Objective: We aimed to compare the use of Merocel nasal packs and airway integrated silicone nasal septal splints in the management of postoperative complications such as synechia formation, septal perforation, recurrent deviation and to evaluate nasal obstruction by using Nose Obstruction Symptom Evaluation scale following septoplasty.

Methods: Ninety-...

Objective: To investigate the correlation of inflammatory process, endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: In our prospective cross-sectional clinical study in a tertiary referral hospital, we evaluated 63 patients with newly diagnosed OSA and 9 simple snorers. Each patient was evaluated in terms of addi...

Objective: The impact of fascia lata on neochondrogenesis placed between both leaflets of the perichondrium after full thickness submucoperichondrial cartilage resection was investigated in a rabbit septum model.

Methods: Twenty adult New Zealand rabbits were studied in two groups with equal number of animals in each group. Full thickness cartilage with...

Thyroid carcinomas reported to metastasize to scalp were reviewed and discussed with histopathological, prognostic and diagnostic aspects. All cases of scalp metastasis from thyroid carcinomas published in PubMed and MedLine were reviewed and the data of all patients were analyzed to obtain information about the patient demographics, histologic type of thyroid carcinoma, additional cutaneous si...

Schwannomas are benign, encapsulated and slowly growing neoplasms arising from schwann cells of the sheath of the peripheral nerves. In the head and neck region, schwannomas are often encountered as acoustic neuromas. A nasal septal mass in a 65-year-old male patient was resected en-bloc which was reported to be a schwannoma. No recurrence was observed in the fourth postoperative year. In concl...

Head and neck cancers are the sixth most common type of cancer in world; and of these, less than 10% are oropharyngeal cancers. The most common malignant tumor of oropharynx, even though it is accepted as a part of digestive system, is squamous cell carcinoma. On the other hand, adenocarcinoma, a common histopathological type for digestive system, is very rarely reported at base of tongue. Ther...

The authors of the above article discovered a significant inaccuracy in their own paper that has been published in J Med Updates 2014;4:16-19. They retract this publication due to mispresentation of the data of the study.