Publications by authors named "Sunil Mathews"

Nasal septal abscess in a newborn is a rare condition. This case report describes a case of nontraumatic, nasal septal abscess in a newborn baby with no evidence of sinusitis or other localized trauma/ infections. A 15-day-old newborn was admitted to a tertiary care hospital with a history of nasal blockage and swelling of the nasal septum.

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Laryngeal webs are abnormal formation of an epithelium-covered fibrous tissue between two structures within the larynx (Pegg et al. in Ear Nose Throat J 90(10):486-488, 2011). Most of the laryngeal webs occurs at the level of glottic region which may extend till anterior 1/3rd of vocal cords, but it can also extend in to posterior glottis and inferiorly till subglottic region (Singh in J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg 14(3):108-109, 2009).

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Objectives: To audit surgical complications and their management in cochlear implant (CI) recipients in a tertiary care referral otorhinolaryngology center in South India.

Materials And Methods: Hospital data on 1,250 CI surgeries performed from June 2013 to December 2020 was reviewed. This is an analytical study with data collected from medical records.

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We present a case of isolated Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in a six year old child who presented with right otorrhoea, retro-aural swelling and hearing loss. The preoperative provisional diagnosis was cholesteatoma, per operative differential diagnosis was rhabdomyosarcoma and final histological and immunohistochemistry diagnosis was Langerhans' cell histiocytosis.

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To assess the quality of life (QoL) of prelingually deaf paediatric population after Cochlear implantation (CI), using a bilingual questionnaire and to correlate with rehabilitation scores; to validate the questionnaire and recommend its use in future studies. This was a questionnaire based cross-sectional study. Parents of 151 paediatric prelingual CI recipients filled the questionnaire using a 5-point rating scale, with a score of 1-5.

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