Experimental recurrent pneumococcal otitis media. Protection and serum antibodies.

abstract：:A prospective study was carried out to objectively quantificate the most important predictive factors in idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy). Stepwise discriminant analysis was applied to data prospectively obtained from 570 patients with Bell's palsy treated at the ENT Department of La Paz Hospital between Jan...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Gavilán C,Gavilán J,Rashad M,Gavilán M

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to demonstrate the long-term effectiveness of Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty (ESP) as a standalone surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) patients through a prospective multi-center study. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A prospective non-com...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Plaza G,Baptista P,O'Connor-Reina C,Bosco G,Pérez-Martín N,Pang KP

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early diagnosis of the Mondini dysplasia by means of electrocochleography and temporal bone polytomography, and the prevention of further hearing loss through the endolymphatic subarachnoid shunt operation, brought new data on the follow-up of patients with this malformation. They were found to present specific me...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Mangabeira-Albernaz PL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for the intravital microscopic observations of rabbit tracheal mucosa microcirculation during compression with a thin, transparent high volume cuff. The cuff pressure (CP) required to cause complete ischemia in the mucosa over the cartilages was measured and a correlation was found to the mean ar...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Stenqvist O,Bagge U

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunological mechanisms are thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of some cochleo-vestibular diseases. This study attempts to present further evidence of autoantibodies reactive against guinea pig inner ear proteins found in patients with autoimmune inner ear diseases (AIED) and specifically identifie...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Boulassel MR,Deggouj N,Tomasi JP,Gersdorff M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: In otosclerosis mixed hearing loss is the most frequent symptom and arises when the focus involves the stapes footplate. Surgeons usually prefer to wait a minimum air-bone gap of 25 - 35 dB before surgery.Objectives: To evaluate the outcome of microdrill stapedotomy for otosclerosis in patients with a preo...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Canale A,Albera A,Macocco F,Caranzano F,Albera R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Auricle reconstruction combined with hearing reconstruction can help patients with microtia to obtain practical hearing improvement as well as cosmetic improvement. The integrated procedures can facilitate the incision design and obtain a natural-looking three-dimensional shape of the reconstruction auricle...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Zhao S,Wang D,Han D,Gong S,Ma X,Li Y,Chen S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Gentamicin ototoxicity presents with gait imbalance and oscillopsia, but only rarely with hearing loss and vertigo. Sinusoidal rotational stimuli with high accelerations such as the bedside head-thrust test or rotational step changes in velocity are useful to diagnose bilateral vestibulopathy. OBJECTIVE:To...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ishiyama G,Ishiyama A,Kerber K,Baloh RW

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Codeine shows a similar association with profound deafness to other opiates. Good cochlear implant outcomes suggest a sensory disorder. Although macrocytosis could be due to confounding factors, the lack of other consistent findings may signify a vascular pathology. OBJECTIVES:To describe a series of patie...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Freeman SR,Bray ME,Amos CS,Gibson WP

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the connection between occupation and sinonasal cancer we have reviewed the files and histological sections of 70 patients (24 females and 46 males) treated at the Department of Oto-rhino-laryngology, National Hospital of Norway. Detailed information concerning previous occupations was obtained by te...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Voss R,Stenersen T,Roald Oppedal B,Boysen M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EMG recordings of the neck muscles (biventer cervicis, complexus, splenius, longus capitis) of decerebrate cats were obtained during pitch and roll stimulations (sinusoidal stimulation: 30 degrees p-p amplitude, 0.2 Hz frequency). Most of the EMG responses to pitch showed activation peaks leading the position stimuli ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Pettorossi VE,Santarelli R,Draicchio F,Errico P,Ferraresi A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Patients with hiatus hernia can be relieved from H, MSL and MSN by hiatus hernia repair. OBJECTIVE:It has been hypothesized that respiratory symptoms in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) may, in some cases, be due to misdirected swallowing as a consequence of defective opening of the up...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Mjönes AB,Ledin T,Grahn LT,Hultcrantz E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this double-blind, randomized, multicenter study was to compare the efficacy of betahistine dihydrochloride (BH) and flunarizine (FL) using the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), a validated self-assessment questionnaire that has not previously been used in a clinical trial to evaluate antivertigo...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Albera R,Ciuffolotti R,Di Cicco M,De Benedittis G,Grazioli I,Melzi G,Mira E,Pallestrini E,Passali D,Serra A,Vicini C

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many techniques have been proposed for reconstruction of the posterior canal wall and/or obliteration of the mastoid bowl after radical mastoidectomy. The variety of materials that have been used, biological as well as foreign materials of different kinds, indicates that the ideal solution has yet to be found. Plaster...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Högset O,Bredberg G

