The Effect of Using Perioperative Platelet-Rich Plasma on Wound Healing Rate and Prevention of Salivary Fistula Formation in Patients Undergoing Partial Parotidectomy.

Objectives: This study aims to examine the effects of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP), which increases new connective tissue synthesis and revascularisation, on healing in parotid surgery wounds, prevention of salivary fistula formation, drain removal time and hospitalisation in the postoperative period.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-four patients who had an operation on partial parotidectomy were randomised, and then two groups were created. PRP was obtained by centrifuging the blood taken from the patients in the study group at the end of the surgery.

The Effect of Rosuvastatin on Facial Nerve Regeneration After Facial Nerve Injury: An Experimental Animal Study.

Objectives: Rosuvastatin is an antihyperlipidemic statin group pharmacological agent with antioxidant, neuroprotective, and anti-inflammatory effects. In this study, we aimed to examine the functional, electrophysiological, and histopathological effects of rosuvastatin or in combination with corticosteroids on facial nerve regeneration in rats with traumatic peripheral facial paralysis (PFP).

Methods: PFP was induced in 28 female Sprague Dawley rats that we divided into 4 groups: group 1, control group; group 2, methylprednisolone group; group 3, rosuvastatin group; group 4, rosuvastatin and methylprednisolone group.

The Role of Substance P Receptor Antagonists in Allergic Rhinitis: Ovalbumin-Induced Rat Model.

Objective: Substance P is a peptide from the tachykinin family, which is found in peripheral and central nervous systems, causing vasodilation and increased secretion in the nasal mucosa. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether the experimental model of allergic rhinitis will cause allergic changes in the larynx and to compare the effects of aprepitant, a substance P antagonist, on nasal symptoms in allergic rhinitis, and histopathological changes in the nasal and laryngeal mucosa with antihistamine and leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRA).

Study Design: An experimental animal study.

The Quality, Reliability, and Popularity of YouTube Education Videos for Vestibular Rehabilitation: A Cross-sectional Study.

Hypothesis: Vestibular rehabilitation (VR) education videos on YouTube are poor-quality and unreliable.

Background: YouTube has become a health information source. Recent studies have determined that videos on YouTube contain misleading and inappropriate information for different medical conditions.

Paget Schroetter Syndrome and Chylothorax After Rhinoplasty.

Paget-Schroetter syndrome is a rare clinical condition characterized by subclavian vein thrombosis following repetitive upper extremity effort. In this case, we presented a 35-year-old female patient who underwent septorhinoplasty in our clinic. A swelling of the left part of the neck extending to the clavicle was detected 4 hours after the operation.

Mean platelet volume and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in patients with tinnitus: a case-control study.

Introduction: Different theories have been proposed on the etiology of tinnitus, including metabolic and audiologic causes. We suggest that mean platelet volume and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio levels change in tinnitus, indicating microcirculatory disturbance and inflammatory process in the etiopathogenesis of tinnitus.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the mean platelet volume and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in patients with tinnitus in comparison to healthy controls.

The Effects of Empiric Antireflux Treatment on Laryngopharyngeal and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effects of empiric lansoprazol therapy on laryngopharyngeal (LPR) and gastroesophageal (GOR) reflux symptoms and laryngological findings.

Methods: Sixty-seven patients with suspected LPR related symptoms were prospectively analyzed in this study. Following eleven symptoms were asked to patients using LPR symptom questionnaire; sore throat, throat burning, throat clearing, globus sensation, cough, halitosis, dysphonia, dysphagia, postnasal dripping, vocal fatigue and sputum.

Measurement of the depth of facial nerve at the level of stylomastoid foramen using MR imaging in Bell's palsy.

Objectives: To investigate whether the depth of the facial nerve from the skin surface as it exits the stylomastoid foramen differs between the paralyzed and unaffected sides in patients with Bell's palsy.

Methods: Forty-three patients (23 females, 20 males; mean age 43.8 ± 15.

The Effect of Nasal Functions on the Integrity of Grafts after Myringoplasty.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effects of nasal functions for the integrity of grafts after myringoplasty.

Methods: In our study 78 patients who underwent myringoplasty operation between 2011-2013 were included. Group I was defined as the group with an intact tympanic membrane following surgery.

Is hearing loss in infants associated with risk factors? Evaluation of the frequency of risk factors.

Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of risk factors and their influence on the evoked otoacoustic emission (OAE) of infants.

Methods: All newborns between November 2009 and June 2012 in Haydarpaşa Numune Education and Research Hospital were tested on distortion evoked OAE screening test. Total of 2,284 infants were examined.

Is septoplasty effective on habitual snoring in patients with nasal obstruction?

We aimed to find out whether snoring relieve with nasal surgery in patients with nasal obstruction. Sixty-four patients who underwent septoplasty under general anesthesia with complaint of nasal obstruction and snoring at Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital were enrolled in the study. All patients were evaluated by otolaryngological examination.

Relation of mean platelet volume with obstructive adenoid hypertrophy in children.

Objective: Adenoid hypertrophy (AH) is a common etiology of chronic upper airway obstruction. Upper respiratory tract obstruction may cause chronic alveolar hypoventilation and pulmonary vasoconstriction. In one previous study in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it has been claimed that mean platelet volume (MPV), an indicator of platelet activation is increased and that MPV has an important role in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases.

Nasal obstruction and unilateral chronic otitis media: evaluation by acoustic rhinometry.

Objectives: In a prospective study at Umraniye Research and Education Hospital, we aimed to evaluate the differences in acoustic rhinometric findings between the affected and nonaffected sides in patients with unilateral chronic otitis media (COM) and to investigate whether unilateral COM correlates with the side of nasal obstruction.

