Giuseppe Gradenigo was born in Venice in 1859, and he was a member of the noble Venetian family of the Gradenigo. After graduation in medicine in Padua, he went to Vienna where he deepened his studies in otology and embryology. He obtained, in 1888, the “libera docenza” in otology in Padua, and in 1889, he began to direct the section of otolaryngology of the polyclinic ...

Objective: Hearing loss as a complication of diabetes is a debatable issue with a handful of contradictory studies. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the status of hearing in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and to correlate the severity of hearing loss with the duration of diabetes mellitus.

Methods: This is an obse...

Background: The Parents’ Evaluation of the Aural/Oral Performance of Children (PEACH) Rating Scale is a widely used instrument to evaluate adaptation, effectiveness of hearing aid and cochlear implant, and auditory rehabilitation outcomes in hearing-impaired children by parent observation in daily life listening situations. This study aimed to adapt the Pare...

Background: Submental muscles are vital for swallowing as they are responsible for hyolaryngeal elevation. This study aimed to determine the normative values of submental muscles in healthy children.

Methods: The thickness of the digastric muscle, the thickness of the mylohyoid muscle, and the thickness of the geniohyoid muscle were measur...

Background: The present work intended to analyze the prechiasmatic sulcus types in adults via cone-beam computed tomographic images.

Methods: Four hundred randomly selected adult patient files registered in the electronic system of Gaziantep University Faculty of Dentistry were investigated retrospectively. The morphological features of th...

Diphtheria is an acute, potentially fatal, and highly communicable bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. In India and the developing world, 100% immunisation is claimed against diphtheria through diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) vaccination. Only a negligible number of cases are seen in the western world. In India, a few outbreaks of diphtheria has been reported amo...

Objective: The aim of this research was to investigate the effects of hypoxia, observed in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome, on vestibular functions through the application of video head impulse test (v-HIT).

Methods: Patients with sleep apnea/snoring complaints and who had undergone polysomnography (PSG) between January 10, 2019, an...

Objective: To analyze postoperative morbidity and quality of life of surgically treated patients for vagal paraganglioma.

Methods: Preoperative symptoms and findings, presence of cranial nerve paralysis,
radiological findings, surgical techniques, perioperative, and postoperative complications were analyzed retrospectively. Washington University Qual...

Orbital compartment syndrome (OCS) is an urgent condition which requires immediate treatment to avoid permanent vision loss. If the associated increased intraorbital pressure causes optical nerve and disc compression, emergency treatment to reduce the pressure is required. Here, we report the initially conservative management of a minimally displaced medial orbital fracture after blunt maxillof...