Heterotransplantation of human head and neck tumours into nude mice.

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：:The treatment of acute otitis media was studied in 158 children. All children (mean age 4 years) received penicillin orally 80 000--100 000 IU per day for 10 days. Myringotomy was performed on 68 children at the time of the diagnosis. The other 90 children were treated with penicillin and ear drops. The bacteriologica...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Puhakka H,Virolainen E,Aantaa E,Tuohimaa P,Eskola J,Ruuskanen O

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In order to facilitate surgery for spasmodic dysphonia, i.e. type 2 thyroplasty, a device was designed to fix the incised edges of the thyroid cartilage firmly. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Various types and sizes of titanium bridge were developed for clinical use. RESULTS:The results of surgery for spasmodic dysph...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Isshiki N,Yamamoto I,Fukagai S

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：CONCLUSIONS:The intra-tumoral cytokines IL-6, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and tumour necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) stimulate oral cancer cells to enhanced secretion of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 and -9. These results contribute to an understanding of the extracellular events necessary for tumour progression. OBJE...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Sundelin K,Roberg K,Grénman R,Håkansson L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchronous benign and malignant tumors in the ipsilateral salivary glands are extremely rare. We report a unique case of synchronous unilateral parotid tumors in a 71-year-old man. The main parotid lesion was preoperatively suggested to be adenocarcinoma by fine needle aspiration cytology. A coexisting Warthin's tumo...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Roh JL,Kim JM,Park CI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose-effect curves for inhibition of growth of P388/P mouse lymphoma cells by ethacrynic acid and kanamycin used alone and in combination were determined in vitro. Ethacrynic acid was 600 times more potent than kanamycin and combinations of the drugs resulted in overall additive effects. These results were compared wi...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Fox KE,Brummett RE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human temporal bone specimens the vibrations of the labyrinthine fluid were measured by a piezoelectric system after application of various techniques of otosclerosis surgery. Compared with the amplitude in the case of a normal stapes, the surgical techniques according to Zangemeister, Shea and Schuknect resulted i...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Cancura W

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of obstructed nasal passages was investigated in l4 patients with allergic rhinitis. Disordered breathing in sleep was found in all patients in the form of periodic breathing, and hypopneic and hyperpneic episodes, associated with characteristic "microarousals' from sleep. Patients had an average of 50 "...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Lavie P,Gertner R,Zomer J,Podoshin L

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the outcome of unilateral stapes surgery in one patient group with bilateral hearing loss and one group with unilateral hearing loss. The patients' own estimations of improvement in hearing ability and the occurrence of other ear-related symptoms were examined retrospectively...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Lundman L,Mendel L,Bagger-Sjöbäck D,Rosenhall U

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaze functions under high-frequency head oscillations with large amplitudes were investigated in 12 normal subjects. Oscillation amplitude decreased as the frequency increased (31 degrees at 2 Hz to 11 degrees at 5 Hz on average). Maximum head velocity and acceleration were 170-200 degrees/s and 2,500-5,000 degrees/s2...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takahashi M,Akiyama I,Tsujita N

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Extensive bone erosion correlated with a worse prognosis of the squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the temporal bone but extensive soft tissue involvement did not correlate with prognosis in this study. Resectability of the tumor seems to be major prognostic factor of temporal bone SCC. OBJECTIVE:Prognostic f...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ito M,Hatano M,Yoshizaki T

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six profoundly deaf patients were studied with mapping evoked potentials (MEP) using an acoustic signal passed through the vibrotactile prosthesis. This stimulus produced an activation of the central sulcus brain cortex. When the proSthesis was placed in the presenternal area it showed N1 P1 potentials with higher vol...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Suárez H,Cibils D,Caffa C,Silveira A,Basalo S,Svirsky M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Temperature-controlled radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction (RFVTR) is a minimally invasive technique used in the treatment of the tongue base, soft palate and turbinates. Complications seem to be rare, but the scope of previous studies was often limited by the small number of patients included. The aim...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Stuck BA,Starzak K,Verse T,Hörmann K,Maurer JT

