Effects of sustained acceleration on the morphological properties of otoconia in hamsters.

abstract：CONCLUSION:The existence of patients with positive non-sentinel node indicates a risk of misdiagnosis of metastasis in oropharyngeal and oral cancer. OBJECTIVES:We attempted to confirm the usefulness of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancer to detect clinically occult metastases. P...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Santaolalla F,Sanchez JM,Ereño C,Gonzalez A,Rodriguez ML,Sanchez A,Martinez A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The prognosis of the clinically positive neck in temporal bone squamous cell carcinoma is bad and failures never occur in the neck but at the site of the primary. A clinically positive neck at presentation is a sign of aggressiveness of the primary and, in such cases, therapeutic neck dissection is to be per...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Zanoletti E,Danesi G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:A large series confirmation may suggest elective neck dissection in cN0 MASPIN-negative oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). Re-activated nuclear MASPIN in association with anti-angiogenic or cytotoxic drugs may be extremely effective in the treatment of laryngeal SCC. OBJECTIVES:MASPIN is a serpin showin...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Marioni G,Staffieri C,Staffieri A,De Filippis C,Blandamura S

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:A total of 33 consecutively operated aural cholesteatomas were analysed with regard to preoperative findings and correlated with the morphology of the cholesteatoma tissue. Patients were found in all age groups, 9/33 of the patients were operated at an age below 15 years. A persistent ear discharge had occurred in all...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Anniko M,Mendel L

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Our findings suggest that there exists a Na(+) transport system in the cochlea consisting of SGK1, Nedd4 isoforms and ENaC, which may work in concert to transport Na(+) and to maintain homeostasis in the inner ear as they do in other tight epithelia. OBJECTIVES:It has been well demonstrated that the epithel...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Zhong SX,Liu ZH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no single technique for reconstruction of the canal wall following radical mastoidectomy. Autograft tissues may be unsuitable because of resorption and limited availability. An ideal foreign implant material should be bone-like in quality, non-ototoxic, readily available and malleable. Plaster of Paris, a deg...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Högset O,Bredberg G

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantitatively analyze modifications of the paratubal muscles in developing Wistar rats following nasal obstruction. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Twenty-four Wistar rats were used. Twelve were examined at 6, 8 and 12 weeks after birth and were considered normal controls. The nostrils of the remaining 12 rats were...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Scarano E,Fetoni AR,Picciotti P,Cadoni G,Galli J,Paludetti G

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：: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：CONCLUSION:Cochlear implantation (CI) for Japanese single-sided deafness patients resulted in improved speech perception, increased sound localization accuracy, and reduced tinnitus handicap. OBJECTIVES:This study reports results for five adult SSD cases with CI, focusing on the benefits they obtained in terms of spee...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Kitoh R,Moteki H,Nishio S,Shinden S,Kanzaki S,Iwasaki S,Ogawa K,Usami S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head and neck surgeons hesitate to resect the carotid artery because of the postoperative risk of neurologic sequelae. However, there is no curative therapeutic option for head and neck neoplasms involving the carotid artery, with the exception of complete tumor removal. To evaluate the benefits and risks of carotid r...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Muhm M,Grasl MCh,Burian M,Exadaktylos A,Staudacher M,Polterauer P

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undifferentiated giant and spindle cell carcinoma is an unusual and high-grade malignant type of cancer of the thyroid. The results of surgical and/or radiotherapeutic treatment have been discouraging. Only a few patients respond to therapy, usually for a short time. Recently, a few reports have been published on the ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Andersson T,Biörklund A,Landberg T,Akerman M,Aspegren K,Ingemansson S

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of artifactual morphological changes was investigated in human eighth nerve biopsies and corresponding changes were brought about in biopsies from rats by mechanical handling before fixation. At the very site of compression by a pair of forceps the biopsy stained lighter than in its immediate surroundin...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Collan Y,Ylikoski J,Palva T,Selamaa R

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The approach described in this paper may be helpful in establishing an early-warning, evidence-based mechanism for diagnosing vertigo, which can be utilized in medical education to reduce medical uncertainty. OBJECTIVE:To use an evidence-based medicine approach to evaluate the probability of having vertigo ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Yuan BC,Tzeng HM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Compared with normal-weight individuals, obese young adults exhibited a significantly higher taste threshold for salty taste. Smoking also affected taste functions in this population. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in taste detection thresholds between normal-weight and o...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Park DC,Yeo JH,Ryu IY,Kim SH,Jung J,Yeo SG

