Which technique is better for cholesteatoma surgery?
CONCLUSION: There are several surgical techniques for eradicating cholesteatoma. Our study found that CWD procedures (RM, MRM) were more effective for the eradication of cholesteatoma, but hearing gain was better when a CWU technique was used. The choice of surgical technique should be individually tailored based on the pre-operative imaging and hearing examination findings.
PMID: 26563010 [PubMed - in process] (Source: B-ENT)
Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
Efficacy of medical therapy in the prevention of residual dizziness after successful repositioning maneuvers for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV).
CONCLUSIONS: Our study results suggest that betahistine, trimetazidine, and gingko biloba extract do not alleviate residual dizziness after successful repositioning maneuvers.
PMID: 26563011 [PubMed - in process] (Source: B-ENT)
Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
Oral steroids and intraoperative bleeding during endoscopic sinus surgery.
CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that using oral corticosteroids, which have rare but serious side effects, is not necessary in the preoperative period. Furthermore, we found that the radiological osteitis score was not a suitable marker for predicting intraoperative bleeding volumes.
PMID: 26563012 [PubMed - in process] (Source: B-ENT)
Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
Changes in nasal flora one year after endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.
CONCLUSIONS: One year after EDSR surgery with silicon stent placement, we detected changes in the nasal flora in the operated side compared with the non-operated side. Even though more than half of the nasal cultures in the study group were positive for MDR bacteria, these microorganisms did not cause attacks of dacryocystitis or affect surgical success.
PMID: 26563013 [PubMed - in process] (Source: B-ENT)
Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
Chronic rhinosinusitis; histopathologic study of osteitis in surgery cases.
CONCLUSIONS: Surgery may not be the primary cause of bone remodeling in the sinus area. Mucosal inflammation had no effect on the incidence of osteitis when it was associated with tissue eosinophilia in CRS. Patients with osteitis may benefit most from postoperative corticosteroid therapy to prevent further recurrence.
PMID: 26563014 [PubMed - in process] (Source: B-ENT)
Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
Schwannoma of the nasal septum presenting as a multicentric neuronal tumour.
CONCLUSION: Endoscopic endonasal surgery is useful for the resection of schwannomas of the nasal septum. Schwannomas of the nasal septum may present as multiple neuronal tumours.
PMID: 26563015 [PubMed - in process] (Source: B-ENT)
Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
Inflammatory pseudotumour of the maxillary sinus mimicking malignancy.
In this report we describe the characteristic behavior of inflammatory pseudotumours in the maxillary sinus. We present a case of a 47-year-old Caucasian woman, who presented in our ENT department because of progressive nasal obstruction, epistaxis, and epiphora. The clinical as well as the radiological findings suggested a maxillary sinus neoplasm, most probably of malignant nature. The histopathological examination showed an inflammatory pseudotumour of the maxillary sinus with polypoid structure and no signs of malignancy.
PMID: 26563016 [PubMed - in process] (Source: B-ENT)
Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
Vocal fold hyalinosis in Urbach-Wiethe disease, a rare cause of hoarseness.
CONCLUSIONS: Laser resection of hyalin plaques in the vocal folds and skin is a feasible treatment for lipoid proteinosis. However, speech may remain severely limited, due to impaired tongue and lip movement.
PMID: 26563017 [PubMed - in process] (Source: B-ENT)
Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
Superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap for reconstruction of oral defects after tumor resection.
CONCLUSIONS: We confirmed that the SCIP flap is an ideal thin, pliable, and reliable skin flap for reconstructing intra-oral soft-tissue defects with minimal donor-site morbidity.
PMID: 26563018 [PubMed - in process] (Source: B-ENT)
Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research
