Systematic review and meta-analysis of the complications of salvage total laryngectomy.

Background And Objectives: Management paradigms in laryngeal cancer have shifted to "organ preservation" chemoradiotherapy protocols. In the event of treatment failure, salvage total laryngectomy remains the only curative treatment option. However a comprehensive review of the complications of this procedure has not been reported.

Idiopathic accelerated gastric emptying presenting in adults with post-prandial diarrhea and reactive hypoglycemia: a case series.

Introduction: We have previously reported the association of gastrointestinal and hypoglycemic symptoms, with idiopathic accelerated gastric emptying. We now report the first series of six similar cases.

Case Presentations: Patient 1: A 24-year-old Caucasian man presented to our facility with a six-month history of post-prandial nausea, flatulence, bloating, abdominal discomfort and associated diarrhea.

Post-prandial reactive hypoglycaemia and diarrhea caused by idiopathic accelerated gastric emptying: a case report.

Introduction: The majority of cases of post-prandial reactive hypoglycemia are considered idiopathic. Abnormalities of B-cell function and glucose regulation by insulin and glucagon have been postulated as causes but associated gastrointestinal dysfunction has not been reported. We report the first case of accelerated gastric emptying associated with post-prandial reactive hypoglycemia, abdominal bloating and diarrhea.

The outcome of radical surgery and postoperative radiotherapy for squamous carcinoma of the temporal bone.

Objectives/hypothesis: The objective was to analyze the clinical data and outcome of all the patients treated surgically for squamous carcinoma of the temporal bone in a tertiary referral department of skull base surgery over a 20-year period.

Study Design: Retrospective.

Methods: Thirty-nine patients with squamous carcinoma of the temporal bone were analyzed.