Author Correction: Visualization of mucosal field in HPV positive and negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas: combined genomic and radiology based 3D model.

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[Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma].

Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary tumors are rare causes of hyperthyroidism and account for less than 1% of all pituitary adenomas. The number of reported cases increased over the last few years as a consequence of the routine use of ultrasensitive immunometric assays for measuring thyrotropin levels. In the clinical practice, thyrotropin secreting adenomas must be considered in case of inappropriately normal to elevated thyrotropin in the presence of elevated free serum thyroid hormone levels.

Visualization of mucosal field in HPV positive and negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas: combined genomic and radiology based 3D model.

The aim of this study was to visualize the tumor propagation and surrounding mucosal field in radiography-based 3D model for advanced stage HNSCC and combine it with HPV genotyping and miRNA expression characterization of the visualized area. 25 patients with T1-3 clinical stage HNSCC were enrolled in mapping biopsy sampling. Biopsy samples were evaluated for HPV positivity and miR-21-5p, miR-143, miR-155, miR-221-5p expression in Digital Droplet PCR system.

[Minimally invasive endoscopic transcribriform resection of malignant lesions of the skull base].

Malignant tumours of the sinonasal region - including those with invasion of the skull base - necessitate surgical resection. The majority of the cases give an opportunity to perform the procedure minimally invasive, endoscopic approach, without external, craniofacial surgery. To assess our clinical experience in treating anterior skull base malignancies, performing minimally invasive endoscopic transcribriform resection.

Stapedotomy with incus vibroplasty - A novel surgical solution of advanced otosclerosis and its place among existing therapeutic modalities - Hungarian single institutional experiences.

Objective: To delineate the advantages and steps of stapedotomy with incus vibroplasty, to assess the safety and efficacy of this method via the authors' experiences, and to overview the literature regarding other surgical options in advanced otosclerosis determining the place of stapedotomy with incus vibroplasty in the therapeutic range.

Methods: Four patients were enrolled in the study presenting severe mixed hearing loss of at least one side on pure tone audiometry. Based on complementary audiological examinations including stapedial reflex test and multifrequency tympanometry, all cases were suspected as advanced otosclerosis.

[Modern management of otologic consequences of Wegener's granulomatosis - a case report and review of the literature].

Wegener's granulomatosis - or, in other words, granulomatosis with polyangiitis - is an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated granuloma forming vasculitis, mainly affecting the respiratory tract and the renal system. Otologic manifestations of Wegener's disease can be otitis media with effusion or chronic silent mastoiditis with conductive hearing loss, but sensorineural hearing loss can also evolve. The diagnosis is based on the clinical appearance as well as the immunoserological and histopathological results.

[Evaluation of chitosan-based nasal dressing in animal model].

Introduction: The usefulness of nasal packing after endoscopic sinus surgery is still debated in the literature.

Aim: Our aim was to evaluate the effects of a new chitosan-based nasal dressing in animal model.

Methods: Standard mucosal damage was caused in both nostrils during endoscope-assisted procedure in ten rabbits.

Clinical benefits of polyurethane nasal packing in endoscopic sinus surgery.

The benefits of nasal packing after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) are still debated in the literature. Our aims were to evaluate the efficacy, and the clinical effects of a totally degradable nasal dressing used after ESS. Thirty patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps were enrolled in a prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled study.

[CLOSURE OF NASOCRANIAL FISTULAS WITH "BATH-PLUG" TECHNIQUE AND MULTILAYER RECONSTRUCTION].

Background And Purpose: In case of dehiscenses developing on the anterior scull base, complete closure resulting in the cessation of the communication between the nasal cavity and the intracranial space is mandatory as soon as possible, in order to prevent serious complications. With the development of the endoscopic techniques, the endonasal management for the reconstruction has become available in recent decades.

Methods: We aim to present the reconstruction techniques applied in our department in the cases of two patients recently operated at our institute.

Endoscopic Treatment of Ewing Sarcoma of the Sinonasal Tract.

The extra-skeletal form is an unusual type of Ewing sarcoma (ES) arising from soft tissue and in the literature there are reports of less than 50 patients describing the tumor in the paranasal sinuses and skull base. The histological diagnosis is crucial to plan the correct treatment and the molecular confirmation is mandatory in equivocal patients. A multimodality treatment with chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy improved the outcomes of these diseases during the last decades and a free-margin resection with the endoscopic transnasal technique is one of the most recent ways to manage these pathologies in selected patients, reducing the morbidities of the external approaches and preserving the quality of life of the patient.

Comparison of hearing results following the use of NiTiBOND versus Nitinol prostheses in stapes surgery: a retrospective controlled study reporting short-term postoperative results.

The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the 3-month postoperative hearing results following laser stapedotomy with the use of NiTiBOND versus Nitinol prostheses (31 and 39 patients, respectively). The operations were performed between September 2012 and September 2014, and between March 2006 and December 2012 regarding NiTiBOND and Nitinol, respectively. Twenty of the consecutive 31 patients were female and 11 were male for NiTiBOND, while 11 were male and 28 were female for Nitinol.

KTP laser stapedotomy with a self-crimping, thermal shape memory Nitinol piston: follow-up study reporting intermediate-term hearing.

The aim of this study was an evaluation of the mid-term hearing results after the implantation of a self-crimping heat memory Nitinol piston in stapes surgery. The 12-month postoperative results were compared with those at a minimum of 3 years (maximum 6.7, average 4.