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the outcome of surgically managed laryngeal carcinoma patients attending an outpatient clinic over a 5-year period. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This was an analytical, retrospective, cross-sectional study. A total of 36 laryngeal carcinoma patients who were managed surgically with or without radiothe...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Baskota DK,Prasad R,Sinha BK,Amatya RC,Bhattarai H,Guragain RP

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DBA/2 strain of mice have genetically induced vestibular dysfunction that presents grossly at an early age as circling behavior and abnormal righting reflexes. The vestibular morphology of this strain has not previously been examined. DBA/2 mice of different ages that showed circling behavior were sacrificed and t...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Bloom D,Hultcrantz M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell proliferation in the endolymphatic sac (ES) after immunostimulation was assessed immunohistochemically. Guinea pigs were employed as experimental animals and keyhole limpet hemocyanin was used as the antigen. After i.p. injection of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdUrd), the BrdUrd+ cells were counted to assess the nu...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Takahashi M,Tomiyama S

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) is a common characteristic of epidermoid tumors and its expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma biopsies and cell lines has been reported previously by several authors. With the aim to provide more structural and functional details about the protei...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Bujía J,Wustrow TP

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The outcomes of extended subtotal facial nerve decompression via the transmastoid approach were good for facial palsy after temporal bone fracture (TBF). Surgical decompression should be carried out as soon as possible within 8 weeks after trauma. OBJECTIVE:To present outcomes of facial palsy after TBF via ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Liu Y,Liu S,Li J,Chen X,Sun J,Li Y

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:Endoscopic surgery improved facial pain/headache and physical-psychosocial impacts in patients with nasal polyposis. However, one fifth of patients still experienced residual pain after surgery, requiring neurologic counseling to look for the non-sinonasal cause of their symptoms. OBJECTIVE:Considering the ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Nguyen DT,Felix-Ravelo M,Arous F,Nguyen-Thi PL,Jankowski R

更新日期：2015-01-01 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 report shows the changes that occurred in consecutive audiograms of a patient who underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer and the histopathological examination of the temporal bones. Both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss developed, but followed different modes of progression. In...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Asenov DR,Kaga K,Tsuzuku T

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：CONCLUSION:The incidence of new cases of Meniere's disease (MD) in elderly patients aged 60 years or more was found to have increased over time after correction for age distribution in the overall population. Job- and care-related fatigue may be involved in the recent increase in elderly-onset cases because physical an...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Shojaku H,Watanabe Y,Yagi T,Takahashi M,Takeda T,Ikezono T,Ito J,Kubo T,Suzuki M,Takumida M,Takeda N,Furuya N,Yamashita H,Peripheral Vestibular Disorder Research Committee of Japan.

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial Thermal Vestibulometry with the application of increasing caloric stimuli (corresponding to decreasing temperature of water at successive irrigration of the ears) was performed on normal subjects and patients with lesions in the central nervous system involving the statoacoustic subsystem. The normal values and...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Ghosh P,Kacker SK

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascularization between vestibular schwannomas and the adjacent eighth cranial nerve was examined in order to elucidate the angiogenic effect of these tumours. Specimens from 12 patients were examined by light microscopy and immunohistochemistry (series 1), while specimens from another 17 patients were examined by lig...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Matsunaga T,Kanzaki J,Hosoda Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using primary cultures of marginal cells of stria vascularis from guinea pig and gerbil, ionic channels located on the luminal membrane were investigated by means of patch clamp technique. Recordings were performed in cell-attached and inside-out configurations. In cell-attached configuration, single channel activity ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Liu DS,Achouche J,Wu AH,Trotier D,Tran Ba Huy P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSION:The results of this study give support to the theory that opening the middle ear (ME) to the atmosphere leads to a deterioration in its pressure regulation capacity. However, this is probably not the reason why a perforation of the tympanic membrane becomes chronic. OBJECTIVE:Direct, continuous measurement ...

journal_title：Acta oto-laryngologica

authors： Brattmo M,Tideholm B,Carlborg B

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00