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Carotid interposition in patients with head and neck tumors: clinical experience of 13 cases reconstructed with a great saphenous vein autograft
CONCLUSION AND SIGNIFICANCE: CIG in HNC setting can achieve oncologic-control with an acceptable rate of complications. Routine shunting, heparinization, and elevating blood-pressure during closure seem to be safe protocols to maintain cerebral-circulation perioperatively. A moderate graft-blowout risk should be considered.PMID:35499961 | DOI:10.1080/00016489.2022.2067356
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - May 2, 2022 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Sherif Abolfotouh Leif B äck Katri Aro Patrik Lassus Jyrki Vuola Karri Mesim äki Tommy Wilkman Pirkka Vikatmaa Source Type: research

Acute vestibular asymmetry disorder: a new disease entity in acute vestibular syndrome?
CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE: Our study suggests that a normal HIT in AVS is not always a dangerous sign indicating an acute stroke. From our observations, we propose that AVAD would be a new disease entity within AVS. PMID: 31035836 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - April 28, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Lee SA, Lee ES, Kim BG, Lee TK, Sung KB, Hwang K, Lee JD Tags: Acta Otolaryngol Source Type: research

Pregnancy is not a risk factor for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A nationwide population-based study.
Conclusion Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) in pregnancy is rare. It usually occurs in the third trimester. SSNHL in pregnancy does not increase risks during delivery or subsequent stroke. Objectives This study aimed to investigate the incidence and to determine the factors associated with SSNHL in pregnancy. Method Data were retrieved from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Database (NHIRD), covering the years 2000-2009. Patients admitted for SSNHL during pregnancy were enrolled. An age-matched controlled cohort was randomly selected from pregnant women without SSNHL in the NHIRD. The clinical characteristics of ...
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - April 8, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Yen TT, Lin CH, Shiao JY, Liang KL Tags: Acta Otolaryngol Source Type: research

Skull base osteomyelitis missed in mastoidectomy for cholesteatoma.
Conclusions A high suspicion of skull base involvement should be warranted, even if radiological findings are not atypical, in cases of chronic otitis media (COM) with cholesteatoma. Objective To investigate some clues indicating the development of skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) in patients who received mastoidectomy, through reviewing pre-operative temporal bone computed tomography (TBCT). Method Retrospective review of patients with SBO after mastoidectomy for COM. A total of five patients with SBO after mastoidectomy with available pre-operative TBCTs were enrolled in this study. Results All patients were diagnosed as C...
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - January 15, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Lee HS, Yang CJ, Lee JH, Ahn JH Tags: Acta Otolaryngol Source Type: research

Effect of oral IQoro(R) and palatal plate training in post-stroke, four-quadrant facial dysfunction and dysphagia: A comparison study.
CONCLUSION: Training with either a palatal plate (PP) or an oral IQoro(R) screen (IQS) in patients with longstanding facial dysfunction and dysphagia after stroke can significantly improve facial activity (FA) in all four facial quadrants as well as swallowing capacity (SC). Improvements remained at late follow-up. The training modalities did not significantly differ in ameliorating facial dysfunction and dysphagia in these patients. However, IQS training has practical and economic advantages over PP training. OBJECTIVES: This study compared PP and oral IQS training in terms of (i) effect on four-quadrant facial dysfu...
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - May 7, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Hägg M, Tibbling L Tags: Acta Otolaryngol Source Type: research

Clinical significance of pathological eye movements in diagnosing posterior fossa stroke.
Conclusion: Close observation of pathological eye movements such as disconjugate eye movements, multi-directional gaze nystagmus, and persistent unilateral gaze nystagmus may facilitate the effort of clinicians to arrange magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study, because physical examinations may overlook the posterior fossa lesions. Objective: This paper reviews our experience of patients with posterior fossa stroke via observation of pathological eye movements over the past 10 years. Methods: Seventy patients with posterior fossa stroke manifested as acute vertiginous attack were admitted. All patients underwent examinatio...
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - August 18, 2013 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Su CH, Young YH Tags: Acta Otolaryngol Source Type: research