Showing papers in "American Journal of Otolaryngology in 2004"

TL;DR: Although children and young adults seemed to suffer more parasymphyseal fractures and older adults body fractures, these correlations failed to show statistical significance.

TL;DR: Failure of primary FESS is most often associated with anatomic obstruction in the area of the ostiomeatal complex, and meticulous attention in this area during surgery with ventilation of obstructed anatomy as well as avoidance of scarring and turbinate destabilization may reduce the failure rate.

TL;DR: Thyroid surgery can be performed safely in a hospital with medical residency training program under direct supervision of an experienced surgeon with acceptable morbidity.

TL;DR: The data indicate that nearly 1 out of every 10 lateral cervical cysts in young adult patients represents lymphatic metastases from occult thyroid carcinoma, and an excisional biopsy for definitive diagnosis should be undertaken without prolonged delay, even if FNA does not reveal malignancy.

TL;DR: The endoscopic endonasal approach is an effective treatment for an inverted papilloma in selected cases and, when performed by a skilled surgeon, can achieve a radical resection of the tumor because of excellent magnification and visualization.

TL;DR: The combined use of magnetic resonance angiography and CT scanning of the skull base may disclose small but patent ICA, the main vascular supply for the brain in patients with congenital absence or absent ICA is the vertebrobasilar system in bilateral cases.

TL;DR: This study appears to suggest longer survival results with aggressive multimodality therapy, especially with the incorporation of complete surgical resection in sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma.

TL;DR: The most prevalent microorganisms in patients with CRS are SCN, S aureus, and gram-negative rods, and the antimicrobial sensitivities of these microorganisms appear to be a growing problem.

TL;DR: Although adenomatoid hamartoma arising from the sinonasal tract is very rare, head and neck surgeons should be aware of this pathological entity as a differential diagnosis for inverted papilloma and adenocarcinoma.

TL;DR: Sensorineural type hearing loss developed in patients with RA especially in high frequencies, and a diminished compliance in the middle ears of those patients was determined, but this was not in a level of a conducting type Hearing loss.

TL;DR: LST as a complication of otogenic infections may still pose a serious threat that warrants immediate attention and care and Conservative surgical intervention including eradication of all perisinus infection and needle aspiration of the sinus seems to be effective.

TL;DR: Observed changes occurred while the patients participated in a program for facial rehabilitation (mime therapy), replicating the randomized controlled trial-proven benefits of mime therapy in a more varied sample of outpatients.

TL;DR: A head and neck endocrine surgeon needs to be aware of the possible coexistence of thyroid and parathyroid pathologies so that, when encountered, they can be safely and efficiently managed in a single procedure.

TL;DR: A case of the more unusual localized form of amyloidosis, a disease entity defined by the presence of extracellular deposits of proteinacious material, which may be treated with simple surgical excision.

TL;DR: It seems possible that the adenoids act as a barrier causing mechanical obstruction rather than a nidus for chronic sinus infection, however, there is no relationship between adenoid size and maxillary sinus culture positivity.

TL;DR: The aim in this work is to define the importance of anatomical knowledge in septoplasty operation and to prevent complications, and to report a rare complication of sePToplasty CSF rhinorrhea.

TL;DR: Overall survival is better for Chinese patients with NPC compared with white patients, disease-specific survival is similar between these racial groups, and data suggest that the biological behavior of NPC is relatively independent of race.

TL;DR: This article will focus on some theories and recent advances to explain chronic post tympanostomy tube otorrhea, a step-wise approach to treatment and future research areas of interest.

TL;DR: A rare case of a primary sphenoid sinus esthesioneuroblastoma is reported and the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and treatment of this rare entity are discussed.

TL;DR: Evaluating the functional outcomes of SCL recorded by the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery of Padua University since 1998 and critically reviews recent English-language literature describing SCL functional results confirms that the available data on functional results were collected using heterogeneous methods, parameters, and evaluation scales.

TL;DR: Although clinicians continue to give patients home instructions and to use additional head rotation during the Epley maneuver, these variations are not essential for achieving improvement in symptoms.

TL;DR: It is suggested that factors other than bacterial infection may play an integral role in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis.

TL;DR: The clinical and histopathologic findings of a 38-year-old woman recently diagnosed with sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia of the thyroid (SMECE) and a review of the literature are presented.

TL;DR: The case of a belated diagnosed giant-cell arteritis, resulting in nearly complete necrosis of the mobile part of the tongue, visual impairment, and neurologic as well as intestinal ischemic symptoms.

TL;DR: Long-term disease control and survival is achievable by TLPR with minimal late toxicity in patients with T4 carcinoma of the larynx with a pathologic diagnosis of T4 laryngeal cancer during a 14-year period.

TL;DR: Eight patients presented with clinical manifestations such as polyps and mucin were reported to have allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFS) and underwent endoscopic surgery; polypectomy and clearance of all affected sinuses were performed.

TL;DR: The etiology of the subarachnoid hemorrhage may remain obscure, but the MRI is the examination of choice to confirm SS in patients with progressive bilateral cochleo-vestibular deficit as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: A 72-year-old man presented to the authors' clinic with progressed husky voice, dysphagia and globus pharyngeus and malignant granular cell tumor with lung metastasis, which has not recurred after a 14-month follow-up.

TL;DR: The data point to NARES as a risk factor for the induction or augmentation of Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, suggesting chronic nasal inflammation to cause OSAS.

TL;DR: The results show that NPC with skull base invasion should be divided into the groups with, simple skull base erosion, minimal involvement of either anterior or posterior cranial nerves, multiple involvements of both cranial nerve nerves, and intracranial extension.