Tjerk Winus Aukema , Ivo Joachim Kruyt , Myrthe Karianne Sophie Hol
{"title":"Comment on “Skin and soft tissue complications of bone-anchored hearing aids: Introducing a new classification system”","authors":"Tjerk Winus Aukema , Ivo Joachim Kruyt , Myrthe Karianne Sophie Hol","doi":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.09.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otorri.2023.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7019,"journal":{"name":"Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140041976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endoscopic ablation for glottic cancer in a patient with temporomandibular joint ankylosis","authors":"Petru Gurău , Eusebiu Sencu , Sergiu Vetricean","doi":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.04.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otorri.2023.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7019,"journal":{"name":"Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139473495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Manuel Morales-Puebla , Mireya Fernández-Fournier , Antoni Plana-Blanco , Luis Lassaletta
{"title":"Variations in the treatment of acute peripheral facial paralysis. A nationwide survey","authors":"José Manuel Morales-Puebla , Mireya Fernández-Fournier , Antoni Plana-Blanco , Luis Lassaletta","doi":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.05.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otorri.2023.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Acute peripheral facial paralysis may be diagnosed and treated by different specialists.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p><span>The aim of this study was to explore the variability in the treatment of Bell’s palsy (BP) and </span>Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (RHS) among different medical specialties.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p><span>An anonymous nationwide online survey was distributed among the Spanish Societies of Otorhinolaryngology<span> (ORL), Neurology (NRL) and Family and </span></span>Community Medicine (GP).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>1039 responses were obtained. 98% agreed on using corticosteroids, ORL using higher doses than NRL and GP. Among all, only 13% prescribed antivirals in BP routinely, while 31% prescribed them occasionally. The percentage of specialists not using antivirals for RHS was 5% of ORL, 11% of NRL, and 23% of GP (GP vs. NRL p = 0.001; GP vs. ORL p < 0.0001; NRL vs. ORL p = 0,002). 99% recommended eye care. Exercises as chewing gum or blowing balloons were prescribed by 45% of the participants with statistically significant differences among the three specialties (GP vs. NRL p = 0.021; GP vs. ORL p < 0.0001; NRL vs. ORL p = 0.002).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>There is general agreement in the use of corticosteroids and recommending eye care as part of the treatment of acute peripheral facial paralysis. Yet, there are discrepancies in corticosteroids dosage, use of antivirals and recommendation of facial exercises among specialties.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7019,"journal":{"name":"Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139473470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xavier León , Eduard Neumann , Anna Holgado , Rosselin Vásquez , Albert Pujol , Miquel Quer
{"title":"Resultados oncológicos del tratamiento de rescate en pacientes con carcinomas de orofaringe tratados con radioterapia","authors":"Xavier León , Eduard Neumann , Anna Holgado , Rosselin Vásquez , Albert Pujol , Miquel Quer","doi":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To evaluate the possibilities of salvage after local recurrence in patients with oropharyngeal carcinomas treated with radiotherapy, and to analyze the prognostic factors related to the final control of the disease.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Retrospective study of 596 patients with oropharyngeal carcinoma treated with radiotherapy during the period 1991–2018.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>One hundred and eighty-one patients (30.4%) had a local recurrence. Of the patients with a local recurrence, 51 (28.2%) were treated with salvage surgery. Variables that were associated with the patient not receiving salvage surgery were age greater than 75 years, tumor location in the posterior hypopharyngeal wall, an initial tumor extent cT4, and a recurrence-free interval of less than 6 months. Five-year specific survival of patients treated with salvage surgery was 19.1% (95% CI: 7.3%–30.9%). Variables that were related to specific survival were extent of recurrence and status of resection margins. Final tumor control was not achieved in any of the patients with extensive recurrence (rpT3-4, <em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->25) or positive resection margins (<em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->22).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Patients with oropharyngeal carcinomas treated with radiotherapy with local tumor recurrence have a limited prognosis. Most patients (71.8%) were not considered candidates for salvage surgery. The 5-year specific survival of patients treated with salvage surgery was 19.1%.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7019,"journal":{"name":"Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55034425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clara Espina González , Antonio Morant Ventura , Ignacio Pla Gil , María Aragonés Redó , Tomás Pérez Carbonell , Jaime Marco Algarra
