[Follow-up ultrasound of head and neck cancer].

abstract：BACKGROUND:In pre-school children suffering from pure non-inflammatory hyperplasia of the tonsils, tonsillotomy has recently been recommended in preference to tonsillectomy. Absence of inflammatory tonsillitis in the previous medical history is accepted as evidence that tonsillotomy is indicated. In this study, we ther...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Ripplinger T,Theuerkauf T,Schultz-Coulon HJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 69-year-old male patient who appeared in our clinic with persistent swelling on the right middle nasal bridge of 3 months' standing following blunt trauma. On physical examination the swelling was pulsatile and a flow was identified on color Doppler sonography. MRT of the head demonstrated an a...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Schuldt T

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The microvascular anastomosed transverse rectus abdominis muscle (TRAM) island flap has been successfully used in plastic surgery for more than 10 years. In reconstructive head and neck surgery, however, it is not yet established. METHOD:We analysed the preparation and anatomical variation in TRAM flaps in ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Schipper J,Klenzner T,Arapakis I,Maier W,Horch R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to evaluate the possible submillimeter application accuracy in computer-aided navigation in the petrous bone, we performed a set of approximately 3,000 measurements on a specially prepared anatomic specimen using the Zeiss STN intraoperative navigation system. This allowed direct measurements of rel...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Kral F,Freysinger W

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, an objective version of the postlaryngectomy telephone test (PLTT) for measuring speech intelligibility based on automatic speech recognition is presented. METHODS:Thirty-one patients with tracheoesophageal substitute voice (25 men and six women, 63.4+/-8.7 years) were evaluated by 11 naïve li...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Haderlein T,Riedhammer K,Maier A,Nöth E,Eysholdt U,Rosanowski F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distorsion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) are generated by a continuous bitonal stimulation of the cochlea. The resulting emissions are measurable in a definite mathematical function of the primaries (mf1 +/- nf2; f1 < f2). In humans sound emission at the frequency 2f1-f are usually detectable. To determine if ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Plinkert PK,Harris FP,Probst R

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has a relatively high prevalence of 3-7% in the general population in western industrialized countries. The prevalence is higher in older patients and in patients with cardiac or metabolic disorders. In the general surgical population patients with OSA are often unrecognized prior to surg...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Lüer-Groel B,Stasche N,Bärmann M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2003 Baiardini et al. presented the RHINASTHMA questionnaire, which measures the impairment of quality of life in patients with rhinitis and asthma and takes the "united airway disease" model into its account. The aim of our study was to create a valid version of this questionnaire adapted for use with Ge...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Mösges R,Schmalz P,Köberlein J,Kaciran M,Baiardini I

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hearing aids (HA) provide adequate support for many patients with hearing loss, but not all. Around one third of 10.000 patients provided with hearing aids in the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit felt no actual benefit when using the hearing aid, although they demonstrated the necessary hearing i...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Braun K,Zenner HP,Friese N,Tropitzsch A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the release of the new Global Case Agreement by Self Administration in Public Health on the 16 September 2004, the adjustment of the G-DRG System for the year 2005 was completed. Otorhinolaryngology, and head and neck surgery face several changes in the fields of diagnosis and procedural coding (ICD-10-GM 2005, O...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Franz D,Roeder N,Leuwer R,Büter J,Hörmann K,Alberty J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Girls tend to acquire language skills faster than boys do. Furthermore, specific language impairment and dyslexia are diagnosed more often in males than in females. We investigated whether auditory verbal learning skills in boys are inferior to those of girls as a possible cause for gender dependency in lang...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Ptok M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of all malignant tumors, 4-5% affect the head and neck region. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide the means for us to determine the precise extent and depth of infiltration of space-occupying lesions, detect submucosal growth, stage lymph nodes preoperatively, and thus facilitate bet...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Greess H,Lell M,Römer W,Bautz W

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 10 patients undergoing pharyngo-laryngectomy in whom the pharyngeal defect was reconstructed with a free jejunal graft. This method is technically demanding. The advantages are excellent healing due to the excellent blood supply of the edges of the graft, and the almost unlimited supply of jejunum. The use o...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Wicke W,Ehrenberger K,Grasl MC,Swoboda H,Piza H,Roka R

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concluding from audiometrical practice using hearing aids unilaterally we could find an inactivity of the unused contralateral ear. We have investigated if it is possible to measure this inactivity by common psychoacoustic methods. We tested 92 persons with advanced combined hearing loss. We had to state that the inac...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Dieroff HG,Meissner W

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histopathology of neuroblastomas of the olfactory nerve, especially the difficult differential diagnosis is described by means of our own observations, and compared with other less differentiated malignant tumours of the inner nose. Ultrastructural results are presented, histogenesis and classification of olfactor...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Martin G,Mennel HD,Kleinsasser O

