abstract：:After initial treatment of severe laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS), we evaluated subsequent airway function. Five children between 2 and 11 years were treated previously for severe LTS by T-tube stenting. One case underwent subsequent laryngotracheal reconstruction. All patients demonstrated dyspnea, the severity of whi...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Froehlich P,Canterino I,So S,Morgon A

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis was performed on 103 pediatric patients, less than 5 years of age, undergoing tracheotomy at New York Hospital between 1980 and 1990. Charts were reviewed with respect to primary diagnosis, indication for tracheotomy, duration of the tracheotomy, complication rate and mortality rate. Approxima...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Ward RF,Jones J,Carew JF

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pediatric otolaryngologist has an especially important role in the differential diagnosis and treatment of two voice disorders; these are the voice quality problems (dysphony) and the resonance problems (rhinophony). The first step in the examination is to preclude the organic causes. The functional dysphonia is m...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Hirschberg J,Dejonckere PH,Hirano M,Mori K,Schultz-Coulon HJ,Vrticka K

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Click-evoked otoacoustic emissions (cEOAEs) were repeatedly recorded in an operational sample of 144 very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. A subgroup of 22 was composed of all those babies in which at least 4 recordings were successfully done. The mean birth weight of this group was 1040 g, and the mean duration of as...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： van Zanten BG,Kok MR,Brocaar MP,Sauer PJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical illness in children is affected by a variety of factors unique to pediatrics. They include a child's developmental level, family environment and the presence of premorbid behavior patterns. Therefore, pediatric care requires special considerations pertaining to the patient-physician relationship and the poten...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Chan KH,Martini R,Bradley WF,Stool SE

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 5-month period in 1991 four infants with choanal atresia or stenosis were born at one hospital. We therefore reviewed our experience of this condition during the past 6 years and compared the patients who presented before with the four clustered cases. No definite explanation has been ascertained for this clu...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Topley JM,Dawodu AH,Ammar MM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debate continues concerning proper management of peritonsillar abscess (PA). We studied 189 children (mean age, 9 years) admitted in our department during the last 7 years with the diagnosis of PA. Management consisted of incision and drainage (performed in 92.5% of the children without general anaesthesia) and antibi...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Apostolopoulos NJ,Nikolopoulos TP,Bairamis TN

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of profound hearing impairment by the age of 5, derived from a number of retrospective studies in the UK (population about 58 million; birth rate 14/1000), is estimated to be about 300 per annual birth cohort in the 1990s. This estimate includes 80 children who might be expected to acquire deafness in th...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Davis A,Fortnum H,O'Donoghue G

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of 38 children from Surabaya, Indonesia, who suffered from chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) was studied using strict microbiological methodology. A total of 106 isolates (49 anaerobic and 57 aerobic) were recovered. Aerobic organisms alone were isolated from 11 (29%), anae...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Brook I,Santosa G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the results of 100 temporalis fascia underlay myringoplasties in children between the ages of 2-17 years is presented. The follow-up period in this retrospective review was from 6 to 24 months. There was no statistically significant correlation between the age of patient, a history of previous ear surge...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Black JH,Hickey SA,Wormald PJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of sinusitis and middle ear effusions has frequently been attributed to the obstruction of the sinus ostia and/or eustachian tube. In the intensive care unit setting, edema caused by the irritation from nasogastric, nasotracheal and orotracheal tubes has been associated with this pathology and has been ...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Palmisano JM,Moler FW,Revesz SM,Custer JR,Koopmann C

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Otitis externa is a common symptom of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis, and occurs in half of all children with the disease. Previous treatment regima have been either unsuccessful, or associated with undesirable side-effects. This study describes the successful use of topical 20% nitrogen mustard ear drops in the manag...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Hadfield PJ,Birchall MA,Albert DM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Untreated congenital syphilis is a known cause of hearing loss. In order to ascertain if infants are at risk of hearing loss at birth, 75 neonates with serologic evidence of syphilis and APGAR scores greater than 9 at 5 min were examined by auditory brainstem response (ABR) audiometry. All of the infants had normal AB...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Gleich LL,Urbina M,Pincus RL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 1% of ears treated with straight Teflon tubes get permanent drum perforations after extrusion of the tubes, according to the literature. This paper reports the results of treatment of 20 ears in 17 children who underwent myringoplasty to repair such perforations at a mean age of 9.6 years and with a mean follow-...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Hydén D