Methods: Fifty-five consecutive patients with unilateral COM were involved in this study. All patients were evaluated with acoustic rhinometry, the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale, and measurement of their nasal mucociliary transport time.

Endoscopic posterior cordotomy with microdissection radiofrequency electrodes for bilateral vocal cord paralysis.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of endoscopic posterior cordotomy using microdissection electrodes in patients with bilateral vocal cord paralysis. Eleven patients underwent endoscopic posterior cordotomy using a radiofrequency Arrowtip monopolar needle. Preoperative-postoperative exercise tolerance, airway, and voice evaluation were performed in all patients.

Role of nasal packing in surgical outcome for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis.

Objectives/hypothesis: To analyze the differences between biodegradable and nondegradable nasal dressings with regard to their effects on wound healing in the short and medium term and on surgical outcomes in the long term, after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS).

Study Design: A prospective, randomized, partly blinded, controlled trial.

Methods: A total of 56 patients undergoing bilateral ESS for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis were enrolled and randomized to receive biodegradable (Nasopore; Stryker, Hamilton, ON, Canada) on one side and nondegradable packing (Merocel; Medtronic Xomed, Minneapolis, MN) on the opposite side.

Does desloratadine alter the serum levels of montelukast when administered in a fixed-dose combination?

Objectives/hypothesis: The aim of this study was to investigate the serum levels of montelukast when administered alone or in combination with desloratadine.

Study Design: A prospective crossover study.

Methods: Twenty-three healthy volunteers were investigated in two sessions.

Hyperbaric oxygen versus steroid in facial nerve injury: an experimental animal study.

Objective: The aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the effects of hyperbaric oxygen, methylprednisolone and combined hyperbaric oxygen-methylprednisolone treatments on traumatic facial nerve regeneration in rats.

Subjects And Methods: After exposure to facial nerve injury, four groups of rats were created with five subjects in each group: Group 1 (hyperbaric oxygen), group 2 (control), group 3 (combined hyperbaric oxygen-methylprednisolone), group 4 (methylprednisolone). Facial nerve specimens from sacrificed animals were examined for axonal degeneration, vascular congestion, macro vacuolization, axon diameter and thickness of myelin sheath.

Patient-reported outcomes after endonasal rhinoplasty for the long nose.

Background: The long nose with an inferiorly rotated tip commonly results from a discrepancy between tip support and the downward forces of long septum, long upper lateral cartilage, and elongated lower lateral cartilage. Although many techniques have been described for surgical correction, very few studies were designed to include patient-reported outcomes.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to introduce our current management of long nose with drooping tips as well as to present the patient-reported outcomes of our case series of endonasal rhinoplasties.

External auditory canal microbiology and hearing aid use.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the presence and nature of bacterial flora on hearing aids and the ears of this population. We wonder if the microbiology of the ears with hearing aid wearing differs from the other ear.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Role of allergy in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy.

Objective: The goal of this prospective study is to investigate the correlation between allergen sensitivity and radiographic evaluation of adenoidal obstruction and tonsil size.

Subjects And Methods: A total of 82 children with upper airway obstructive symptoms were evaluated for their tonsil size. All patients underwent digital lateral soft tissue radiographs.

Effect of grapefruit juice on bioavailability of montelukast.

Objectives/hypothesis: The aim of this study was to investigate possible interactions between grapefruit juice and montelukast for up to 4 hours.

Study Design: A prospective, crossover study with 23 healthy volunteers was performed in two sessions.

Methods: In the first session, volunteers were treated with oral montelukast 10 mg once daily with 250 ml water.

New modification of cephalic resection of lateral crus in endonasal rhinoplasty.

A successful rhinoplasty mainly depends on maintaining adequate nasal tip projection and achieving the desired tip refinement. In endonasal rhinoplasty, the surgeon can modify the tip anatomy while still preserving the key structural support mechanisms. Herein, we describe a new modification of retrograde technique for the resection of the cephalic margin of the lateral crus in endonasal rhinoplasty in which a combined resection of the cephalic margin of the lateral crus and its underlying mucoperichondrium are performed.

Suction tube facilitates the transfer of nasal tip sutures in endonasal rhinoplasty.

Nasal tip sculpturing is the most challenging aspect of rhinoplasty. It is principally performed by the reduction or increment of the nasal tip characteristics with sutures or grafts using endonasal or external approach. In endonasal approach, although most of the key structural mechanisms of the nasal tip can be preserved, the transfer of nasal tip sutures, which are used for contouring the alar cartilages and/or graft stabilization, from 1 nasal cavity to another has several difficulties such as time loss, need for extensive dissection, or injuring the soft tissue and alar cartilages.

Ramsay Hunt syndrome with atypical progress in a renal transplant recipient: a case report.

Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare complication of herpes zoster disease in which reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus infection occurs in the geniculate ganglion causing otalgia, unilateral vesicular eruption in a restricted dermatomal distribution, and peripheral facial paralysis. Dermal infections caused by human pathogenic herpes viruses are common in organ transplant recipients. For a transplant surgeon, it is imperative to remember that viral prophylaxis is essential in the follow-up of the transplant patients.

A study to detect Helicobacter pylori in adenotonsillar tissue.

We conducted a prospective study to investigate the possibility of Helicobacter pylori colonization on tonsillar and adenoid tissues. Our study group was made up of 84 consecutively presenting children aged 4 to 12 years who had undergone adenotonsillectomy or adenoidectomy with or without ventilation tube insertion. The excised specimens were analyzed by rapid urease testing and histopathologic examination to detect H pylori.