Abstract Purpose To assess the efficacy, tolerability and cytological alterations of nasal mucosa with various materials for nasal packing. Materials and methods One hundred and five patients, submitted to a…
Abstract Purpose Determine correlation of malignancy rates between fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy and surgical specimen in an urban academic environment. Methods Retrospective review at an academic medical center of…
Abstract Importance It is important that chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma be treated successfully in patients to protect them from having repeated surgeries with related surgical co-morbidities and hearing loss….
Abstract Purpose Post-tonsillectomy pain is a notable concern and thermal injury produced by electric surgical devices is considered a main cause. Intraoperative cooling of the tonsillar fossa and pharyngeal mucosa…
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the impact of whole-body positron emission tomography in comparison to staging by conventional methods alone in management of patients with head and neck cutaneous squamous cell…
Abstract Purpose Usher syndrome is a ciliopathy involving photoreceptors and cochlear hair cells (sensory cilia): since sensory and motor ciliopathies can overlap, we analysed the respiratory cilia (motile) in 17…
Abstract Purpose To investigate if pathologies causing upper airway obstructions are correlated with chronic otitis media. Materials and methods One hundred fourteen patients with chronic otitis media and 114 healthy…
Abstract Increasing prevalence of patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) makes understanding methods to preventing complications important to otolaryngologists. This commentary details clinical pearls and perioperative strategies that may minimize…
Abstract Purpose A retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) is an extremely rare entity in adults that has a tendency to spread vertically and cause a mediastinal abscess. Traditionally, immediate aggressive drainage is…
Abstract Purpose The aim of this study is to assess the value of magnetic resonance imaging in identifying the etiology of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and to correlate the high…
