Comparison between sex and polymorphisms on FKBP5: perception of quality of life in non-syndromic patients. A cross-sectional study.

This study aimed to compare factors that influence perception of quality of life (QoL) in patients scheduled for orthognathic surgery. This was a cross-sectional study with 91 participants from two universities in Curitiba. The orthognathic quality of life questionnaire (OQLQ) was used to assess patients' perceptions of their QoL.

Genetic polymorphisms are involved in oral health-related quality of life in skeletal class III patients submitted to orthognathic surgery.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate whether sex and genetic polymorphisms impact the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) preoperatively and the difference between preoperative and postoperative OHRQoL in skeletal Class III patients submitted to orthognathic surgery.

Materials And Methods: This longitudinal study consisted of ninety-nine patients with skeletal Class III malocclusion who required orthognathic surgery. The Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) is a questionnaire used to assess the OHRQoL with a 5-point Likert-type scale, covering seven domains related to physical and psychosocial factors.

Prevalence of "Reversal Nystagmus" in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of reversal nystagmus in individuals with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Study Design: Prevalence of reversal nystagmus was assessed in 28 subjects with unilateral posterior canal BPPV, canalithiasis type. Six trials of Dix-Hallpike testing were completed for each subject.

Optimizing Testing for BPPV - The Loaded Dix-Hallpike.

Objectives: Although the Dix-Hallpike testing is generally considered as the gold standard for the identification of the posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), we investigated a modification of the maneuver termed the "loaded Dix-Hallpike."

Study Design: Prospective randomized controlled trial.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-eight patients participated in this prospective study comparing the standard Dix-Hallpike (S-DH) to the loaded Dix-Hallpike (L-DH) test.

Round window plugging in the treatment of superior semicircular canal dehiscence.

Objectives/hypothesis: Objectives were to describe the use of round window plugging for superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome and review further recommendations regarding the procedure based on our experience and to compare results with recent literature on round window plugging.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Methods: Fourteen patients underwent round window plugging for superior semicircular canal dehiscence at our institution from 2012 to 2015.