Selection of indicators for tonsillectomy in adults with recurrent tonsillitis [0.03%]
成人复发性扁桃体炎患者扁桃体切除术的指征选择
Priit Kasenõmm,Andres Piirsoo,Mart Kull et al.
Priit Kasenõmm et al.
Background: We aimed to find some new indicators for tonsillectomy (TE) in adults with recurrent tonsillitis (RT) by exploring whether the frequency of tonsillitis episodes and the length of morbidity period are associate...
Tracheal ring fracture and early tracheomalacia following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy [0.03%]
经皮扩张气管切开术后气管环骨折和早期气管软化症
Eu Chin Ho,Atul Kapila,William Colquhoun-Flannery
Eu Chin Ho
Background: Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is increasingly popular within intensive care units for patients who need prolonged ventilatory support. Significant complications are rare. ...
Thresholds for perception of direction of linear acceleration as a possible evaluation of the otolith function [0.03%]
线状加速方向感知阈值作为前庭功能评价指标的可能性研究
H Kingma
H Kingma
Background: Previous attempts to measure otolith function using ocular counter-rolling have shown poor sensitivity and specificity, thereby hindering a useful clinical application. We have conducted a study to investigate...
Amit Goyal,Isha Tyagi,Prabhat Tewari et al.
Amit Goyal et al.
Background: Tracheal malignancies are usual victim of delay in diagnosis by virtue of their symptoms resembling asthma. Sometimes delayed diagnosis may lead to almost total airway obstruction. For difficult airways, not l...
Quality of life, functional outcome, and voice handicap index in partial laryngectomy patients for early glottic cancer [0.03%]
垂直半喉切除术治疗早期声门癌患者的生活质量、功能结局及嗓音障碍指数的评估
Tolga Kandogan,Aylin Sanal
Tolga Kandogan
BACKGROUND: In this study, we aim to gather information about the quality of life issues, functional outcomes and voice problems facing early glottic cancer patients treated with the surgical techniques such as laryngofissure cordectomy, fr...
Ethmoidal osteoid osteoma with orbital and intracranial extension - a case report [0.03%]
筛窦骨样骨瘤伴眶内颅内扩展——一例报道
S Balaji Pai,K Harish,M S Venkatesh et al.
S Balaji Pai et al.
Background: Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone neoplasm which is seen in the long bones of appendicular skeleton. It is rarely seen in the cranium. Skull base osteoid osteoma is extremely rare and has been anecdotally repor...
Histopathological changes in the human larynx following expanded polytetrafluroethylene (Gore-Tex(R)) implantation [0.03%]
人在植入聚四氟乙烯（戈尔泰克斯）后声带的组织病理学变化
K Rajkumar,Hs Khalil,M Elloy et al.
K Rajkumar et al.
BACKGROUND: Expanded polytetrafluroethelyne (e PTFE, Gore-Tex(R)) has been advocated as an implant material for medialization of the vocal fold. Animal studies involving rabbits and a porcine model have demonstrated host tolerance of the im...
Rajan Syal,Isha Tyagi,Amit Goyal
Rajan Syal
BACKGROUND: Herpes zoster oticus accounts for about 10% cases of facial palsy, which is usually unilateral and complete and full recovery occurs in only about 20% of untreated patients. Bilateral herpes zoster oticus can sometime occur in i...
Gurminder Singh,David McCormack,David R Roberts
Gurminder Singh
BACKGROUND: A readmission is classified as a patient necessitating readmission to hospital due to a post-operative complication following discharge. An overstay however, is classified as a patient having to stay longer than the planned dura...
Tracheostomy reveals a rare aberrant right subclavian artery; a case report [0.03%]
气管切开术中发现罕见右位异型主动脉弓病例报告
Neil K Chadha,Sandro Chiti-Batelli
Neil K Chadha
BACKGROUND: Anomalies of vascular anatomy in the neck are well recognised. We present a case of a very rare aberrant artery discovered during tracheostomy. CASE PRESENTATION: Elective tracheostomy was performed in theatre for an elderly gen...