{"title":"Variación de la impedancia eléctrica a lo largo de cinco años postimplantación y relación con el umbral de confort máximo (MCL) en adultos portadores de implante coclear","authors":"Clara Espina González , Antonio Morant Ventura , Ignacio Pla Gil , María Aragonés Redó , Tomás Pérez Carbonell , Jaime Marco Algarra","doi":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.04.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.04.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The maximum comfort level (MCL), threshold level (THR) and electrical impedance change in the postoperative period of the cochlear implant for months until they stabilize. The objective of this article is to establish the variation during 5 post-surgical years of impedance, and its relationship with MCL in unilaterally implanted adults.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Retrospective study over 5 years, with 78 adult patients implanted with MED-EL in a tertiary hospital from the year 2000 to 2015. The variation in impedance, MCL and the relationship between them were analyzed in basal (9-12), medial (5-8) and apical electrodes (1-4), performing an inferential ANOVA analysis of repeated measures with comparisons between consecutive times, corrected with Bonferroni criteria.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>33 men (42.3%) and 45 women (57.7%), with a mean age of 52.7 ± 14.6 years. “Stability” was considered the time of follow-up without statistically significant differences between one visit and the next. Changes in impedance in medial electrodes ceased to be statistically significant at 3 months, and in apicals at 6 months, with mean values of 5.84 and 6.43 kohms. MCL stabilized at 2 years in basal and apical electrodes, and at 3 years in medial, with mean values of 24.9, 22.7, and 25.6 qu. There was a correlation between MCL and impedance in medium electrodes up to 3 months and in apical ones up to one year.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Electrical impedance drops significantly in medial and apical electrodes up to 3 and 6 months. MCL increases significantly up to two years. Impedance is related to MCL up to 6 months.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7019,"journal":{"name":"Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55034690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gian Antonio Bertoli , Marco De Vincentiis , Edoardo Covelli , Haitham H. Elfarargy
{"title":"The novel retro-conchal approach for middle ear surgeries: Our experience in 196 patients","authors":"Gian Antonio Bertoli , Marco De Vincentiis , Edoardo Covelli , Haitham H. Elfarargy","doi":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.06.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otorri.2023.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>This study aimed to describe a new proposed retro-conchal approach for middle ear surgery and to evaluate its advantages and postoperative impact.</p></div><div><h3>Methodology</h3><p><span><span>A retrospective case-series study was held at a tertiary university hospital from March 2008 to April 2022. We included 196 adult patients who were candidates for middle ear surgery because of chronic otitis media. The retro-conchal approach entailed a skin </span>incision<span><span> on the medial conchal surface 1 cm anterior to the auricular sulcus. It allowed the harvesting of the required size of conchal cartilage and temporalis fascia through the same incision with access into the middle ear and complete exposure to the mastoid process. In addition, we evaluated the use of this approach in </span>tympanoplasty, including </span></span>cholesteatoma surgeries with at least one-year postoperative follow-up.</p></div><div><h3>Result</h3><p><span><span>The long-term follow-up (22.9 ± 6.37 months) revealed that most operated cases (89%) did not develop postoperative sequelae related to this approach. On the other hand, 22 patients (11%) developed </span>adverse outcomes, with a statistically significant difference regarding adverse outcomes as the </span><em>P</em>-value <0.001.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>According to our experience with a relatively large number of patients, the retro-conchal technique was practical for various middle ear surgeries. It allowed optimal access to different middle ear areas and obtaining large-sized conchal cartilage and temporalis fascia (if needed) through the same incision without needing extra surgical steps. In addition, it was a safe maneuver without significant adverse outcomes in the long-term follow-up.