Acute hearing loss in patients with hematological disorders.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common type of peripheral vertigo. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the Semont maneuver (SM) for BPPV treatment, compared with other methods. METHODS:Studies were selected in relevant databases under pre-defined criteria up to June 2015. The...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Zhang X,Qian X,Lu L,Chen J,Liu J,Lin C,Gao X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large American family has been mapped to the DFNA2 locus. However, mutation screening of CX31 and KCNQ4, the two genes associated with deafness at this locus, did not identify any mutations. The purpose of this report was to characterize the otologic and audiometric phenotype of this large American family with non-s...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Stern RE,Lalwani AK

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:SOD1 is an important gene related to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), and its effect is dependent on noise exposure levels. OBJECTIVES:To test whether the polymorphisms in the CuZn-superoxide dismutase gene (SOD1) are associated with susceptibility to NIHL in the Chinese population. METHODS:Audiometric d...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Liu YM,Li XD,Guo X,Liu B,Lin AH,Rao SQ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of fibronectin (FN) in operative specimens of maxillary sinus mucosa from 35 patients with chronic sinusitis was examined immunohistochemically. Mouse monoclonal antibody to human FN was used for the peroxidase-antiperoxidase staining technique. FN was found in most of the serous cells and in some (ab...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ito O,Suzaki H,Nomura Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of electromagnetic interference between a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) and a cellular phone. A 54-year-old women was successfully treated for severe mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss with a BAHA. Five years after implantation, the patient experienced a sudden feeling of dizziness, ac...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kompis M,Negri S,Häusler R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On-line measurement of ME gas composition in normal middle ears of 5 anesthetized guinea pigs at an established steady state was performed by mass spectrometry. The mean values for the gas composition of the middle ear were found to be: PN2: 82.4%, PO2: 7.6% and PCO2: 10.0%. This composition is very different from tha...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Sadé J,Luntz M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Mean incudostapedial joint (ISJ) angulation of atretic ears was statistically wider than ISJ angulation of non-atretic ears. Postoperative hearing results in the narrow tympanoplasty type II (T2) subgroup were better than those in the wide T2 subgroup. In cases of abnormally wide ISJ angulation, we recommend...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kim DW,Lee JH,Song JJ,Chang H,Choi YS,Jang JH,Kim JH,Oh SH,Chang SO

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen patients with intracranial skull base tumours diagnosed at CT or MR as neuromas or meningiomas were studied with positron emission tomography (PET) using L-(methyl-11C) methionine. Compared with normal cerebellar tissue, the uptake of methionine in the tumours increased more rapidly and reached a higher level...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Nyberg G,Bergström M,Enblad P,Lilja A,Muhr C,Långström B

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations of Hallpike (1967) suggested that the neural mechanism responsible for positional nystagmus of central type, the direction-changing type of Nylén, was dependent upon derangement of compensatory eye reflexes subserved by neck proprioceptors and/or otolith organs in the presence of damage to the medial vest...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Dix MR

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the different patterns of expression of integrins and extracellular matrix proteins in normal and transformed mucosa in laryngeal and oropharyngeal carcinomas. Samples from each tumor group were sectioned and examined by immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antibodies raised against integrin chain...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ricci E,Cavalot AL,Sanvito F,Bussi M,Albera R,Staffieri A,Cortesina G,Marchisio PC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed in order to determine the immunohistochemical expression and distribution pattern as well as the electrophysiological actions of substance P in human vestibular ganglion cells. Substance P-like immunostaining was mainly found in the cytoplasm of small vestibular ganglion cells. In contrast, ne...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Felix H,Schickinger B,Felix D

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) for skull base tumors showed a good prognosis in sinonasal quality of life (QOL), what factors have influence on QOL is still in question. Aim/Objectives: To investigate the recovery of sinonasal QOL after EEA for anterior skull base tumors and find its prognostic...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ahn JC,Cho SW,Kim DK,Han DH,Kim DY,Rhee CS,Lee CH,Kim YH,Paek SH,Won TB

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucormycosis is a rare acute fatal fungal infection. It is typically observed in diabetic or immunocompromised patients but not in systemically healthy individuals. Here, we describe an unusual mucormycosis case in an immunocompetent patient who had clinical signs of a maxillary sinusitis and associated osteomyelitis ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Deboni MC,Pozzani VR,Lisboa T,Hiraki K,Viplich R,Naclério-Homem MG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Explants of stria vascularis and spiral ligament of guinea pig cochlea were kept in primary culture. On the explant, proliferating marginal cells advanced by 15 microns/day, suggesting that in vivo defects of the strial epithelium can be covered by new marginal cells. The marginal cells growing in the cell culture dis...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Melichar I,Gitter AH

