Sialoendoscopy, sialography, and ultrasound: a comparison of diagnostic methods.

Objective: To compare the accuracy of ultrasound, sialography, and sialendoscopy for examining benign salivary gland obstructions.

Methods: In this prospective study, patients with symptoms of obstruction of the major salivary gland duct system presenting at the ENT Clinic University Hospital, Ostrava, from June 2010 to December 2013 were included. All patients (n=76) underwent ultrasound, sialography, and sialoendoscopy.

Bipolar thermofusion BiClamp 150 in thyroidectomy: a review of 1156 operations.

Objectives: To compare the bipolar thermofusion BiClamp 150 with conventional ligature techniques for thyroid gland surgery, and report the advantages/disadvantages of both techniques.

Methods: In this retrospective comparative study, all thyroid gland operations performed in the ENT Clinic Faculty Hospital Ostrava from 2006 to 2013 were included (1156 operations, 2122 lobes). Patients were categorized into two groups according to the type of vessel sealing method used, group I (BiClamp, n = 819 operations) and group II (conventional ligature, n = 337 operations).

Lacrimal sac dacryolith (76 cases): a predictive factor for successful endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy?

To evaluate whether the presence of dacryolith is a predictive factor for successful dacryocystorhinostomy. The success rate of endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (EDCR) performed to relieve obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct was evaluated according to the presence of dacryolithiasis. The surgical results of patients with (group I) and without dacryoliths (group II) were analysed and compared 1-year post surgery.

Monocanalicular versus bicanalicular intubation in the treatment of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Background: To compare the success rate of monocanalicular intubation (MCI) compared with bicanalicular silicone intubation (BCI) in congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) in infants and toddlers.

Methods: In a prospective, nonrandomized, comparative study, MCI (n = 35 eyes) through the inferior canaliculus or BCI (n = 35 eyes) were performed under general anaesthesia in children aged 10 to 36 months with CNLDO. The tubes were removed 3-4 months after tube placement, and the children were followed up for 6 months after the removal of tubes.

Conjunctivocystorhinostomy with Jones tube--is it the surgery for children?

Background: To present experience with conjunctivocystorhinostomies (CDCR) at pediatric age.

Methods: Operative and postoperative data were collected for 15 pediatric CDCRs (aged 9 to 14.5 years) performed endonasally.

Primary pediatric endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy--a review of 58 procedures.

Objectives: The objectives of this study are to report the outcomes of pediatric patients with lacrimal system obstruction who underwent primary endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (EDCR).

Study Design: The authors conducted a retrospective noncomparative case series.

Methods: The operative and postoperative data have been collected in 58 children aged between 3 months and 13 years (mean 4.