[Deep neck infections and mediastinitis].

Deep neck infections and subsequent mediastinitis can occur as lethal complications after endotracheal intubation. A 53 year old female patient developed a neck abscess and mediastinitis due to esophageal perforation after endotracheal intubation. Neck and mediastinal exploration were performed as primary surgical treatment in cooperation with thoracic surgeons.

[Surgery of anterior skull base fractures].

Background And Methods: The medical records of 144 patients that underwent surgery due to fractures of the anterior skull base between 1990 and 1999 were assessed retrospectively. Fracture causes, symptoms, fracture lines, surgical approaches and materials for dura repair were analyzed.

Results: The most frequent fracture causes were automobile (46.

[Paranasal sinus surgery in chronic sinus disease and benign tumors indications, concepts and complications at a teaching institution].

Background And Methods: The medical records of 635 patients that underwent paranasal sinus surgery for chronic sinus disease or benign tumors during a 6.5 year span were assessed retrospectively to evaluate the status of sinus surgery at a teaching institution. The parameters analyzed were indication for surgery, surgical approach, extent of the procedures and complications.

[Universal newborn hearing screening program in Würzburg. Experience with more than 4000 newborns and the influence of non-pathological factors on the test results].

Background: The BERAphon(R) method employing a special headphone and the time-course step-stimulus algorithm offers a quick and reliable tool for universal hearing screening in newborns. An ABR-based universal newborn hearing screening program has been established in Würzburg since August, 1997. Until August 2001, 4115 newborns have undergone primary and/or control-screening with the BERAphon(R).