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Background: It has been noted that olfactory and gustatory disturbances may precede or accompany the typical features of COVID-19, such as fever and cough. Hence, a high index of suspicion is required when patients report sudden loss of smell or taste, in order to facilitate timely diagnosis and isolation. Aims/objectives: The aim of this study was...
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Hearing results of endoscopic and microscopic tympanoplasty have been compared using the average pure tone threshold which could conceal subtle differences at a specific frequency. To compare frequency-specific hearing outcomes of endoscopic and microscopic tympanoplasty. The study included 42 patients who underwent endoscopic or microscopic type I...
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The electrical coagulation of sphenopalatine artery(SPA) under nasal endoscopy has gradually become an important surgical intervention for epistaxis. To investigate the effectiveness and complications of SPA electrocoagulation for epistaxis. The clinical data of 47 patients undergoing SPA electrocoagulation were analyzed, retrospectively. Forty-sev...
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Caloric test is one of the tests which evaluates the low frequency component of vestibular system for both diagnosis of the BPV and UPV. The main objectives are to determine and increase the diagnostic value of BPV and UPV by evaluating the high frequency horizontal VOR parameters with HIMP, SHIMP and fHIT, to compare test results with healthy cont...
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As described by Dumas, an 80-100 Hz vibration applied to the mastoid produces a horizontal nystagmus, with quick phases beating away from the affected side in patients with unilateral vestibular loss (UVL). To elucidate the characteristics of skull vibration-induced nystagmus (SVIN) in patients suffering from vestibular neuritis and how these chara...
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Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) function is expected to be normal in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) during sudden head rotations. The aim of this study is to analyze VOR by video head impulse test (vHIT) in patients with BPPV in order to determine the potential value of clinical application of vHIT in BPPV. Sixty patients w...
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Bonebridge is an suitable option for conductive hearing loss, however, the traditional approach cannot accomplished a satisfying implantation for patients with congenital malformation or radical mastoidectomy. To evaluate the clinical application of retrosigmoid sinus approach in Bonebridge implantation and postoperative evaluation. 11 patients who...
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Endoscopic orbital decompression is a well-established technique for Graves orbitopathy treatment. Measurement of the ethmoid volume and its correlation with proptosis reduction in patients undergoing endoscopic orbital decompression for Graves' orbitopathy. We retrospectively reviewed clinical charts of 209 patients (319 orbits) operated by a surg...
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Although cochlear implantation (CI) is widely performed in postlingually hearing-impaired adults in the Nordic countries, the literature on hearing outcomes remains scarce. Aims/objectives: To evaluate and correlate hearing outcomes after implantation. Prospective evaluation of 40 adult first-implantation recipients pre- and post-implantation with ...
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Perilymph gusher (PLG) is a rare complication of otologic surgery attributed to a communication between the cochlea and the internal auditory canal (IAC). Subtle patency between the cochlear basal turn and IAC has recently been identified on computed tomography (CT) as a risk factor, specifically when the defect is > 0.75 mm. Investigate the preval...
