Publications by authors named "Se-Hyun Jeong"

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients who underwent endoscopic surgery for a maxillary sinus organized hematoma during a 15-year period in our hospital.

Methods: The authors analyzed 25 patients who underwent endoscopic surgery for a maxillary sinus organized hematoma from January 2004 to December 2019.

Results: Twenty-five patients with a maxillary sinus organized hematoma underwent endoscopic surgical treatment and complete removal of the maxillary sinus organized hematoma was achieved in all cases.

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary (HNSCCUP), treated according to the method of our hospital. Six patients with histopathologically and radiologically confirmed HNSCCUP January 2010-December 2016 were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent radical neck dissection involving level I-V, bilateral tonsillectomy, and diagnostic esophagoscopy and postoperative radiotherapy (RT), with or without concurrent chemotherapy.

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Article Synopsis
  • Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy can worsen airway obstruction in patients with epiglottis collapse, and partial epiglottectomy may help resolve this issue by removing part of the obstructed epiglottis.
  • However, patients often experience additional obstructions in other areas, making it insufficient to treat sleep apnea solely by addressing epiglottis collapse.
  • This case report follows two patients with obstructive sleep apnea who underwent partial epiglottectomy and assessed their use of autotitrating positive airway pressure treatment before and after the surgery to understand the impact of the procedure on their therapy.
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Background/aim: The outcomes of type 1 tympanoplasty in elderly patients remain controversial. Therefore, more studies are needed to clarify the prognosis of elderly patients after tympanoplasty. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of type 1 tympanoplasty in elderly patients.

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Background: Unexpected facial nerve damage can occur during parotid gland tumor surgery. We sought to determine the incidence and treatment outcomes of unexpected facial nerve injuries in patients with parotid gland tumor surgery.

Methods: We retrospectively enrolled in this study five patients, who underwent facial nerve neurorrhaphy due to unexpected facial nerve injury during parotid gland tumor surgery January 2012-August 2019.

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