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 165 children from a school for the deaf in Malaysia were screened to find out the prevalence of additional conductive hearing loss. Otological examination, tympanometry and pure tone audiometry were performed in all these children. Fifty-one children (30.9%) had additional conductive hearing loss. Middle ea...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Elango S,Htun YN,Raza H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstructive techniques for the stenotic pediatric airway have greatly enhanced the otolaryngologists ability to decannulate the tracheotomy-dependent child. Stents have played an important role in this process by both maintaining the reconstructed lumen and acting as a scaffold. However, decannulation is often not ...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Willner A,Gereau SA,Ruben RJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of posterior glottic stenosis resulting from impaired crico-arytenoid joint (CAJ) mobility in infants and children presents a perplexing and frequently unrewarding surgical dilemma; any improvement in the airway is almost invariably at the expense of the voice. Progress in this area has been hampered no...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Irving RM,Bailey CM,Evans JN

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has remained a controversial risk factor for otitis media in children. This study evaluates the association between exposure to ETS and recurrent acute otitis media (RAOM) in 85 cases and 85 age and gender matched controls under the age of 5 years. Cases and controls were ...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Stenstrom R,Bernard PA,Ben-Simhon H

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleft larynx is a rare congenital anomaly which is now being reported with increasing frequency. It is characterized by a midline posterior defect. Two children underwent laryngeal cleft repair by an anterior translaryngeal approach. Tracheotomy was avoided and closure of the anterior laryngofissure was carried out ov...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Froehlich P,Truy E,Stamm D,Morgon A,Floret D,Chappuis JP

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 3-month-old, prematurely born boy with auditory brainstem response (ABR), verified profound hearing loss and normal transitory evoked otoacoustic emission is presented. Isolated retrocochlear deafness which did not influence TEOAE is hypothesised as a possible cause. The critical evaluation of results wh...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Katona G,Büki B,Farkas Z,Pytel J,Simon-Nagy E,Hirschberg J

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old patient with a recurrent endodermal sinus tumor of the nasopharynx is presented. After the first attempt to surgically excise the tumor it recurred, causing upper airway obstruction within 2 months. Combined treatment with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy resulted in a disease-free survival of four ...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Sungur A,Ozbay G,Dogan A,Ozyilmaz F,Ataman M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue is rare in children and previously unreported as a second malignancy after survival of acute leukemia. Usual etiologic associations such as smoking and alcohol use are not commonly seen in this population, and exposure to immunosuppressive and antineoplastic agents including radia...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Morehead JM,Parsons DS,McMahon DP

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five cases of acute epiglottitis were diagnosed and treated at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia between 1985 and 1991. To evaluate the changing patterns of the disease over recent years, we compared the current results with those obtained from an earlier study reported at our institution in 1979. The over...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Kessler A,Wetmore RF,Marsh RR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital anomalies of the tongue are uncommon. Since de Jussieu first described lingual hypoplasia in 1719, fewer than 50 cases have been described. These are usually in association with the hypoglossia-hypodactylia syndrome. We present a case of a newborn with absent anterior tongue, a rudimentary posterior remnant...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Weingarten RT,Walner DL,Holinger LD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper evaluates reflectometry, or acoustic otoscopy, as an objective test for the mobility of intact tympanic membranes in Australian Aboriginal children, who are a population at high risk for otitis media. Reflectometry, pneumotoscopy and tympanometry were compared in 395 ears in 198 Aboriginal children living i...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Boswell JB,Nienhuys TG

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight central nervous system complications were noted in 39 pediatric patients with a primary oto-rhinological infection. The ages ranged from 1 to 15 years. Eleven patients (25%) had more than one complication. 12.8% of the cases died. Leptomeningitis was the most common intracranial complication (54%) Lateral ...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Kraus M,Tovi F

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper respiratory infections (URI) during the first years of life are mostly viral in origin. However, a number of observations suggest the influence of both predisposing and triggering factors. Atopy in particular seems to play an important role as do environmental factors. Many children with early symptoms such as b...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Porro E,Calamita P,Rana I,Montini L,Criscione S

