"Pre and Post Treatment Comparison of S/Z Ratio in Benign Laryngeal Lesions".

Benign laryngeal lesions like vocal nodules, vocal polyp, vocal fold cysts are mostly found in patients complaining of change in voice. S/Z ratio has become the most frequently used clinical tool to assess phonatory mechanics. This study shows the pre-treatment and post-treatment comparison of S/Z ratios in patients with benign laryngeal lesions.

Polysomnographic Assessment on Osahs Outcomes in Patients with Nasal Obstruction Undergoing Septoplasty with Partial Inferior Turbinectomy.

Unlabelled: The relationship between nasal obstruction and obstructive sleep apnea has raised interest among otolaryngologists since years. There are studies that suggest that surgical correction of nasal obstruction improves sleep quality and reduces symptoms of sleep apnea. This lead to our study to understand the effect of nasal surgery on obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).

A clinical comparative study of thyroid surgeries with and without drain.

Most of the thyroid surgeries are accompanied by drain placement. The possibility of hematoma or seroma formation postoperatively is of concern to surgeons, as, thyroid is a highly vascular structure and a minor hemorrhage might also turn out to be life threatening, despite actual incidence of it being only 0.3-1%.

Study of Myringoplasty in Wet and Dry Ears in Mucosal Type of Chronic Otitis Media.

Introduction: Chronic otitis media is the most common cause of hearing impairment in the developing countries. Hearing loss can have serious effects on day to day life. Ear discharge in chronic otitis media may continue for months to years with increasing hearing impairment and also life threatening infective complications, which is more common in active and also in inactive disease form as well.

Intrathyroid Injection of Steroid in Benign Thyroid Swellings.

Introduction: Benign thyroid swelling disorders are common conditions, frequently encountered in clinical practice. Though medical management has been useful in treating the hormonal variations, it has not been very significant in reducing the size of the swelling.

Objective: To study the efficacy of intra thyroid injection of triamcinolone in benign thyroid swelling disorders.

Thyroidectomy Under Regional Anaesthesia: An ORL Perspective.

Background: The use of regional anaesthesia as an effective alternative to general anaesthesia in thyroid surgeries is now being accepted in many parts of the world. In this day of computers and technology, there is an increased awareness among the people of the available options of anaesthesia and the adverse effects of general anaesthesia. They thus have an inclination to avoid general anaesthesia wherever feasible.

Preoperative Preparation with Lugol's Iodine in Thyroidectomy of Euthyroid Patients-Is it Really Mandatory?-An Otorhinolaryngologist's View.

Objective: To elucidate the necessity of Lugol's iodine in preoperative preparation of patients undergoing thyroidectomy.

Materials And Methods: Hundred and five euthyroid patients who underwent surgery without preoperative preparation of patients with Lugol's iodine were enrolled in this retrospective study conducted during the period May 2009 to August 2013 in Teaching Hospital. Indication of surgery was ranging from suspected malignancy to cosmetic reasons and compressive features like dysphagia , dyspnoea and hoarseness of voice.

Unusual presentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma - a case report.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma may present with bewildering arrays of signs & symptoms. Diagnosis often become difficult and requires a high degree of clinical suspicion for the disease. We here by present a case of 11 year old girl which have unusual presentation.

Foreign bodies in upper digestive tract.

Foreign body ingestion is a common problem frequently encountered in both children and adults. A total number of 152 patients (104 children and 48 adults) with ingested foreign body admitted in our hospital are reviewed. Location of foreign body was made out by radiological examination.

Foreign body in upper digestive tract.

Objective: Foreign body ingestion is a common clinical problem, encountered in children.

Methods: A total number of 104 patients with ingested foreign body admitted in our hospital are reviewed. Endoscopic removal was done for all foreign objects impacted in esophagus.

Choanal atresia: transnasal endoscopic technique.

Objective: This article attempts to address the controversy between, endoscopic and traditional approaches to neonatal choanal atresia.

Method: Congenital choanal atresia has been recognized for over 200 years, first described by Roedere in 1775. This condition is uncommon, occurring in approximately 1 in 7000 live births.

Tracheobronchial foreign bodies.

Objective: [corrected] Foreign body inhalation is an extremely serious problem in children and sometimes result in sudden death. The current mortality rate from foreign body inhalation is between 0% and 1.8% according to various studies.

Unusual foreign body in the trachea.

A great variety of foreign bodies in the traeheohr onvhial tree have been reported, but presence of fractured tracheostomy tube as foreign body is ran1. Usually fractured pieces of outer tube are found in the bronchus or trachea near the carina, but occurence of inner tube in the upper part of the trachea is rare2 and one such case is presented here.