</p></div><div><h3>Antecedentes</h3><p>Este estudio tuvo como objetivo describir una nueva propuesta de abordaje retroconchal para la cirugía del oído medio y evaluar sus ventajas e impacto postoperatorio.</p></div><div><h3>Metodología</h3><p>Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo de serie de casos en un hospital universitario de tercer nivel desde marzo de 2008 hasta abril de 2022. Se incluyeron 196 pacientes adultos candidatos a cirugía de oído medio por otitis media crónica. El abordaje retroconchal implicó una incisión cutánea en la superficie medial de la concha 1 cm anterior al surco auricular. Permitió la recolección del tamaño requerido de cartílago de la concha y fascia temporal a través de la misma incisión con acceso al oído medio y exposición completa al proceso mastoideo. Evaluamos el uso de este abordaje en la timpanoplastia, incluidas las cirugías de colesteatoma con un seguimiento postoperatorio de al menos un año.</p></div><div><h3>Resultado</h3><p>El seguimiento a largo plazo (22,9 ± 6,37 meses) reveló que la mayoría de los casos operados (89%) no desarrollaron secuelas postoperatorias relacionadas con este abordaje. Por otro lado, 22 pacientes (11%) desarrollar","PeriodicalId":7019,"journal":{"name":"Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139473471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian Calvo-Henriquez , Byron Maldonado-Alvarado , Paula Rodriguez-Rivas , Miguel Rodriguez-Iglesias , Gabriel Martínez-Capoccioni , David Lobo , Carlos Martin-Martin , Isam Alobid
{"title":"Effect of turbinate surgery on mucociliary clearance. A systematic review and metanalysis","authors":"Christian Calvo-Henriquez , Byron Maldonado-Alvarado , Paula Rodriguez-Rivas , Miguel Rodriguez-Iglesias , Gabriel Martínez-Capoccioni , David Lobo , Carlos Martin-Martin , Isam Alobid","doi":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.04.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otorri.2023.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span><span><span>Despite the fact that turbinate surgery provides satisfactory results regarding nasal obstruction, most of these procedures are destructive, to some extent, for the </span>respiratory epithelium. There are valid hypotheses suggesting either that turbinate surgery may improve </span>mucociliary clearance<span> (MCC) by improving rhinitis<span>, as well hypotheses suggesting that these surgeries may impair it by damaging the nasal ciliated epithelia. This </span></span></span>systematic review<span> is designed with the objective of exploring the effect of turbinate surgery on MCC. Pubmed (Medline), the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, SciELO were analyzed. Four authors members of the YO-IFOS rhinology<span> study group independently analyzed the articles. Extracted variables encompassed: sample size, age, indication for surgery, surgical technique, method used to measure mucociliary clearance, mucociliary transport time before and after surgery, and main outcome. 15 studies with a total population of 1936 participants (1618 patients excluding healthy controls) met the inclusion criteria. 9 studies could be combined in a metanalysis, wich revealed a non-statistically significant decrease of 3.86 min in MCTT after turbinate surgery (</span></span></span><em>p</em> = 0.06). The subgroup analysis of the 5 cohorts who underwent microdebrider turbinoplasty reached statistical significance under a random effect model, revealing a 7.02 min decrease in MCTT (<em>p</em> < 0.001). The laser turbinoplasty subgroup, composed of 4 cohorts, also reached significance, although the difference was lower than that for microdebrider turbinoplasty, 1.01 min (<em>p</em> < 0.001).</p><p>This systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that turbinate surgery does not compromise mucociliary clearance. The available evidence also suggests that turbinate surgery with mucosa sparing techniques improves MCC, while with aggressive techniques it increases or remains the same. This beneficial effect is evident since the first to third month after surgery. However, for solid conclusions, a standard way to measure MCTT should be stablished, as well as a method to appropriately describe the extension of the surgery.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7019,"journal":{"name":"Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139473472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single folded supraclavicular artery island flap for simultaneous reconstruction of large composite pharyngeal and external neck skin defect in a radiated patient","authors":"Claudio Carnevale , Carolina Morales Olavarría , Pedro Sarría Echegaray , Guillermo Til-Pérez","doi":"10.1016/j.otorri.2023.03.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otorri.2023.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7019,"journal":{"name":"Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139473496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}