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：: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:In patients with early glottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) submitted to CO2 laser endoscopic resection, local disease recurrence was significantly correlated with the presence of positive additional surgical margins on permanent sections. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the rate of cancer recurrence in patients wi...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Crespo AN,Chone CT,Gripp FM,Spina AL,Altemani A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the outcome of pediatric tracheostomy and identify predictive factors for successful decannulation. METHODS:We performed a retrospective chart review of a series of 42 consecutive patients of less than 24 months of age who underwent a tracheostomy between 2012 and 2015. RESULTS:Successful de...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takahashi N,Takano K,Mitsuzawa H,Kurose M,Himi T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of diclofenac suppositories was estimated in a two-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled study comprising 97 patients (47 in the diclofenac group and 50 in the placebo group). The series from the two centres and patients in the two treatment groups were comparable. Immediately postoperatively, the pati...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Dommerby H,Rasmussen OR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Usage of the Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) with round window (RW)-Coupler placement at the RW has been shown to successfully treat mixed hearing loss. Coupling between the VSB's floating mass transducer (FMT) and the RW membrane is difficult in the case of sclerosis in the RW and drilling down the bony lip unti...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Iwasaki S,Suzuki H,Moteki H,Miyagawa M,Takumi Y,Usami S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a large animal model for studies of laryngeal abductor reinnervation. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Six minipigs underwent unilateral anastomosis of the phrenic nerve-abductor branch of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN). Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) conduits were used for repair. At each of 30, 60 and 120 d...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Birchall M,Idowu B,Murison P,Jones A,Burt R,Ayling S,Stokes C,Pope L,Terenghi G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid base balance changes were observed during 72 h following bilateral nasal obstruction in rats. Mouth breathing caused acute respiratory acidosis and marked aerophagia, leading to spontaneous death of the experimental animal 80 to 90 h postoperatively. Stenotic oropharyngeal airway, due to palatal-epiglottic approx...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kalogjera L,Pegan B,Petric V

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasal polyps is a chronic inflammatory disease of the upper airway characterized by structural abnormalities including stromal fibrosis. Fibroblasts are a rich source of cytokines and inflammatory mediators and are thought to play an important role in the development of fibrosis. In addition, there is considerable evi...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Nonaka M,Pawankar R,Saji F,Yagi T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that GABA acts as the excitatory neurotransmitter at synapses between vestibular hair cells and the afferent fibres in the mammalian labyrinth. The question arose as to whether certain vestibular dysfunctions such as labyrinthine vertigo could be treated in patients by influencing the peripheral GABA...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ehrenberger K,Benkoe E,Felix D

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The development of hearing and plasticity of brain after cochlear implantation (CI) for prelingually deaf children with white matter changes (group A) is unclear.Objective: To investigate the development of hearing for children in group A during 1 year after CI activation, compared with non-complicated pee...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Shen M,Li Y,Long M,Wang L,Liang W,Chen Z,Ma Y,Guo Y,Bi Q,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Use of the Meniett pressure generator in patients with active Ménière's disease (MD) did not affect labyrinthine function. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether application of the Meniett pressure generator in patients with active MD significantly affects their labyrinthine function. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We mea...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Stokroos R,Olvink MK,Hendrice N,Kingma H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to compare the radiologic findings with histological results of anatomically matched whole organ sections and to analyze the accuracy of pretherapeutic radiologic staging of glottic cancers. METHODS:The histologic findings of surgical specimens of 30 patients who had undergone tota...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Lim JY,Park IS,Park SW,Kim JW,Kim YM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular calcium concentrations ([Ca2+]i) in type I cochlear spiral ganglion cells (SGCs) of the guinea pig were measured by digital imaging microscopy and the Ca(2+)-sensitive dye Fura-2. Extracellular ATP induced elevation of [Ca2+]i in type I SGCs in a concentration-dependent manner. The ATP-induced elevation ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Cho H,Harada N,Yamashita T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Lermoyez syndrome (LS) is a rare auditory disorder, the details of LS remain unclear.Objectives: To investigate the grades of endolymphatic hydrops (ELH) and clinical characteristics of clinically diagnosed LS.Material and methods: Nine patients with clinically diagnosed LS were included. three-dimensional...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Zhou F,Shi S,Wang D,Guo P,Wang W

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), one of the most important angiogenic factors, and microvessel density (MVD) were assessed in laryngeal carcinomas by means of immunohistochemistry. Correlation of VEGF with MVD and clinical parameters (T stage, N stage, histological grading, survival, recu...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Neuchrist C,Quint C,Pammer A,Burian M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00