AbstractBackground: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a growing need to fully understand all the possible clinical features of the epidemic, which often presents with unusual manifestations,
especially in children.
Methods: In t.....
AbstractObjective: Introduce a multidisciplinary snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) management algorithm proposal with possible treatment models.
Conclusion: Snoring& OSA multidisciplinary management team is the key to success in this group of patien.....
AbstractPurpose: Identify the benefits of using the endoscope in patients with fractures of the medial wall and floor of the orbit.
Materials and methods: A retrospective descriptive study is presented in which we reviewed the medical records of all our pa.....
AbstractObjectives: To investigate the long-term effect of childhood guillotine tonsillectomy without anesthesia on human mental and physical state.
Materials and Methods: Forty-nine adults with childhood guillotine tonsillectomy were selected for health-ch.....
AbstractThe cervical segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA) runs straight to the skull base without branching. Variations in ICA course are usually asymptomatic, being found incidentally in radiologic studies. However, a pharyngeal wall mass may cau.....
AbstractNasal obstruction is an important entity in childhood due to its several early and late complications. One of its differential diagnoses is rhinosporidiosis, an endemic disease in areas like South America, caused by the
fungus Rhinosporidium seebe.....
AbstractObjective: To perform a literature review of the technique of transmastoid repair of superior semicircular canal dehiscence.
Data Sources: PubMed, MD consult and Ovid-SP databases.
Results: Transmastoid repair of superior semicircular canal dehisc.....
AbstractTracheal stenosis is a challenging problem and is a known complication of prolonged intubation or tracheostomy. The management can involve a multidisciplinary approach with multiple complex procedures. This is a case of an unusual site of complica.....
AbstractDuring the COVID-19 pandemic it is inevitable there will be many cases requiring tracheostomy in which patient COVID-19 status will be positive or suspected. A simple technique utilising available equipment is urgently required to decrease the risk .....
AbstractPurpose: Estimate the effect of combination of different otoplasty techniques and its effects of patients’ psychological condition.
Methods: From January 2015 to July 2019, otoplasty for 30 patients complaining of bilateral prominent ears were d.....
AbstractAn 8-month-old female presented with fever, ear pain with discharge, and a facial rash. The patient was initially diagnosed by her pediatrician with bacterial otitis media but did not improve on oral antibiotics. Subsequent evaluation by Otolaryngo.....
AbstractBackground: Clinical tests performed in posturography are a useful element in evaluating balance and postural control. It usually demands, however, large and expensive equipment and for this reason this examination is not performed by many neurotolo.....
AbstractIntroduction: Cochlear implants are the main option for rehabilitation of severe to profound hearing loss patients. Binaural stimulation is the most adequate modality, but the side of choice of cochlear implant surgery on young deafened children ha.....
AbstractThe reconstruction of the nasal dorsum can be difficult in certain secondary cases, when there is a loss of volume; The usual technique consists generally in taking a bone, or a cartilaginous graft, or resorting to a silicone foreign body, among o.....
AbstractIntroduction: The seriousness of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract justifies in-depth epidemiological investigations in order to refine knowledge of individual susceptibility to known carcinogens and to constantly search for other possible fa.....
AbstractNeurofibromatosis Type-1 and Neurofibromatosis Type-2 are autosomal dominant tumor suppressor disorders that result from inherited or spontaneous mutations in their respective genes. Neurofibromatosis Type-1 has been attributed to a non-sense muta.....
AbstractMyringoplasty is a common surgery in our practice so every Otolaryngologist should do this operation by using different graft materials to gain a comprehensive experience with familiarity about those grafts. In this study fat grafts were used in 80.....