The Need for Completion Thyroidectomy in Cases of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

There are no definitive criteria for the presence of malignancy in the opposite lobe in cases of unilateral lobectomy due to a thyroid mass in which the malignancy was diagnosed histologically. Study design is retrospective, cross sectional study. The present study included patients who underwent a lobectomy in our clinic between 2001 and 2016 with an initial diagnosis of atypia with undetermined significance or suspected malignancy according to fine-needle aspiration biopsy and adult patients who received a thyroidectomy based on thyroid cancer detected in pathological examinations.

Olfactory function and olfactory bulb volume in Wilson's disease.

Purpose: To evaluate the olfactory function and the olfactory bulb (OB) volume changes in Wilson's Disease (WD) patients.

Methods: A prospective, controlled, single-blinded study was planned. 12 patients with WD (Group 1) and 12 healthy subjects (Group 2) were included in the study.

Hypoparathyroidism in Total Thyroidectomy due to Benign Thyroid Diseases.

Purpose: Our aim was to compare the effects of exposing the recurrent laryngeal nerve throughout its entire course with exposing the nerve only at its entry to the larynx in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy due to benign thyroid diseases, and to evaluate the effects of these methods on the risk for hypoparathyroidism.

Methods: The medical records of 437 patients who had undergone total thyroidectomy at the ear, nose, and throat clinic between 2001 and 2015 for benign thyroid diseases were evaluated retrospectively. Mean patient age was 46.

Olfactory Dysfunction Associated With Neuro-Behçet Disease.

Introduction: Neurologic involvement associated with Behçet disease (BD) is defined as a different entity: Neuro-Behçet disease (NBD). Behçet disease presents with olfactory dysfunction. It is not known whether this is the consequence of mucosal involvement or neurologic involvement.

Evaluation of ototoxicity of intratympanic administration of Methotrexate in rats.

Objective: Methotrexate is a dihydrofolate reductase enzyme inhibitor with very high selectivity, and it is an antiproliferative folic acid antagonist used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. In this study, our objective was to evaluate the effect of intratympanic Methotrexate application in the inner ear.

Methods: This study was planned as an animal study.

Outcomes of external septorhinoplasty in a Turkish male population.

Introduction: The first and one of the most important steps in facial plastic surgery is accurate preoperative facial analysis and recording of data that may help the surgeon to check the outcomes of his/her techniques, promoting a surgeon's professional development.

Objective: To evaluate the esthetic outcomes of external septorhinoplasty relevant to ethnic facial harmony and to investigate the relationship of the columellar incision scar with the type of skin and columellar incision type in a Turkish population.

Methods: In total, 28 consecutive adult male patients with a mean age of 32.

How Deleterious Is Facial Nerve Dissection for the Facial Nerve in Parotid Surgery: An Electrophysiological Evaluation.

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate subclinical electrophysiological deleterious effect due to microtrauma to the nerve in response to the dissection of a tumor and parotid tissue from the facial nerve and its branches and surgical traction experienced during the operation.

Methods: The study included 34 adult patients who underwent parotidectomy operations under intraoperative facial nerve monitoring. Three measurements were taken from each patient to evaluate facial nerve functions, with 3 stimuli of different intensities applied with different timing.

Nonodontogenic Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Sialadenitis.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive infectious disease of the soft tissue with high mortality and morbidity rates. Necrotizing fasciitis is occasionally located in the head and neck region and develops after odontogenic infections. Factors affecting treatment success rates are early diagnosis, appropriate antibiotic treatment, and surgical debridement.

Curative Treatment of Oronasal Fistulas With a Silicone Obturator.

Oronasal fistulas can occur as a complication and sometimes they are refractory to the adequate surgical interventions. Two patients of oronasal fistula were presented. The first one developed as a complication of nasal septal surgery.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy of olfactory dysfunction in diabetic neuropathy with type 2 diabetes mellitus and a new definition Diabetic Olfactopathy.

Background: Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy is recommended as an adjuvant therapy for diabetic neuropathy. To investigate olfactory dysfunction and show the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen treatment in patients with type 2 diabetic neuropathy.

Material And Methods: Patients diagnosed with Type 2 DM and diabetic neuropathy were included in the group 1.

Effect of Postrhinoplasty Taping on Postoperative Edema and Nasal Draping: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Background: Edema persists for months after rhinoplasty. Numerous modalities have been described to counteract postoperative edema.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of postrhinoplasty taping (PRT) on nasal edema and nasal draping.

Photographic Objective Alterations for Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Diagnosis.

Objective: Diagnosis of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) in clinical practice is generally made subjectively based on history, symptoms, and endoscopic assessment. This study presents the diagnostic role of the digital photographic assessment of the laryngopharyngeal region for LPR.

