Evaluating the accuracy and readability of ChatGPT in providing parental guidance for adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, and ventilation tube insertion surgery.

Objectives: This study examined the potential of ChatGPT as an accurate and readable source of information for parents seeking guidance on adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, and ventilation tube insertion surgeries (ATVtis).

Methods: ChatGPT was tasked with identifying the top 15 most frequently asked questions by parents on internet search engines for each of the three specific surgical procedures. We removed repeated questions from the initial set of 45.

Two-handed endoscopic ear surgery: Feasibility for stapes surgery.

Objective: Endoscopic ear surgery is becoming an increasingly popular approach. Our aim in this study is to evaluate the feasibility of the two-handed endoscopic technique for stapes surgery, which has its own unique steps.

Methods: Patients who underwent two-handed endoscopic stapes surgery between September 2017 and February 2018 were included in this study.

Effect of allergic rhinitis on the outcomes of diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy.

Purpose: Studies on patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction have suggested the presence of comorbid allergic rhinitis. This study aimed to investigate the role of allergic rhinitis in the long-term surgical failure of diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 153 patients undergoing diode laser dacryocystorhinostomy between 2013 and 2017 were included in the study.

Changes in olfactory function and olfactory bulb after treatment for acromegaly.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the olfactory functions of the acromegaly patients and to discuss the possible causes of olfactory dysfunction in acromegaly patients.

Methods: A case-control study was carried out in a tertiary referral center. 52 patients with acromegaly (Acromegaly group) and 52 healthy individuals (Control group) were included in the study.

Stapedectomy in patients with dehiscent and prolapsed facial nerve.

Objective: The aim of this study is to apply the modified stapedectomy technique in cases with dehiscent and prolapsed facial nerve canal, and to compare the postoperative results with those with normal facial nerve canal anatomy.

Material And Method: 28 patients who underwent primary stapedectomy were included. Of the patients, 17 were in the normal anatomical facial nerve group, and 11 were in the dehiscent and prolapsed facial nerve group.

Use of Mesna in the treatment of ossicular chain fixation related to tympanosclerosis; prospective, clinical study.

Objective: Mesna is a thiol compound effective in the connective tissue, which is used for its chemical dissector, mucolytic, mucosal damage preventive and antioxidant effects. The aim of this study was to investigate Mesna's effects in easy dissection in type 4 tympanosclerosis cases and in the prevention of formation of new sclerotic plaques.

Methods: 11 patients were included in the study.

Use of topical fluorescein in the diagnosis and localization of perilymphatic fistula.

Objective: The purpose of this video presentation is to demonstrate the effect of intraoperative dilute topical fluorescein in perilympatic fistula diagnosis and localization.

Materials And Methods: Explorative tympanotomy was performed for the diagnosis, localization and repair of the fistula in the patient who had a pre-diagnosis of perilymphatic fistula. Topical fluorescein was applied intraoperatively to localize the defect.

Effect of Radiofrequency on DNA Damage and Oxidative Status in Patients with Turbinate Hypertrophy.

The radiofrequency devices that are used generate radiofrequency in the frequency range of 1.5 and 2.5 MHz.

Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography Volume and Physiology of Nasal Cavity After Septhorhinoplasty.

Objective: In this study, the authors aimed to compare the nasal physiology and nasal cavity volume with three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) 1 year after the operation with the values before the operation to investigate the possible narrowing and loss of function in the nasal cavity after septorhinoplasty (SRP) operation.

Methods: Of 415 patients who had a primary SRP operation, 28 patients who met the criteria were included in the study. Nasal cavity volumes of patients with postoperative CTs were measured three-dimensionally after a mean 13 months, and objective rhinologic measurements (rhinomanometry, acoustic rhinometry, and peak nasal inspiratory flow [PNIF]) and subjective assessment methods (Visual Analog Scale [VAS], Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation [NOSE]) were performed.

Intraoperative thermal safety of endoscopic ear surgery utilizing a holder.

Purpose: Despite the ever-growing popularity of endoscopic ear surgery (EES), there are still concerns regarding the potential thermal risk associated with the use of light sources and also questions raised about the thermal safety of extended stationary applications of endoscopes with holders that allow the use of both hands in the middle ear. The temperature changes witnessed during EES when using different calipers on static endoscopes fitted with camera holders during true operations were measured, and effects of varying light source intensities, as well as the cooling effect of irrigation and suction, were investigated.

Methods: This study included 12 patients with chronic otitis who were scheduled to undergo myringoplasty surgery.

Different concentrations of mesna application have an effect on the internal ear?

Objective: The use of Mesna as a chemical dissector in higher concentrations may reduce the length of time of operation by providing more effective dissection as well as being used in otologic pathologies such as tympanosclerosis. In this study, it was aimed to assess the effect of Mesna on the internal ear, which was applied intra-tympanically in higher concentrations than the conventional use.

Methods: Twenty-four female rats were included in our study.

Temporal Scalp Thickness, Body Mass Index, and Suprafascial Placement of Receiver Coil of the Cochlear Implant.

Objective: The objectives of this study are to demonstrate the relationship between the thickness of the temporal scalp and body mass index (BMI), age, and sex, and to present the surgical technique which we perform in patients with a thick scalp.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective, cross-sectional study. This study was performed in a tertiary referral center.

