Healthcare aspects of peritonsillar infection before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: This study assessed if the healthcare system overload and the organizational changes made in response to COVID-19 may be having an impact on clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the peritonsillar infection (PTI).

Materials And Methods: In a retrospective longitudinal and descriptive follow-up, we reviewed the circumstances of the patients attended during 5 years, from 2017 to 2021, in two hospitals, one regional and other tertiary. Variables related to underlying pathology, history of tonsillitis, time of evolution, previous visits to Primary Care, diagnostic findings, abscess/phlegmon ratio, and length of hospital stay were recorded.

[Healthcare aspects of peritonsillar infection before and during the COVID-19 pandemic].

Introduction: This study assessed if the healthcare system overload and the organizational changes made in response to COVID-19 may be having an impact on clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the peritonsillar infection (PTI).

Materials And Methods: In a retrospective longitudinal and descriptive follow-up, we reviewed the circumstances of the patients attended during 5 years, from 2017 to 2021, in two hospitals, one regional and other tertiary. Variables related to underlying pathology, history of tonsillitis, time of evolution, previous visits to Primary Care, diagnostic findings, abscess/phlegmon ratio, and length of hospital stay were recorded.

Blood Viscosity in COVID-19 Patients With Sudden Deafness.

Background: Changes in blood viscoelastic properties have been proposed previosuly as etiopathogenesis for severe complications in COVID-19 and some cases of Sudden Deafness (SD). This is an attempt to verify if SD cases in patients admitted for SARS-Cov-2 infection can be correlated.

Patients And Methods: A prospective follow-up was carried out with COVID-19 patients, monitoring their blood viscosity (BV) at high shear rate (300 s) and inquiring them periodically for eventual hearing loss.

Factors involved in the success and failure of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy from our experience.

Introduction: Chronic dacryocystitis is the condition secondary to permanent lacrimonasal duct stenosis (LNDS) that generates epiphora and recurrent conjunctivitis. Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EDCR) is a more natural route than the external route and offers higher success rates than the laser technique. We value this centre's experience in this procedure.

[Blood viscosity in COVID-19 patients with sudden deafness].

Background: Changes in blood viscoelastic properties have been proposed previosuly as etiopathogenesis for severe complications in COVID-19 and some cases of Sudden Deafness (SD). This is an attempt to verify if SD cases in patients admitted for SARS-CoV-2 infection can be correlated.

Patients And Methods: A prospective follow-up was carried out with COVID-19 patients, monitoring their blood viscosity (BV) at high shear rate (300 sec) and inquiring them periodically for eventual hearing loss.

Factors involved in the success and failure of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy from our experience.

Introduction: Chronic dacryocystitis is the condition secondary to permanent lacrimonasal duct stenosis (LNDS) that generates epiphora and recurrent conjunctivitis. Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EDCR) is a more natural route than the external route and offers higher success rates than the laser technique. We value this centre's experience in this procedure.

ENT involvement in Leishmania infections.

Introduction: Leishmaniasis comprises a group of diseases caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania that are transmitted by the bite of infected phlebotomine mosquitoes from animal reservoirs. Three different clinical forms are generated: cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral. We present the findings in the head and neck of this disease observed in our health area.

Static posturography with dynamic tests. Usefulness of biomechanical parameters in assessing vestibular patients.

Introduction And Objective: Posturography allows evaluating postural control. This study showed the posturographic parameters that were useful for assessing the functional ability to maintain balance in our sample of vestibular patients.

Material And Methods: Of a total of 89 patients, 59 were healthy subjects and 30 had a peripheral vestibular disorder.

Uncommon aetiology for autophony: patulous eustachian tube.

We report the case of a patient with autophony diagnosed with a patulous Eustachian tube. The patient was treated according to the technique described by Bluestone and Cantekin, inserting an indwelling catheter into the tube. Good results were obtained after one year of monitoring.

[Myringoplasties. A retrospective analysis of our surgical outcomes].

Objective: The aim of this study was to present, myringoplasty case results in our department. Different factors were studied to confirm their prognostic value.

Materials And Methods: A total of 126 myringoplasties from 2006 until 2010 were reviewed, collecting patient-related details, descriptions of the anatomical defect and the most interesting surgical aspects.

[Sequelae of peripheral facial palsy].

Introduction And Objectives: The purpose of this work is to study the functional sequelae after peripheral facial palsy (PFP) to analyze its impact and relationship with the degree of facial nerve dysfunction, from the neurophysiological point of view.

Methods: We present a retrospective study which includes a total of 150 cases of peripheral facial palsy. All patients underwent electroneurography and electromyography to see the degree of axonal damage and to evaluate the existence of signs of reinervation in the muscles explored or possible innervation errors.

[Septoplasty and rhinoplasty, a descriptive study].

Introduction And Objectives: This is a retrospective study on patients who underwent septoplasty and septorhinoplasty at Dr. Peset Hospital in Valencia. Surgical procedures are described and results evaluated.

[Hypopharyngeal cancer: analysis of the evolution and treatment results].

Objective: Hypopharyngeal carcinoma is an aggressive malignancy usually diagnosed at a late state, thereby resulting in overall poor prognosis and low survival rates for these patients. The purpose of this study is to present the progress and outcomes of patients treated for hypopharyngeal carcinoma at our department.

Material And Method: We retrospectively reviewed 89 patients who had been diagnosed with hypopharygeal carcinoma between 1980 and 2005.