Methods: Seventy-two patients with LPR symptoms and 35 healthy volunteers were evaluated using the Reflux Finding Scores (RFS) and the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI).

An Evaluation of the Protective Effects of Thymoquinone on Amikacin-Induced Ototoxicity in Rats.

Objectives: In this study we investigated the probable protective effects of thymoquinone on amikacin-induced ototoxicity in rats.

Methods: Thirty-two healthy rats were divided into four groups (amikacin, amikacin+thymoquinone, thymoquinone, and no treatment). Thymoquinone was fed to the rats via oral gavage in a dose of 40 mg/kg/day throughout the study period of 14 days.

Effects of azelastine nasal spray on nasal and nasopharyngeal microflora.

Objective: Azelastine nasal spray is a topical antihistaminic drug for the symptomatic treatment of allergic rhinitis. This study aimed to investigate the effects of azelastine on nasal and nasopharyngeal microflora.

Methods: Swab samples from 25 patients prescribed azelastine nasal spray monotherapy were collected just before treatment and after 1 month of treatment.

Effect of Nasal Corticosteroid on Secretory Immunoglobulin A Measured in Rat Nasal Lavage: Experimental Study.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to experimentally investigate the effects of nasal corticosteroids on the levels of secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) in nasal mucosa in rats.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized control trial.

Setting: Research laboratory.

Histopathological evaluation of Ankaferd blood stopper use in the rabbit septoplasty model.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the use of Ankaferd blood stopper (ABS), an organic hemostatic agent of plant origin, in septoplasty operations, and to determine its effect on nasal septal tissues in the rabbit model.

Method: The study was performed on 30 New Zealand adult male rabbits each weighing 2500-3500g (average: 3000g). The rabbits were randomly divided into 4 groups, namely, the control group (without septoplasty), the septoplasty+tampon group, the septoplasty+ABS group, and the septoplasty+tampon+ABS group.

Thymoquinone treatment for inner-ear acoustic trauma in rats.

Objective: To investigate whether thymoquinone has any eliminative effects against inner-ear damage caused by acoustic trauma.

Methods: Thirty-two male rats were divided into four groups. Group 1 was only exposed to acoustic trauma.

Betahistine exacerbates amikacin ototoxicity.

Objective: Betahistine augments cochlear blood flow and is currently used as an efficient therapeutic agent. Amikacin is used in a wide range of areas, but its ototoxic effect continues to be problematic. This study investigates the effect of betahistine on amikacin-induced ototoxicity.

Thermal effects of cold light sources used in otologic surgery.

The objective of this study was to investigate the thermal effects of cold light sources and endoscopes on the inner ear. 25 male guinea pigs were assigned equally to five groups (1: Halogen-1 min, 2: Halogen-5 min, 3: Xenon-1 min, 4: Xenon-5 min, 5: Controls). After both bullae of the guinea pigs were opened, light sources and endoscopes were positioned in the middle ears of the first four groups for specific time periods.

Analgesic effect of magnesium in post-tonsillectomy patients: a prospective randomised clinical trial.

The aim of this study was to assess the analgesic, bleeding and nausea/vomiting effects of magnesium with and without metamizol on post-tonsillectomy patients. This prospective and randomised clinical trial included 54 patients aged 18-63 years who were scheduled for elective tonsillectomy. The patients were randomly divided into two groups and administered either magnesium with metamizol or only metamizol.

Bilateral carotid paraganglioma: surgery and radiotherapy.

Background: Paragangliomas are relatively rare vascular tumors that develop from the neural crest cells of carotid bifurcation. They usually present as slow-growing, painless unilateral neck masses; bilateral presentation is rare and is mostly associated with familial forms. Bilateral total resection is not always possible for high-grade bilateral tumors, and radiotherapy is a good alternative, with cure rates similar to surgery.

Cartilage-sparing techniques versus percutaneous adjustable closed otoplasty for prominent ear deformity.

Objective: The goal of this study is to follow longitudinally the prominent ears treated by either cartilage-sparing techniques (CSTs) or percutaneous adjustable closed otoplasty (PACO) and compare them as to efficacy, reoccurrence, complications, and patient contentedness.

Methods: The CSTs were applied to the first group, that is, 17 patients (32 ears) with stiff auricular cartilage; whereas PACO was applied to the second group, 15 patients (28 ears) with soft auricular cartilage. Auriculocephalic distances were recorded at 4 levels preoperatively, at the completion of the surgery, and again postoperatively at the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 12th months.

Olfactory bulb volume and olfactory function after radiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer.

Objective: Radiotherapy is the primary method of treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) and many side effects were reported in patients receiving radiation to this area. This study was conducted to evaluate the long-term effects of radiotherapy following NPC on olfactory bulb (OB) volume and olfactory function.

Methods: Twenty-four patients with NPC who received radiotherapy at least 12 months ago were recruited.