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Computed tomography (CT) in nasal polyposis (NP) patients has three functions before any treatment. CT provides objective evidence of the disease and precise topography of the disease, and is an indicator of the disease severity. After functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), CT is an indicator of the res...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Bonfils P,Tavernier L,Abdel Rahman H,Mimoun M,Malinvaud D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) were examined during sinusoidal passive head rotation in the dark at 1/6 Hz, in 9 normal subjects and 14 unilateral vestibular patients. Rotation speeds ranged from 90 to 180 degrees/s. The bias (offset of slow-phase velocity from zero) and gain in the VOR were estim...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Katsarkas A,Galiana HL,Smith HL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The amendments made to pre-existing transcanal approaches limit the possibility of extrusion of the electrode and reduce the time of 'blind' surgery. OBJECTIVE:Alternative techniques to classic mastoidectomy and posterior tympanotomy for cochlear implantation have already been described but their main drawb...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Guevara N,Bailleux S,Santini J,Castillo L,Gahide I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The palatal implant method originally designed to reduce snoring can significantly reduce the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) in some patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a single office-based procedure. OBJECTIVE:An initial study designed to evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Goessler UR,Hein G,Verse T,Stuck BA,Hormann K,Maurer JT

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:The risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) detection in head and neck cancer patients are the duration of hospitalization, intravenous hyperalimentation, prior antibiotic use, and the coexistence of other pathogens. OBJECTIVES:To shed light on the clinical characteristics of MR...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Shiomori T,Miyamoto H,Udaka T,Okochi J,Hiraki N,Hohchi N,Hashida K,Fujimura T,Kitamura T,Nagatani G,Ohbuchi T,Suzuki H

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histology, histogenesis, biology and treatment of the rare spindle cell carcinoma of the larynx are presented. The histogenesis of spindle cell tumours has been much debated, but electron microscopic investigations have shown that most of the laryngeal lesions are squamous epithelial carcinomas that have undergone tra...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Katholm M,Krogdahl A,Hainau B,Bretlau P

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess paranasal sinus material histopathologically for the presence of fungus. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Paraffin-embedded archival biopsy samples of patients who underwent endonasal sinus surgery between 1992 and 2002 were retrospectively assessed for the presence of fungi. Hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Erkiliç S,Aydin A,Bayazit YA,Güldür E,Deniz H,Bayazit N,Ozer E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory disease of the nose and the paranasal sinuses, often associated with an infection by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Disturbance in the function of ion channels is regarded as an etiological factor for pathogenesis of CRS. Aims: The study aims to measure t...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Saber A,Nakka SS,Hussain R,Hugosson S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the postoperative conditions of ears and the hearing acuity of patients who underwent posterior canal wall reconstruction tympanoplasty for operated ears with open mastoid. The study included 118 ears of 105 patients (57 males, 48 females; age range 5-75 years) and the patients were followed for > 1 ye...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Sasaki Y,Iino Y,Suzuki J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vestibular and optokinetic responses of a group of white cats were evaluated and compared with the responses from a control group of pigmented animals. The results indicate that in all cases the white cats exhibited varying degrees of vestibular and/or optokinetic dysfunction, which in some animals varied from tes...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Waldorf RA,Polsinelli DJ,Knister JR,Kohut RI

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present morphological study was designed to investigate the expression of HLA class II subregion gene products on human trachea. Frozen sections from the tracheas of 20 cadavers not suffering from ear, nose or throat diseases were studied immunohistochemically using monoclonal antibodies which recognize monomorphi...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Bujia J,Wilmes E,Hammer C,Kastenbauer E

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Chemosensory event-related potentials (CSERPs) were identified in all measurements using the 20 s and the 10 s inter-stimulus interval (ISI) protocol, reducing the recording time to 75% or 57% compared with the standard protocol. A possible explanation for the rising CSERP amplitudes by shortening the ISI in...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kassab A,Schaub F,Vent J,Hüttenbrink KB,Damm M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maculae sacculi and utriculi of the chinchilla vestibular labyrinth have been studied by freeze-fracture method. In the replicas extensive zonulae occludentes have been found between sensory and supporting cells at the endolymphatic surface. Gap junctions are located between the supporting cells. Some intramembran...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Laciano L,Franke K,Iurato S,Reale E

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous paper we demonstrated physiologically a sensitive period for acoustic trauma in the rat pup cochlea, with a maximum at 22 days of age. Seven or 60 days after noise exposure these 22-day exposed rats were used for light and electron microscopy. At 7 days, surface preparation revealed restricted damage to ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Lenoir M,Pujol R

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:This study revealed that endolymphatic hydrops (EH) reduced in some cases with Ménière's disease (MD) treated conservatively. It appears that the EH reduction was associated with improvement of the clinical symptoms. OBJECTIVES:The relationship between the degree of EH and clinical symptoms is not clear at ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Suga K,Kato M,Yoshida T,Nishio N,Nakada T,Sugiura S,Otake H,Kato K,Teranishi M,Sone M,Naganawa S,Nakashima T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endolymphatic sac decompression has shown limited success for the treatment of Ménière's disease (MD). We have published a novel technique with very promising results for the treatment of refractory MD: the Endolymphatic Duct Blockage (EDB) with two titanium clips. One of the challenges of this technique was...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Saliba I,Asmar MH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00