AbstractClinical facts along with radiological and histological findings are imperative to appropriately diagnose lesions of the jaws. Osteoblastoma is an uncommon, benign, primary lesion of the bone that rarely occurs in the jaw. It presents in the body/ram.....
AbstractAnosmia is a prevalent symptom of COVID-19 and has become almost synonymous with COVID-19 infection. It is known to emerge as either the sole symptom of the infection or
at least prior to other symptoms. Surprisingly, it has been shown that the phe.....
AbstractSound localization in nature is important especially for those creatures who hunt in the dark. Swimming and flying animals do this three-dimensionally, as opposed to animals living on the ground that mainly need to localize sound in a horizontal plan.....
AbstractBackground: Many patients experiencing severe symptoms of COVID-19 require critical care involving intubation, tracheostomy, and mechanical ventilation. These treatment interventions can result in life-threatening consequences.
Methods: We report a .....
AbstractMaxillary sinus mucocele is a benign, expansile mass which can occur as a result of trauma, spontaneous obstruction of a sinus tract or idiopathic. The purpose of work was describing four cases of maxillary sinus mucocele. We report epidemiologic, cl.....
AbstractMissing success in rhinosurgery or conservative treatment of nasal obstruction can be caused by insufficient or erroneous diagnostic. The review follows recent critical analyses of test methods for nasal obstruction by scientists and rhinologists and.....
AbstractIntroduction: Thyroid pathology evolves slowly but its surgery suddenly modifies structures of vocal tract, what may elicit short and long-term voice changes in these patients, even when vocal fold mobility is not compromised.
Objective: The objecti.....
AbstractObjective: The objective of this study is to use Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR) to investigate the development of speech skills of Mandarin children with normal hearing, explore its reliability and validity, establish baseline data for evaluatin.....
AbstractObjective: This study aimed to describe the patterns of metastasis from skin cancer of the head and face to the cervical lymph nodes.
Methods: Neck dissections were performed for 18 patients with skin malignancies of the head and face. After the sur.....
AbstractHead and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) are common tumors with a poor prognosis. Their highly lymphophilic nature lead to frequent metastatic adenopathy at diagnosis, which significantly affects the patient’s prognosis. Although lymph nodes .....
AbstractObjective: Leverage ADHERE registry data to identify factors that influenced implantation time, including patient demographics, implanter experience, implanter region, and the version of UAS system hardware.
Study design: Retrospective cohort study
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AbstractIntroduction: In order to further improve patient safety, our goal was to evaluate the use of a whiteboard in the operating room (OR) as a means to improve the participation, effectiveness, and focus in the time-out process.
Methods: A pilot study a.....
AbstractObjectives: Allergic rhinitis had a marked burden in patients’ quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the impact of psychosocial work environment on the severity of the allergic rhinitis symptoms.
Methods: A prospective study was investi.....
AbstractOtosclerosis is a primary metabolic bone disease, formed by abnormal bone remolding in the otic capsule, which results in progressive conductive hearing loss and may have sensorineural component when the cochlea is involved. The exact etiology of oto.....
AbstractObjective: The aim of the study is to describe the linguistic skills achieved by implanted patients from 0 to 24 months of age of hearing.
Methods: We included 36 pediatric patients with bilateral deep sensorineural hearing loss, cochlear implant us.....
AbstractTinnitus, that is the perception of sounds without external stimuli, is a frequent and debilitating disease affecting 10 to 15% of the population. There is no conventional medical treatment and its therapeutic management is multiple: rehabilitation b.....
AbstractExposure to molds in the indoor environment and in the paranasal sinuses and other parts of the body can cause a wide range of health problems, including sinusitis, asthma, dermatitis, and chronic fatigue. Here we present a 23-year-old female patient.....
AbstractObjectives: A potential risk of paranasal sinus tumor surgery and postoperative radiation is an exposed internal carotid artery (ICA), which can lead to life threatening, arterial bleeding. Various treatment approaches are possible.
Methods: We pres.....
AbstractAdenoid is lymphoid tissues in the pharynx that play an important role in host defense against invading antigens. The structures of adenoid consist of well-defined microcompartments which all participate in the immune response: the follicular germina.....
AbstractOlfactory dysfunction has been documented in the viral infection of the respiratory system, including SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19. Sudden loss of the sense of smell is widely considered a core symptom of COVID-19 infection. Animal and human model.....
AbstractBackground: The treatment regimen, adverse drug reactions, and prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma complicated with secondary pulmonary tuberculosis have been controversial.
Case presentation: We report a rare case of advanced nasopharyngeal carci.....
AbstractSolitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are rare spindle cell proliferations of mesenchymal origin whose etiology is still unknown. They are considered benign or low-grade malignant. In 20-30% of cases the behaviour of SFT is that of a locally aggressive and .....