[Retrospective Evaluation of the Use of a Dermal Substitute in Septorhinoplasty].

Background: At the present time, various methods exist for camouflaging the dorsum of the nose in septorhinoplasty. The subject of this paper is a retrospective descriptive evaluation of the surgical use of the bovine collagen/glycosaminoglycan matrix Integra Dermal Regeneration Template Single Layer Thin (IDRT-SL Thin) developed by Integra LifeSciences in septorhinoplasty procedures.

Methodology: The focus of this work is to evaluate the postoperative tolerability, the safety, and the course of wound healing when IDRT-SL Thin is applied as a collagen sheet in septorhinoplasty.

[Statement on hospitalization of children after otorhinolaryngologic interventions in Germany : Position paper from the Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Working Group of the German Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery].

The inpatient care of children after ENT surgery is organized heterogeneously across Germany. In this statement, the working group on Pediatric ENT comments a national survey on the status quo of child care after ENT interventions in German hospitals. The statement should serve as a basis for further interdisciplinary discussion.

[Teaching otorhinolaryngology in times of COVID-19: to what extent can digital formats replace face-to-face teaching?].

Objective: Due to the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, postgraduate training in otorhinolaryngology in 2020 was transferred completely from face-to-face to digital teaching. This paper assesses whether this change was possible without a reduction in the quality of teaching and learning.

Methods: Results of final written examinations were compared for the years 2016-2020, and the results of the teaching evaluation by the students for 2017-2020.

HoloSelecta dataset: 10'035 GTIN-labelled product instances in vending machines for object detection of packaged products in retail environments.

To assess the potential of current neural network architectures to reliably identify packaged products within a retail environment, we created an open-source dataset of 295 shelf images of vending machines with 10'035 labelled instances of 109 products. The dataset contains photos of vending machines by the provider Selecta, the largest European operator of vending machines. The vending machines are a mix of machines in public and private office spaces.

[Surgical management of high-grade ear malformations in childhood].

Malformations of the ear are the most common dysplasias in childhood. Ear malformations are classified into dysplasias of the auricle, of the ear canal, and of the middle and inner ear. The latter types are fortunately relatively rare.