Evaluation of ototoxicity of intratympanic administration of Methotrexate in rats.

Objective: Methotrexate is a dihydrofolate reductase enzyme inhibitor with very high selectivity, and it is an antiproliferative folic acid antagonist used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. In this study, our objective was to evaluate the effect of intratympanic Methotrexate application in the inner ear.

Methods: This study was planned as an animal study.

Changes occurring in mucosal contractility of the inferior turbinate and mucociliary clearance following total laryngectomy: A prospective clinical trial.

Objective: In this study, changes occurring in the contractility capacity of the inferior turbinate and mucociliary clearance time due to the interruption of nasal air flow were examined.

Material & Methods: A total of 23 patients undergone total laryngectomy between June 2010 and June 2012 were included in the study. Acoustic rhinometry test was performed in the patients before and after 0.

Effect of Submucosal Mesna Application on Mucoperichondrial Elevation in Septoplasty.

Objective: It was revealed that the thiol compound named mesna chemically softens the connective tissue with submucosal injection, and facilitates the endoscopic submucosal dissection. The authors aimed to investigate the effect of mesna injection on mucoperichondrial elevation during septoplasty operation.

Methods: This study was planned as a patient-control study and performed.

How Deleterious Is Facial Nerve Dissection for the Facial Nerve in Parotid Surgery: An Electrophysiological Evaluation.

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate subclinical electrophysiological deleterious effect due to microtrauma to the nerve in response to the dissection of a tumor and parotid tissue from the facial nerve and its branches and surgical traction experienced during the operation.

Methods: The study included 34 adult patients who underwent parotidectomy operations under intraoperative facial nerve monitoring. Three measurements were taken from each patient to evaluate facial nerve functions, with 3 stimuli of different intensities applied with different timing.

Endoscopic Endonasal Repair of Septal Perforation with Interpositional Auricular Cartilage Grafting via a Mucosal Regeneration Technique.

We evaluated the efficacy of interpositional auricular cartilage grafting for perforation with an endoscopic endonasal approach via a mucosal regeneration technique. In total, 12 patients with symptomatic septal perforations were operated on by way of an endoscopic endonasal approach after an adequately sized cartilage graft was harvested. The graft was inserted between the circumferentially incised and elevated flaps of the perforation and secured by vertical and horizontal nonabsorbable aligning approximation stitches and prolonged placement of silicone splints.

A study of the anterior ethmoidal artery and a new classification of the ethmoid roof (Yenigun classification).

Aims of this study are to analyze the association of the anterior ethmoidal artery's (AEA) visualization with variations in its adjacent structures in coronal, axial, and sagittal CT images, to assess its relation with the ethmoid roof, and, based on this relation, to introduce a new classification for the ethmoid roof. A retrospective, cross-sectional study was performed in a tertiary referral center. In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, the coronal, axial, and sagittal CTs of 184 patients have been surveyed and the AEA canal, the ethmoid roof, and their relations with surrounding structures have been assessed.

Efficacy of nasal corticosteroid in preventing regrowth after adenoidectomy.

Objective: One of the most frequent reasons of nasal obstruction and sleep apnea in pediatrics is adenoid hypertrophy. Remaining adenoid tissue can reoccur following hypertrophied adenoid removal and a second operation may be needed. Nasal corticosteroids are utilized in order to reduce adenoid hypertrophy and eliminate adenoidectomy operation.

Effect of Postrhinoplasty Taping on Postoperative Edema and Nasal Draping: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Background: Edema persists for months after rhinoplasty. Numerous modalities have been described to counteract postoperative edema.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of postrhinoplasty taping (PRT) on nasal edema and nasal draping.

Evaluation of nasal mucociliary transport rate according to nasal septum deviation type.

Background: Nasal septum deviation (NSD) may affect mucociliary activity (MCA) to varying degrees, depending upon the severity of the deviation. We used rhinoscintigraphy to determine the impact of the various NSD types on MCA.

Methods: A recent classification describing 6 different forms of NSD was used to standardize the study.

Factors influencing the longevity and replacement frequency of Provox voice prostheses.

Introduction: This study aimed to assess the factors that influence the longevity and replacement frequency of Provox voice prostheses following their placement.

Methods: The medical records of 27 patients who received Provox voice prostheses after total laryngectomy and attended follow-up regularly between 1998 and 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. The success rate of the Provox voice prostheses (i.

Total antioxidant status and oxidative stress in recurrent aphthous stomatitis.

Background: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis is an idiopathic, chronic, recurrent inflammatory disease of the oral mucosa. It is thought that oxidative stress caused by systemic inflammation plays a basic role in the etiopathogenesis of recurrent aphthous stomatitis. The aim of this study is to review oxidative status and DNA damage in recurrent aphthous stomatitis.

Split Cartilage Resection of Nasal Dome: A Solution to Ptotic Nasal Tips.

Objective: In ptotic noses, it is rather difficult to achieve the intended functional and cosmetic result without modifying the alar cartilage and creating a new nasal tip. The split cartilage resection method was intended to create a new and permanent nasal tip to protect the physiologic and cosmetic appearance of the nose in the presence of long and ptotic nasal tip.

Method: A total of 53 patients who had nasal tip ptosis were included in the study: 26 patients (Group 1) who underwent lateral crural overlap because of the alar cartilage problem and 27 patients (Group 2) who underwent dome split cartilage resection.