abstract：:The occurrence, morphology, and ultrastructural changes in intercellular desmosomes in squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx was examined by electron miscroscopy. The number of desmosomes in laryngeal carcinomas was decreased as compared to normal epithelia. Structural alterations in the desmosomal components were als...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Schenk P

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with CSF-rhinorrhea following frontobasal skull and brain injury were treated with lumbar CSF drainage. Rhinorrhea was successfully stopped in one patient few hours after onset of the drainage while a pneumatocephalus developed in each of the remaining patients during the first post-trauma week. We beli...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Schmitt HE,de Preux J,Spoerri O

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) is of outstanding importance in the current diagnosis of mediastinal pathology. We have recently treated a patient who underwent laryngectomy and then experienced a septic temperature pattern during the postoperative period which was suspect of mediastinal abscess. A mediastinal CT was obtaine...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Wey W,Hasse J,Herwig W,Vock P

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:468 stapes operations have been performed at the ENT-Department of the University of Zurich between 1970 and 1978. In one half of the cases, a total or partial removal of the footplate with introduction of a wire connective tissue prosthesis has been used. In the other half, the operation consisted in a limited fenest...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Fisch U

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In conjunction with a competent medical history, the early diagnosis of acoustic neurinomas is based on the following clinical investigations: pure tone and speech audiometry, caloric testing for nystagmus, and Stenvers radiological examination of the petrous bone. In abnormal studies, audiometry consistently indicate...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Ott PM

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A short review of experiences in animal usage is made, and the first clinical experiences with the endolaryngeal application of the Neodymium: YAG laser MediLas in the treatment of benign vocal cord lesions are reported. The initial results are favourable, but final judgement of this microsurgical technique must be ba...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Karduck A,Blank M

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two patients described in the literature between 1947 and 1977, together with a personal one, with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea are presented. These 32 patients are assessed and the different aspects of their problems discussed. There is a striking female to male preponderance of 5:1. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Brüner M

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immediate operative reposition of traumatic eardrum perforations has been found to give better morphological results when compared with spontaneous healing. The operative technique and results of healing in 32 patients treated at the ENT Department, University Hospital, Zürich, are discussed. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Strebel P

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty nine elderly patients with osteochondrosis of the cervical spine and on whom carotid angiography had been performed were divided into two groups. In one 36 patients had vestibular symptoms whereas the other group of remaining patients was free of such symptoms. Comparison of both groups showed that vertigo (20 p...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Rieger P,Lischewski R,Sindermann F,Schurig E

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:44 patients with ischemic facial paralysis were studied and tomograms made of both petrous bones. An attempt was made to establish the normal averages of various portions of the internal auditory meatus (fundus, middle, porus) from frontal projections. In addition, a comparison of each portion of the internal auditory...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Draf W,Reck R,Schindler E

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expanding skull fracture with exceptional extension into the frontal sinus, the orbit and the ethmoidal cells is discussed. A 12 year old boy fell down the stairs at the age of 8 years and fractured his left frontal bone with extension to the base of the skull. He was seen because of a swelling of the scalp, an int...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Simon G,Zehm S

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to test the validity of preoperative Eustachian tube ventilation measurements in 107 patients with conductive deafness and chronic middle ear disease. By standard static aspiration and deflation tests and with the Valsalva probe correlations were found in some patients between tubal function and...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Spillmann T

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3 year old child with recurrent pneumococcal meningitis and a congenital cyst of the oval window is presented. An aqueous middle ear effusion was found and scintigraphy demonstrated a middle ear CSF leak. Surgical exploration revealed a cyst originating from the stapes footplate. The origin of this malformation is d...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Lahovary A

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous methods for testing directional hearing are described and a new directional hearing test with a modified artificial head recording system is demonstrated. The new method complies well with natural conditions and allows the possibility of testing different hearing losses. The results of testing in 110 non-exer...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Baschek V

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery of the maxillary sinus is one of the commonest in otorhinolaryngology. The classical Caldwell-Luc procedure however is not infrequently followed by infraorbital or some other facial neuralgia or discomfort. In 1976,246 patients were assessed for revision maxillary sinus surgery, and the symptomatology, clinica...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Thumfart W,Steiner W,Jaumann MP

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The osteoplastic frontal sinus operation permits the complete removal of sinus mucosa and, with blockage of the frontonasal duct, the reliable obliteration of the sinus cavity. Two patients, who had had several surgical procedures for recurrent frontal sinusitis, became symptom free after this procedure. After an inte...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Fleischer K

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of different vasodilating drugs on the perilymphatic oxygen content in the cat has been examined by means of the polarographic method. The drugs used such as Papaverin, Rheomacrodex, Ronicol, Praxilen and Lasix have had no significant effect on the oxygen concentration in the perilymph. Histamin, 7% Na2CO3 ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Yagi N,Fisch U

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality of esophageal voice and speech after laryngectomy depends on several factors. Negative influences are produced by irradiation, resection of the hyoid bone and radical neck dissection. The factors important in esophageal speech were analyzed, with consideration given to the functional morphology of the pseu...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Sopko J,Wey W,Faust H

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extremely flat nose is a handicap because of nasal airway obstruction, and its consequences, and cosmetic unsightliness. This problem which is rarely discussed in the literature is considered to be inherited. We feel that it is also traumatic in origin. Two patients are presented in whom trauma to the nose is know...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Staindl O

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When in low concentration (0.38%) in an ointment base neomycin within the middle ear does not damage the inner ear. Animal experiments show that doses 10 times greater do not damage the hair cells, but when in aqueous solution all hair cells are destroyed. Many years experience has confirmed that neomycin ointment pac...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Quante M,Strauss P

