the most common complaints are nasal obstruction and epistaxis. A submucosal mass narrowing the nasal passage can be seen in the septum by an endoscope.

Analysis of Paparella Type 1 tympanostomy tubes in pediatric patients: A single-center retrospective review.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the demographic characteristics, indications for surgery, clinical follow-up results and complication rates of pediatric patients who have received a Paparella Type 1 tympanostomy tube (TT) insertion.

Methods: Retropective review of 816 ears of 442 pediatric patients who received Paparella type 1 tympanostomy tube insertions was performed. The patients' age, indication for surgery, middle ear effusion, time to extrusion and postoperative complications were analyzed retrospectively.

Protective Effects of Curcumin and N-Acetyl Cysteine Against Noise-Induced Sensorineural Hearing Loss: An Experimental Study.

We investigated the effectiveness of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and curcumin, which have known antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, in reducing acoustic trauma. We randomly divided 40 adult male rats into four groups: a control group (group 1), a curcumin group (group 2), a NAC group (group 3), and an ethyl alcohol group (group 4). The rats were exposed to 110 dB sound at a frequency of 4 kHz for 2 h to simulate acoustic trauma.

Effects of titanium prepared platelet rich fibrin on facial nerve regeneration: an experimental study.

Introduction: Facial nerve damage is a condition that causes functional, psychological, and cosmetic problems; and treatment methods need to be improved.

Objective: We investigated the efficacy of titanium-prepared platelet-rich fibrin as a healing enhancer at the region of transection of the facial nerve.

Methods: Twenty-seven New Zealand male rabbits were used in this study, divided into three experimental groups.

Olfactory neuroblastoma: A case report.

Olfactory neuroblastoma (ON) is a rare type of malignant neoplasm originating from the olfactory neuroepithelial cells of the nasal cavity. ON is also known as esthesioneuroblastoma or neuroendocrine carcinoma. The malignancy accounts for <3% of tumors originating in the nasal cavity.

Quantitative measurement of radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction by multidetector CT in patients with inferior turbinate hypertrophy.

Objective: To objectively assess the efficacy of radiofrequency thermal ablation of inferior turbinate hypertrophy.

Methods: Thirty-five patients with nasal obstruction secondary to inferior turbinate hypertrophy were prospectively enrolled. Radiofrequency energy was delivered to four sites in each inferior turbinate.

Neck masses confined to the submental space: our experience with 24 cases.

We conducted a study to identify the clinical and histopathologic features of masses confined to the submental space and to outline an approach to the diagnosis and treatment of these lesions. Our study population was made up of 24 patients-17 males and 7 females, aged 13 to 68 years (mean: 45.88 ± 8.

Two cases with unusual mycetoma localizations in upper respiratory system.

Fungus balls or mycetomas are extramucosal and noninvasive accumulations of degenerating fungal hyphae. In head and neck they may localized most frequently in the paranasal sinuses, especially in the maxillary sinus. These indolent infections are mostly caused by Aspergillus spp.

Approach to benign tumors of the palate: analysis of 28 cases.

We conducted a retrospective analysis of 28 patients-15 men and 13 women, aged 17 to 71 years (mean: 41.6)-who had undergone surgery for the treatment of a benign tumor of the hard or soft palate. The most common chief complaint was a palatal mass, which was reported by 14 patients (50.

Surgical outcomes for rhinogenic contact point headaches.

Objective: To evaluate the surgical outcome in patients diagnosed as having rhinogenic contact point headaches (RCPH).

Subjects And Methods: Thirty-six patients (aged 17-58 years) with RCPH underwent mini functional endoscopic sinus surgery procedures. Patients' pain complaints were evaluated with a visual analog scale (VAS) both pre- and postoperatively.

Correlation of orbital dysmorphisms with nasal polyposis: a clinical study.

We aimed to investigate if orbital dysmorphisms were more common in patients with long-standing and advanced nasal polyposis. A total of 42 nasal polyposis patients and 55 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. The distances between medial and lateral canthi were measured using a sliding caliper, and distances between medial and lateral orbital walls were evaluated on paranasal sinus CT scans.

Reconstruction of full-thickness nasal defect by free anterolateral thigh flap.

Conclusion: Because of minimal donor region morbidity, pliability, the presence of long and large caliber vessels, and lack of visible scar, the free anterolateral thigh flap provides an ideal option for restoration of full-thickness nasal defects.

Objective: Full-thickness nasal defect reconstruction requires internal nasal lining and external cover. In large defects, internal nasal lining replacement with traditional sources may not be expedient.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland: Anastamosis of the facial nerve with the great auricular nerve after radical parotidectomy.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland is a rare and slowly growing, but highly malignant tumor. Surgical resection of a malignant parotid tumor should include resection of the facial nerve when the nerve is involved in the tumor. Facial nerve reconstruction is required after nerve resection.

The effect of maxillary sinus surgery on its development.

Conclusion: The study showed that surgery in the maxillary sinus can affect its development.

Objective: To quantitatively evaluate the long-term impact of sinus surgery on its development in the rabbit.

Materials And Methods: This was an experimental study performed at an academic tertiary medical center using 20 4-week-old New Zealand white rabbits.

Occult anterior skull base defect without rhinorrhea as a cause of recurrent meningitis.

Background: We present a case of recurrent meningitis in a patient with an occult skull base defect and without clinically or radiologically demonstrable rhinorrhea.

Case Description: A 34-year-old female patient presented with headache, fever, and cervical pain and was diagnosed with acute purulent meningitis. Her medical history revealed another meningitis episode following an upper respiratory tract infection 4 years before.

[Tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting as a thyroid tumor].

Primary tumors of the trachea are rare. Adenoid cystic carcinoma is the second most common tracheal malignancy and its symptoms are nonspecific. A 66-year-old woman presented with complaints of progressive dyspnea and cough of a two-week duration.

Massive concha bullosa pyocele with orbital extention.

Concha bullosa is the most common anatomic variant of the middle turbinate. It remains usually asymptomatic. Pyocele occurs when concha bullosa becomes infected.

Effects of adenoidectomy in children with symptoms of adenoidal hypertrophy.

The purpose of this study was to compare the preoperative symptoms of children who had adenoid hypertrophy with postadenoidectomy symptoms. Sixty children undergoing adenoidectomy were included in this prospective uncontrolled study at the Farabi Hospital of Karadeniz Technical University, an academic tertiary medical center. The symptoms of each child were described by their parents.

Oral teratoma: a case report and literature review.

Teratomas are true neoplasms composed of tissues from all three germinal layers. They have an unknown origin and eccentric microscopic appearance. Teratomas arising from the oral cavity are rare in the newborn; only 13 cases have been reported in the literature.

Sialolithiasis of an accessory parotid gland.

We report a case of sialolithiasis of an accessory parotid gland in the cheek demonstrated by computed tomography and sialography. The accessory parotid gland was located anterolateral to the masseter muscle and was isolated from the main parotid gland. The calculus developed from this accessory parotid gland, and the main parotid gland was free of sialolithiasis and inflammation.

The effect on the middle-ear cavity of an absorbable gelatine sponge alone and with corticosteroids.

The objectives of this study were to establish whether there is an obvious difference between intact mucosa and abraded mucosa of the middle-ear cavity in respect to the potential side effects from the application of absorbable gelatine sponge (Gelfoam) and to investigate if Gelfoam combined with corticosteroid ointment (cortimycine, sterile 1% hydrocortisone acetate) can reduce the occurrence of these effects. Twenty Albino rats were used in the study. These animals were divided into four groups, with ten ears in each group.