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of tubal dysfunction on the osseous structures of the temporal bone of the guinea pig was studied in nondecalcified acrylic embedded tissue. There was a new formation of bone in stages depending on the duration and intensity of the controlled reduced pressure in the bulla which was checked by tympanometr...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Hörmann K

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent advances in radiochemotherapy, treatment of locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is still challenging, and survival rates have improved only slightly. This is due to the high frequency of metastases and local and/or regional tumor recurrences that have acquired radio- or chemoresistanc...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Heß AK,Weichert W,Budach V,Tinhofer I

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one patients with inverted papillomas of the nose and paranasal sinuses underwent surgery, 35 by an intranasal endoscopic method and 16 by an extranasal approach. The recurrence rate after endoscopy surgery was 17% (6/35), compared with 19% (3/16) after an external approach. Endoscopic surgery proved to be succe...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Waitz G,Wigand ME

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise knowledge about the chance of success of a given pharmacologic therapy of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) before starting therapy would be very desirable to guide the selection of the most suitable or the most efficient combination out of the ever-growing spectrum of available pharmaceuticals. Th...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Wichmann G,Dietz A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between May 1995 and March 1996 we were able to diagnose and remove glomus tumors of the left nasal cavity from three female patients. Ages of the patients were 9, 36 and 74 years. All patients suffered from a frequent epistaxis and all were extremely sensitive to the slightest nasal touch. One patient reported breath...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Matschiner F,Bilkenroth U,Holzhausen HJ,Neumann K,Tausch-Treml R,Berghaus A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current adjustment of cochlear implant (CI) speech processors is based on a knowledge of the lower and upper limits (T- and C-levels) for electrical stimulus currents. These data are usually acquired from subjective classifications of individual patients. In cases with non-reliable patient responses, objective met...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Hoth S

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comorbid physical and psychological complaints are more common in patients with dysphonia than in the general population. In a prospective randomized study the effects of structured psychosomatic diagnostics and verbal intervention on the satisfaction of patients with dysphonia were investigated. MATERIALS ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Pülz S,Schützenberger A,Grässel E,Köllner V,Eysholdt U,Rosanowski F

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the clinical course of a 31 year old woman who developed multiple anaerobic brain abscesses six days after tonsillectomy, followed by hemoparesis and dysarthria. In spite of craniotomy, repeated punctures and drainage of pus and high dose local and systemic antibiotics, there was an obvious deteri...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Pilgramm M,Lampl L,Frey G,Wörner U

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cleft lip and palate are the most common malformation in the orofacial region. The type and dimension of the cleft determine the functional limitations of respiration, swallowing, speech, articulation and hearing. In addition, cosmetic and communicative restrictions influence the cognitive, social and educat...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Schuster M,Kummer P,Eysholdt U,Rosanowski F

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MALT lymphomas of the orbit are rare orbital tumors; the differential diagnosis needs to exclude inflammatory pseudotumors of the orbit, but also benign lymphoproliferations, pseudolymphomas, and other orbital neoplasms. After histological confirmation of the diagnosis staging is necessary, and - as long as the diseas...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Scheckenbach K,Winterhalter S,Chaker A,Hoffmann TK,Ramp U,Wagenmann M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS) is a relatively rare neurotological disorder that is characterized by a heterogeneous clinical picture. Recently, vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) measurement was established for the diagnosis of SCDS. In the present study, a case series of patients with S...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Gürkov R,Jerin C,Flatz W,Maxwell R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality of life is extraordinary affected by malignant tumors of the head and neck region as functions of social interaction are disturbed. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The influence of surgical treatment and postoperative radio(chemo)therapy (RCT) on the quality of life was studied in patients with head and neck ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Bücheler BM,Ehnes A,Kavsadze M,Langenberg S,Wilhelm-Buchstab T,Zipfel M,Keiner S,Gerstner AO

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 57 children aged between 5 and 15 years underwent endoscopic ethmoid surgery for recurrent acute or chronic rhinogenic sinusitis, chronic sinusitis associated with bronchial asthma or chronic bronchitis, early rhinogenous orbital complications and paranasal sinus disease associated with mucoviscidosis. The ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Küttner K,Siering U,Looke G,Eichhorn M

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a female patient suffering from recurrent vertigo and low-frequency hearing loss who was admitted for inpatient treatment with the diagnosis of Ménière's disease. After evaluation of all diagnostic examinations, including psychosomatic evaluation, a diagnosis of vestibular migraine with accompan...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Schaaf H,Hesse G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chordoma is a fully malignant tumor deriving from remnants of the chorda dorsalis. In ENT it mainly appears as nasopharyngeal or parapharyngeal mass, growing slowly and only very late giving rise to severe symptoms by invading the skull base and the vertebra, thus making an effective treatment sometimes almost imp...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Stammberger H

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00