Intraoral ultrasonography: an adjunct in oral onco-surgery.

Objective: To determine the precision and accuracy of intraoral sonography in assessing the depth of invasion in oral cancer.

Material And Methods: A prospective study was conducted in 30 cases of oral cancer. Subjects were subjected to computerised tomography and intraoral sonography before surgery.

Is Laser Better than Cold Steel (Dissection and Snare) for Tonsillectomy?

Objective: To analyse the surgical outcome of CO laser assisted tonsillectomy with the cold steel (conventional dissection and snare) tonsillectomy.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, non-randomised, single blind study was conducted in 25 cases suffering with recurrent tonsillitis. The left tonsillectomy was performed with CO laser while the right tonsil was excised using cold steel method (conventional dissection and snare method).

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hearing Loss: Is There Any Correlation?

 Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a breathing disorder related to sleep that has a negative effect on the behavior and health of people around the globe. Chronic hypoxemia and variations in the concentration of oxygen in the blood noticed in OSA individuals may have adverse effects on the process of auditory transduction and transmission.  To assess the effect of OSA on hearing and to find out the parameters that have more influence on hearing recorded during polysomnography of patients with OSA.

Effect of HIV and Antiretroviral Treatment on Auditory Functions.

 Numerous studies have evaluated auditory functions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients; however, these studies had a few major limitations in terms of methodology as they used mainly evoked audiometry although this method is expensive, time consuming and not widely available. Therefore, we conducted a study in naïve HIV subjects with routine audiometry.  To determine the effect of HIV and of the drugs used to treat it on the auditory functions.

Ectopic canine associated with a dentigerous cyst in the maxilla.

Ectopic eruption of a tooth is common in the dental arch, palate, and nose, but it is rare in the maxillary antrum. We present the case of a 35-year-old man with an ectopic canine and an associated dentigerous cyst in the maxillary sinus that masqueraded as an antrochoanal polyp.

Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the infratemporal fossa: a rare case report.

Background: The head and neck are two of the most common sites of extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). However, primary tumors of the infratemporal fossa are infrequent, and NHL in this region is extremely rare.

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 41-year-old female that presented with swelling in the right preauricular region that had persisted for the past two years.

Giant tonsillolith causing odynophagia in a child: a rare case report.

Giant tonsillolith is a rare clinical entity. Commonly, it occurs between 20-77 years of age. We had a twelve years old female patient, who had odynophagia due to a giant tonsillolith.