Ear nose throat-related symptoms with a focus on loss of smell and/or taste in COVID-19 patients.

Purpose: To determine the frequency and severity of general and ear nose throat (ENT)- related symptoms, especially smell and/or loss of sense of taste (STL) in COVID-19 disease, as well as to investigate the recovery process of STL.

Materials And Methods: Patients with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis were given a questionnaire consisting of general questions (age, sex, date of symptoms, smoking history, concomitant diseases), questions about the most obvious symptom at presentation (one option only), the severity and frequency of symptoms (general and ENT), and STL (recovery time and degree of recovery).

Results: The study population consisted of 172 patients, 18-65 years old (mean age, 37.

A novel myringoplasty technique: the placement of a complementary graft descending from the scutum to support an anterosuperior perforation.

We describe a novel myringoplasty procedure. We placed a separated fascia graft descending from the scutum, combined with underlay myringoplasty, to support an anterosuperior perforation. We reviewed data from patients who underwent myringoplasty procedures to treat perforations extending into the anterosuperior quadrant of the pars tensa from October 2012 to June 2014.

Clinical characteristics and follow-up of patients with external ear canal cholesteatoma treated conservatively.

We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the clinical properties and follow-up of patients with external ear canal cholesteatoma (EECC) who were treated conservatively. Our study group was made up of 15 patients-6 men and 9 women, aged 21 to 82 years (mean: 48). In addition to demographic data, we compiled information on presenting signs and symptoms, the location of the lesion, treatment, and follow-up.

Surgery of isolated malleus fixation due to tympanosclerosis.

The aim of the present study was to describe our surgical approach for isolated malleus fixation in patients with tympanosclerosis and to analyze the postoperative results. A total of 30 patients presented with isolated malleus fixation were operated. The fixation was reached via canalplasty.

The effect of stapes fixation on hearing results in tympanosclerosis treated by mobilization.

We aimed to investigate the effect of stapes fixation on hearing results in patients who underwent mobilization surgery due to tympanosclerosis (TS). Seventy-nine patients were retrospectively analyzed and divided into two groups. Forty-four (55.

Extensive tympanic membrane cholesteatoma with marginal perforation: an unusual case.

The migration of squamous epithelium of external ear through a tympanic membrane perforation into the middle ear forms a cholesteatoma. But it is extremely a rare condition to observe extensive cholesteatoma on the medial surface of tympanic membrane with perforation. This condition is termed tympanic membrane cholesteatoma (TMC).

Does the use of radiofrequency myringotomy for insertion of a ventilation tube reduce the incidence of myringosclerosis?

The aim of the present study was to determine the rate of myringosclerosis after radiofrequency (RF) myringotomy and ventilation tube (VT) insertion and compare it with that after the incisional myringotomy and VT insertion. Thirty children (60 ears), 2-16 years old (mean age 7.06 ± 2.

Levels of reactive oxygen species in rat tympanic membranes after incisional versus radiofrequency myringotomy.

Objective: A close relationship between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and myringosclerosis, which is a common complication of myringotomy, was recently reported. The objective of this study was to measure ROS levels directly in rat tympanic membranes using luminol-aided chemiluminescence (CL) in order to compare the levels of ROS after incisional and radiofrequency (RF) myringotomy.

Methods: Fifteen Sprague-Dawley rats were separated into three groups of five animals each.