Objective: We assessed the association between the polymorphisms and expressions of three cytokine genes and clinical parameters in children who underwent cochlear implantation due to profound congenital sensorineural hearing loss.
Methods: We analyzed the IL-6/-174, IFN-γ/+874 and TNF-α/- 308 genes in 64 cases with congenital sensorineural hearing loss...
Objective: In laryngeal cancer the most suspected regions of invasion are preepiglottic space (PES), anterior commissure (AC), thyroid cartilage (TC), subglottic region (SR) and extralaryngeal spread (ELS). The objective of this study is to compare the results of preoperative computed tomography (CT) with postoperative histopathologic analysis in these critical regions for the ...
Objective: Inflammation has an important place in chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) etiology. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are simple and cheap tests that show inflammation and can be calculated by all physicians. In our study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between COME and NLR and PLR parameters.
Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine correlations between CT90 and CT95 values and physical examination parameters, chronic metabolic diseases, smoking, mean platelet volume, cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), presence and number of hyperintense foci in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Methods: A total of 1154 patients who unde...
Objective: The purpose of this case control study is to establish the influence of iris color and retina pigment epithelium melanin on allergic rhinitis.
Methods: Ninety-nine subjects diagnosed prospectively as allergic rhinitis and 85 control subjects were included in the study. Color of iris was recorded after ophthalmic examination. Electro-oculograp...
Objective: To evaluate the long-term findings obtained using microscopic approaches to attic cholesteatoma and with respect to the reconstruction materials used in ossiculoplasty.
Methods: The results of these procedures were evaluated in 30 of the patients who subsequently returned for follow-up. One of the surgical techniques among atticotomy + tympan...
Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the isolated strains from the patients with chronic dacryocystitis and the relationship between different anatomical areas and their antibiotic susceptibilities.
Methods: Fifty patients diagnosed with chronic dacryocystitis were included. Fifty patients underwent endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy f...
Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the incidence of occult lymph node metastasis detected in patients with head and neck cancer who applied to our clinic.
Methods: Medical files of 107 patients who had been diagnosed as head and neck cancer between 2007 and 2012 were retrospectively examined. The patients who were accepted as N0 both ...
Effervescence is defined as the evolution of gas bubbles from a liquid as a result of a chemical reaction. For medicinal use, effervescent tablets have specific characteristics that allow rapid adsorption of the intended drug. In this manner, a medication can be absorbed easily and effectively if it dissolves easily in water and is present at a sufficient dose. Common acids utilized for efferve...
Follow-up and treatment of multiple lesions in intensive care units are arranged within the discipline of approach to a case of injury. Herein, we present a 38-year-old female patient who had head trauma caused by a fall from a minibus. The patient was presented to our intensive care unit with epidural hematoma; however, tracheal rupture was found during the follow-up. Tracheal injuries and esp...
The authors of the above article discovered a significant inaccuracy in their own paper that has been published in ENT Updates 2015;5(2):72-75. They retract this publication due to duplicate publication of the same material in another issue of the same journal by mistake.
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