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:In addition to the correlation of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 levels to the radiation toxicity, both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and postoperative status play roles in the change in plasma TGF-beta1 levels in patients with head and neck cancers. OBJECTIVES:To assess the parameters involve...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Chen HW,Yang SF,Chang YC,Wang TY,Chen YJ,Hwang JJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The Na-K-2Cl cotransporter-1 (NKCCl) may be essential for the maintenance and functioning of the vestibular morphology in mice and it is strongly expressed in human vestibular end organs. OBJECTIVE:NKCCl is a member of the cation-coupled chloride transporter which participates in salt transport and cell vol...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Young Choi J,Ho Jung S,Namkung W,Lee JH,Jin Son E,Wook Shin J,Park HY,Sang Lee W,Kim HN

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efflux of Na-24 was investigated in isolated labyrinths from a membrane section containing stria vascularis and spiral ligament in artificial endolymph medium. The efflux curves were calculated and compartmental analyses were made. The theoretical possibility of a exchange of sodium between compartments connected ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Mnich Z

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the experiences of consumers with traditional hearing aids (T-HAs) and digital signal processing hearing aids (DSP-HAs) during the period 1999-2001, based on data obtained from an ongoing quality assurance programme. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A questionnaire is mailed to subjects fitted with HAs 3-4 mo...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Parving A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking advantage of a natural experimental situation, we compared, retrospectively, functional results after nasalization and ethmoidectomy for diffuse nasal polyposis. Nasalization was a radical ethmoidectomy systematically removing all the bony lamellae and mucosa within the labyrinth, with large antrostomy, sphenoi...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Jankowski R,Pigret D,Decroocq F

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To predict the possible benefit of a cochlear implant to a patient, the clinician requires a reliable objective method to monitor the presence of surviving fibres in the 8th nerve. The subjective promontory test and the evaluation of electrically evoked brainstem potentials are not adequate. An electrical stimulus art...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Hartmann R,Pfennigdorff T,Klinke R

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:These findings are in line with previous data on the horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) from this laboratory and suggest that eye position signals do not modulate natural vestibular responses. Hence, the Alexander's law (AL) phenomenon cannot be interpreted simply as a consequence of vestibular or ocu...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Anastasopoulos D,Anagnostou E

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The various pathological types of non-squamous cell carcinomas (nSCCs) of the larynx accounted for about 5% laryngeal malignancies, but the knowledge regarding these pathological behaviors, therapeutic models and prognostic factors was limited.Objectives: To investigate the clinical characteristics and the...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Chen L,Deng W,Li C,Lau H,Tao L,Wang S,Zhou L,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In electrocochleography (ECochG) compound action potential (CAP) and summation potential (SP) are usually separated from the cochlear microphonic (CM) by the CM cancellation technique consisting in averaging the responses evoked by rarefaction and condensation clicks. With the aim of analysing the ECochG responses evo...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Arslan E,Santarelli R,Sparacino G,Sella G

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the redistribution of facial motor neurons after recovery from a crush injury of the facial nerve in the mongolian gerbil, with the retrograde transportation of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) technique. The facial nerve at the vertical segment was crushed unilaterally for 10 s with forceps. After 1 month...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Park HJ,Kim HN,Kim KM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Partial deafness cochlear implantation (PDCI) is a feasible means of treating individuals who have good low frequency hearing, but a severe to profound hearing loss in the mid to high frequencies. The individuals have benefit in noise and show significant benefit in a number of difficult listening conditions...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Skarzynski H,Lorens A,Piotrowska A,Anderson I

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ESS is a form of minimal access surgery that includes different tasks and manoeuvres requiring sophisticated psychomotor coordination with varying levels of force application. The avoidance of complications is partially dependent upon reducing surgical force application when operating against vital barriers such as th...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： White PS,Nassif R,Saleh H,Drew T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells can die by two distinct pathways: apoptosis and necrosis. To explore whether intense noise can induce hair cell (HC) death via the apoptotic pathway, we systematically examined morphological changes in guinea pig cochlear HC nuclei stained with Hoechst 33342, a fluorescent dye specifically labelling the nuclear ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Hu BH,Guo W,Wang PY,Henderson D,Jiang SC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alloplastic materials have been used in middle ear reconstruction since 1952. Biologically, biomaterials and specifically ceramics can be defined as being bioinert, bioactive or biodegradable; these terms being descriptive of the biochemical response provoked by the material in the host tissue. Various ceramics, carbo...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Blayney AW,Williams KR,Erre JP,Lesser TH,Portmann M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:In order to confirm these preliminary results, a prospective double-blind study has been instituted in Padova University ENT Section to compare the efficacy of sulphurous-arsenical-ferruginous thermal water nasal irrigations vs isotonic sodium chloride solution nasal irrigations after functional endoscopic ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Staffieri A,Abramo A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central origin of the vidian nerve in the dog was investigated using the retrograde tracing technique of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). After HRP was applied to the vidian nerve, labelled neurons were found in the medulla oblongata and the geniculate ganglion but could not be found in the trigeminal ganglion. Labelled ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Azuma E,Asakura K,Kataura A

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00