Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Deafness is the most frequent sensory deficit in humans. Incidence is estimated at 4:1000 births in Brazil. Specific programs for clinical care of patients with hearing loss are still scarce in Brazil and the issue is an important public health problem. To determine the frequency of 35delG and D13S1830 mutations in GJB2 and GJB6 genes respectively ...
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Noise-induced hearing loss is a leading occupational disease caused by gene-environment interaction. The Grainy Like 2, GRHL2, is a candidate gene. In this regard, many studies have evaluated the association between GRHL2 and noise-induced hearing loss, although the results are ambiguous and conflicting. The purpose of this study was to identify a ...
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Since development of pediatric intensive care units, children have increasingly and appropriately been treated for complex surgical conditions such as laryngotracheal stenosis. Building coordinated airway teams to achieve acceptable results is still a challenge. To describe patient demographics and surgical outcomes during the first 8years of a ped...
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Pharyngocutaneous fistula is the most significant complication after salvage total laryngectomy in patients who have received previous treatment with radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy. Our purpose is to review the fistula rate in radiated patients undergoing salvage total laryngectomy, to determine if the use of pectoralis major flap interp...
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Deficient auditory processing can cause problems with speech perception and affect the development and evolution of reading skills. The efferent auditory pathway has an important role in normal auditory system functions like speech-in-noise perception, but there is still no general agreement on this. To study the performance of the efferent auditor...
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Otomycosis, an infection of the ear canal by fungi, is prevalent in hot and humid weather. Nevertheless, there is not sufficient evidence for the effectiveness of different topical antifungal treatments. Tolnaftate, is a topical antifungal agent described to be effective in the treatment of otomycosis. Currently there are not sufficient studies tha...
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
A resurgence of syphilis in Brazil has been reported in recent years. With this in mind, the present study sought to investigate the frequency, demographics, and clinical characteristics of patients with acquired syphilis with oral involvement who received medical care at an Oral Medicine Reference Center in a Brazilian Public Hospital. A retrospec...
Published in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology
Tympanoplasty is performed to close the tympanic membrane perforation and recover the hearing level of patients with non-suppurative chronic otitis media. Endoscopic tympanoplasty has recently been increasingly preferred by ear nose and throat surgeons to treat tympanic membrane perforations. The aim of this study is to discuss the outcomes of pati...