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital rests of gastric epithelium have been reported in a variety of head and neck locations. Presenting symptoms of these lesions range from an asymptomatic cyst to one which is compromising the airway. The true diagnosis is rarely suspected prior to excision. A case of a gastric choristoma of the tongue is pres...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Burton DM,Kearns DB,Seid AB,Pransky SM,Billman G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 163 children were entered into a case-control study to determine whether any causal relationship exists between otitis media with effusion (OME) requiring grommet insertion and parental smoking. One hundred children with persistent OME formed the case group and 63 children with normal ears formed the contro...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Rowe-Jones JM,Brockbank MJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between the results of vestibular function tests and gross motor development was examined in 4 children with inner ear anomalies. CT scans demonstrated the absence of lateral semicircular canals in both ears in all 4 cases. None responded to caloric stimulation using 40 ml of icewater. In contrast, the da...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Tsuzuku T,Kaga K

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of referral of infants and children with tracheotomy to speech-language pathology (SLP) was studied through a retrospective review. Less than half (29/62) were referred to SLP with no difference by surgical service (otolaryngology vs pediatric surgery) or length of time with tracheotomy. Younger children w...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Arvedson JC,Brodsky L

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure of decannulation after paediatric tracheostomy, once the underlying disorder has resolved, is almost always due to peristomal complications. Granulation tissue formation in the raw tissue of the stoma and its subsequent fibrosis requires removal (50 of the 293 tracheostomies from the Red Cross War Memorial Chi...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Prescott CA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight hydrocephalic children (mean age 11.5 years; range 5.1-17.9) were examined on average 7.9 years after initial shunting. The etiology of the hydrocephalus was divided into 5 groups: perinatal intraventricular hemorrhage 14, congenital obstructive hydrocephalus 14, central nervous system infections 4, intra...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Löppönen H,Sorri M,Serlo W,von Wendt L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of neurogenic tumours of parapharyngeal space in children of 7 years old are presented. Difficulties during the diagnosis, investigations and management are discussed along with a review of the available literature. CAT scan with sialography, carotid angiography during surgery, angle mandibulectomy and liber...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Kumar A,Hazarika P,Kapadia RP

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Malaysia 1,307 randomly selected primary school children were screened to find out the prevalence of hearing loss and middle ear disorders. Seventy-six students (5.81%) failed the screening audiometric test. There were 95 students (7.26%) with middle ear disorders. History of ear discharge was absent in 24 out of 5...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Elango S,Purohit GN,Hashim M,Hilmi R

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different reasons for treatment failure or relapse of acute otitis media (AOM) have been suggested. In this study 38 children (8 treatment failures, 13 relapses of AOM within one month and 17 with a new AOM) were compared to 25 matching healthy children, regarding beta-lactamase producing bacteria and tolerance to pen...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Roos K,Lind L,Holm SE

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomised clinical trial of antiseptic nasal carrier cream (Naseptin) and silver nitrate cautery in the treatment of epistaxis in children was carried out. Fifty-four percent responded to cautery with silver nitrate and 50% to treatment with Naseptin antiseptic carrier cream. There were 24 patients in each group. N...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Ruddy J,Proops DW,Pearman K,Ruddy H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random sample of 2512 children were monitored to an average age of two years to determine the occurrence of acute otitis media (AOM). A life-table methodology was employed in the analysis. The cumulative incidence of the first episode of AOM up to 12 months of age was 42.4% (95% confidence interval 40.4-44.4) and th...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Alho OP,Koivu M,Sorri M,Rantakallio P

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nager's acrofacial dysostosis is a rare congenital anomaly in which mandibulofacial dysostosis is seen in combination with limb deformities, particularly hypoplasia of the radial aspect of the hand. A boy with a severe manifestation of this syndrome is presented. Deformities include severe bilateral mandibular hypopla...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Danziger I,Brodsky L,Perry R,Nusbaum S,Bernat J,Robinson L

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-seven children between the ages 3 and 10, undergoing tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, were randomly assigned to one of 3 groups. Therapeutic suggestions recited in English (n = 31), French (n = 19), or continuous white noise (n = 18) were repetitively administered by means of earphones in a double blind design. ...

journal_title：International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology

authors： Wood WE,Gibson W,Longo D

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00