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The various techniques for aerosol therapy are described, as applied to inflammations of the upper and lower airways. Advances in treatment include dinatrium cromoglicicum and beclomethasone-dipropionate, with the latter medication improving results in patients with allergic reactions of the nasal and bronchial mucosa...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Bottke H,Krieger E

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical treatments of bilateral vocal cord paralysis are briefly described, and the various endoscopic excisions of the arytenoid are presented. For this latter surgery careful preoperative assessment is necessary. Problems related to the optimal time for surgery and to the surgical technique itself are discussed...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Münzel M,Lakatos I

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To facilitate the clinical understanding of Wegener's granulomatosis, the morphological changes involved are discussed. Such changes may be found in the entire respiratory tract or may be limited to either the upper or the lower respiratory tract with varying severity. When confronted with the nasopharyngeal course of...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Tute M

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is made of the difficulties of audiometric diagnosis resulting from inadequate anatomical, physiological and pathological knowledge of the auditory system and from discrepancies in audiometric technique. Even with a broad battery of tests there is in 20-40% of cases an inconsistent audiometric pattern, which ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Pirsig W

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity, specificity and stability of many enzymes decreases in ageing organisms. This fact is attributed to the accumulation of errors in protein biosynthesis. Due to its very active protein metabolism, the parotid gland is a suitable experimental model for the investigation of such age-dependent processes. By a...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Arglebe C,Chilla R

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusually long uvula as a cause of chronic throat irritation with the sensation of a foreign body in a 35-year old patient is reported, with symptoms relieved by partial resection of the uvula. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Martin G

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional hearing loss is defined as a syndrome in which audiologic responses are found lacking. Such phenomena are related to capacities of the auditory system which are not fully understood (and include constant functional threshold levels as well as decreasing functional overlay with steeper discrimination scores)...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Kumpf W

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total extirpation of thyroglossal duct remnants with resection of the mid hyoid bone is reported as the only method for successful surgical therapy. Convoluted ducts of cysts and fistulae must be dissected to the base of the tongue and excised. As our cases demonstrate, recurrences will be avoided and revision sur...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Rommelfanger KW,Jatho K

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to control severe bleeding in the nose and nasopharynx, a pneumatic nasal tamponade has been devised. The tube is available in three sizes, and can be easily introduced into the nasal cavity to sufficiently block bleeding areas. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Masing H

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligation of the physician to inform the patient--which he has to prove in case of a suit--is based on the patient's right of self-determination. This self-decision information was subject of the panel discussion. Not discussed in detail were the information concerning diagnosis and prognosis, and the instruction...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Becker W,Deutsch E,Knappen FJ,Nüssgens K

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hazards of infection by bacterial airborne dispersal secondary to drilling bone in the surgical treatment of infection of the air spaces of the skull were assessed experimentally. This included estimation of the furthest distance that the cooling fluid, using coloured water, and the bone chips of a dry petrous tem...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Paulsen K

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granuloma gangraenescens is placed between Wegener's granulomatosis and reticulum cell sarcoma. It is very difficult to diagnose due to absence of early symptoms as in this reported case, which was diagnosed histologically and which temporally responded to steroids and Imurek. Change histologically to a reticulum cell...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Hoffmann P,Nickol HJ

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four essential points exist in the use of narcosis for surgery of the middle ear: 1. In addition to local anesthesia, any method of narcosis for anesthesia with endotracheal intubation is suitable for surgery. 2. Surgical procedures utilizing the operating microscope make immobility of the patient mandatory. 3. Establ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Rheindorf P

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile and hormonal dysphonias are classified according to organic and functional etiologies. The clinical characteristics of each are described by emphasizing differential diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Pascher W,Johannsen HS

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of successful surgical treatment of facial spasm by seventh nerve decompression is reported in a female patient who failed to improve by usual methods of treatment. Prior to surgery, tomography of the facial canal was obtained, and revealed an osseous spine involving the posterior wall of the canal. During surg...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Krmpotić-Nemanić J,Gjurin B,Pegan B Jr

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:11 children (13 ears) have been operated upon for otosclerosis. In ten cases the stapes footplate was found totally fixed, with histological verification of the diagnosis of otosclerosis. Conservative surgery of the oval window was possible in only four cases. All other patients required total removal of staples or fo...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Meurman OH

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of autism or autistic traits always necessitates exclusion of a primary or secondary speech or hearing disorder. The following findings are based on experience gained from 12 children with the diagnosis of early infantile autism. If an acoustic or speaking disorder is caused by brain damage, it will incr...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Böhme G

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of alpha-amylase and electrolytes by the parotid gland is now well understood and similarities exist in this respect between man and animals. Many modern drugs influence parotid secretion and morphology, and these are discussed. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Chilla R,Arold R

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cricothyroid muscle is important to the singing voice, in the male in the chest and falsetto registers and in the female in the head register, assisting in production of the highest notes. In speech its contraction only occurs during high pitched speech. It serves as an additional tensor of the vocal cord. ...

journal_title：HNO

authors： van Deinse JB,Frateur L

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The applicability of a newly developed fundamental frequency analyzer to diagnosis in phoniatrics is reviewed. During routine voice examination, the analyzer allows a quick and accurate measurement of fundamental frequency and sound level of the speaking voice, and of vocal range and maximum phonation time. By computi...

journal_title：HNO

authors： Schultz-Coulon HJ

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00