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Our results are consistent with those found in the medical literature. HNCCUP has a poor prognosis which correlates with the lymph node status.
Published in Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie
The rate of confusion appears as a fundamental element, inciting to look for more relevant methods of analysis of the results of the tests of intelligibility.
Published in Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie
This new method of nasal tip modification presents the advantage of preserving natural domes, being quick and allowing the achievement of desirable nasal tip projection, rotation, volume and shape. Moreover according to the alar ring concept, the crossover technique preserves the continuity of the inferior cartilaginous arch and gives an excellent ...
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These 3 clinical cases relate dysphonia and dystonia with female speaking and singing performers whose medical care was messy and involving several physicians. A close collaboration between phoniatricians and phonosurgeons brought effective solutions to these cases.
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In patients with severe facial palsy, there is an impact of swallowing disorder (caused by salivary stasis) on the prosody of speech, with variations in the position of intonations boundaries and the intensity of prosodic marking. This also creates impact on fluency and on the perception of the message by the listener.
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A solid understanding of anatomy, basic surgical principles, and tissue movement is essential when undertaking the reconstruction of facial cutaneous surgical defects. Aesthetic facial reconstruction requires understanding ability to use the tissue adjacent to the defect to create a reconstruction that preserves the function of the area and the cos...
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We are reporting a rare case of laryngeal sialolipoma in a 66-year-old male affected by Parkinson's disease. He was evaluated for dysarthria and swallowing disorders during which a swelling of the left ventricular fold, was always present and enlarged over a span of six months. Surgical removal of the left ventricular fold was performed. Microscopi...
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Squamous cell carcinoma of uppers aero-digestives tracts remains serious and has a poor diagnosis, even in a population with a high social-cultural level. The long time interval before the first consultation may be reduced by improving health education among the general practitioner (primary and secondary prevention), and by establishing health car...
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PET/CT showed to be an useful tool when searching for primary tumours whether metastasis were supraclavicular or located in higher levels of the neck. Despite its good accuracy and detection of tumours previously undetected by EUA with biopsies (missed mainly due to sampling error), up-front negative scan shouldn't preclude performing endoscopies. ...
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analyze the importance of the myocutaneous flap of nasalis muscle of the nose in the reconstruction of skin defects of the nasal tip. This is a retrospective study concerning 15 patients treated from 2010 to december 2012 for basal cell carcinomas of the nasal tip. The minimum follow up was 6 months. We describe the procedure and the indications. T...
