[Piriform aperture as a cause of nasal obstruction. Part I. Anthropometric characteristics in different populations (systematic review).].

The piriform aperture (PA) is anatomically an opening in the central part of the facial skull. To date, the piriform aperture, as an element of the static component of the internal nasal valve (INV) and as a possible cause of its dysfunction, has not received proper surgical attention. If PA is considered as a possible cause of nasal obstruction, then the main parameter is its width, which has a direct effect on the volume of the INV area.

[Subjective tympanophonia. The current concepts of therapy].

The authors overview the current concepts of the management of the patients complaining of subjective tympanophonia with special reference to the medicamental and medicamental treatment of this condition and rehabilitation. Bearing in mind a great variety of approaches to addressing this problem, only the most important, widely applied, and clinically verified methods for this purpose are considered.

[Otogenic intracranial disorders: topical problems of diagnostics and treatment].

The present paper summarized the recently published data on the prevalence, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnostics, and treatment of otogenic intracranial complications. The results of statistical analysis of the prevalence of otogenic intracranial complications are presented in conjunction with the data on their structure and the frequency of selected nosological forms. The authors emphasize the importance of the problems concerning the choice of the therapeutic strategy for the management of otogenic intracranial complications.

[Rational antibacterial therapy of acute inflammatory ENT disorders].

The present communication is designed to overview the current data on the classification, etiology, and treatment of acute inflammatory ENT disorders based on the international experience. The results of analysis of on-going studies on the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy of acute inflammatory ENT disorders are considered. It is concluded that antibiotic therapy is currently the most efficacious method for the treatment of the patients presenting with these diseases accompanied by purulent discharge and elevated temperature.

[The modern view of the clinical significance of tensor tympani muscle].

The objective of the present work was analyse the modern views of the role of tensor tympani muscle in the development of otic pathology. In this context, the authors discuss tenotomy of the middle ear muscles for the treatment of Meniere's disease, diagnostics and clinical aspects of middle ear myoclonus, and tonic tensor tympani syndrome.