Barbed suture Extrusion and Exposure in palatoplasty for OSA: What does it mean?

Purpose: Analyze Extrusion&Exposion (E&E), its implications in the functional, anatomical results and subjective discomfort in OSA patients treated with Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty (BRP).

Materials And Methods: 488 patients treated with BRP or multilevel TORS. Stratafix wire was used in 230 patients, V-Loc in 258.

Adenomatous Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Middle Ear in a Young Man With Conductive Hearing Loss.

Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the ear pose a diagnostic challenge because clinical symptoms are no specific. Definite diagnosis is made by histopathological analysis with immunohystochemical evalutation. Therapy consists in a complete surgical resection.

Overview of different modified full-face snorkelling masks for intraoperative protection.

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant impact on healthcare systems worldwide. The rate of infected healthcare workers is > 10% in Italy. Within this dramatic scenario, the development of new personal protective equipment (PPE) devices is mandatory.

Olfactory function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis study.

Purpose: This meta-analysis study was designed to analyze the olfactory function in obstructive sleep apnea patients (OSA).

Methods: A comprehensive review of the English language literature regarding OSA patients and olfactory function/dysfunction was performed. The papers assessing olfactory dysfunction with Sniffin' Sticks test were taken into consideration.