Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and types of both concha bullosa and nasal septal deviation and determine their potential relationships with maxillary rhinosinusitis.

Methods: Patients admitted to the outpatient clinic of the otorhinolaryngology department with symptoms of rhinosinusitis between January 2009 and April 2010, were retrospectively en...

Objective: To evaluate the oncologic results from our experience in performing laryngectomy for patients with supraglottic laryngeal cancer.

Methods: Seventy five consecutive patients who underwent laryngectomy for laryngeal cancer in our department from January 1998 to December 2006 have been reviewed. Seventy two males and 3 females were involved. The...

Objective: This study is performed to compare thermal welding tonsillectomy (TWT) technique versus cold knife tonsillectomy (CKT) technique under consideration of postoperative pain, intraoperative bleeding, operation time, and tonsil size.

Methods: One hundred and three patients underwent tonsillectomy aged between 5 and 39 years were included into the...

Objective: To review and evaluate clinically and histopathologically a wide spectrum of thyroid surgery cases in our hospital, and to make a comparison between the results obtained and the complications encountered to the available data in the pertinent literature.

Methods: A total of 462 patients who underwent thyroidectomy between January 2006 and Jun...

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigated the relationship between H. pylori IgG positivity, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), total oxidant level (TOL) and oxidative stress index (OSI) in patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR).

Methods: A total of 48 patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) were included into the study group. Of the...

Objective: Although bleeding due to head and neck cancer infiltration is a rare complication, it may be life threatening and requires urgent intervention. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficiency of carotid artery ligation applications on bleeding patients with advanced head and neck cancer.

Methods: Urgent carotid artery ligation perform...

Leukotriene receptor antagonists and antihistamines are efficient in reducing symptoms of allergic rhinitis and asthma when used alone or in combination. In patients with allergic rhinitis, H1-antihistamines prevent and relieve the sneezing, itching, rhinorrhea, and nasal congestion that characterize the early and the late response to allergen. H1-antihistamines are not medications of choice in...

A subset of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck presents as cystic masses in the neck. Often, distinguishing between these cystic metastases of squamous cell carcinoma from benign cystic neck lesions, such as branchial cleft cyst, can be very challenging. Squamous lining cells in benign cystic lesions may exhibit significant cytologic atypia, raising concern for squamous cel...