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Cavernous haemangioma of the external auditory canal: clinical case and review of the literature
2012
Although benign vascular lesions are frequent in the head and the neck region, clinical evidence of cavernous haemangioma of the external auditory canal is extremely rare; when present, the lesion invades the middle ear space. Herein, a rare case of a soft mass filling the external auditory canal, not involving the tympanic membrane, in a symptomatic 59-year-old male is described. Clinical and audiological characteristics, imaging studies and surgical treatment with histological evaluation are reported, which led to a diagnosis of a cavernous haemangioma. This is only the seventh case described in the literature, to date, not involving the tympanic membrane and the middle ear space. In addi…
Fascite cranio-cervicale, dal quadro clinico al trattamento: esperienza personale
2009
Fat plug myringoplasty: Analysis of a safe procedure for small tympanic perforations
2015
Objective: Assessment of value of fat plug myringoplasty as office-based procedure in small tympanic membrane perforations. Material and Methods: Prospective study of consecutive patients undergoing fat plug myringoplasty under local anesthesia. Minimum follow-up considered was 6 months, which included several microscopic examinations. All data were recorded and analyzed statistically. Results: 33 patients matched the inclusion criteria; the mean perforation size was 2.8 mm. No change in PTA was noted after surgery in the whole series. Recurrence of perforation was detected in 7 cases (21%), which was statistically related with the cause of perforation rather than location or size (p-value …
Mobile phone and auditory system: update
2009
The aim of this study is to asses the non-thermal effects of the electromagnetic fields generated by 915 MHz GSM cellular phones on the human cochlear activity using transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE). The study was carried on 205 young and healthy volunteers (age 18-30 years) with normal hearing which were randomly divided into two samples consisting of 85 (Gcase) and 120 (Gcontrol) respectively. The first one was exposed to genuine 10 minutes of GSM electromagnetic fields while the second, undergone sham exposure, was considered as control group for the statistical investigations. All the participants were blind to the genuine or sham exposure. The TEOAEs were measured in the …
Varianti tonali al protocollo Arnoux-Sindt nel trattamento logopedia del granuloma laringeo posteriore
2009
Profilo familiare ed individuale come fattore predittivo delle performances verbo-acustiche pre impianto cocleare: esperienza personale
2013
RAZIONALE L’impianto cocleare è oramai il trattamento di scelta in tutti quei casi di sordità preverbale severa/profonda permettendo di ottenere a distanza di 12 mesi una soglia uditiva amplificata integralmente all’interno dello spettro acustico del parlato. Se ciò è dimostrato ampiamente dalla letteratura, è comunque vero che le aspettative familiari e le performances verbo/acustiche sono altamente variabili. Lo scopo del presente lavoro è quello di identificare tramite un accurato studio del profilo familiare ed individuale, tutte le possibili variabili in grado di influenzare i risultati. MATERIALI E METODI Le variabili oggetto del presente studio sono state suddivise in familiari ed in…
Radiofrequency, High-frequency and electrocautery Treatments vs Partial Inferior Turbinotomy
2009
Abstract OBJECTIVE: To compare the microscopic and macroscopic effects of radiofrequency, high-frequency, and electrocautery therapies with partial inferior turbinotomy in the treatment of nasal obstruction caused by inferior turbinate hypertrophy. DESIGN: Nonrandomized controlled trial. SETTING: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Genoa. PATIENTS: The study included 80 patients affected by nasal obstruction from hypertrophied inferior turbinates. INTERVENTIONS: Homogeneous patient groups A, B, C, and D underwent radiofrequency, high-frequency, and electrocautery treatments and partial inferior turbinotomy, respectively, to surgically reduce hypertrophied infer…
Radio-high frequency and electrocautery vs turbinotomy
2009
Managment clinico e chirurgico delle infezioni profonde del collo
2009
La fascite necrotizzante (FN) è un’infezione dei tessuti molli caratterizzata da necrosi diffusa a rapida progressione dei tessuti sottocutanei e delle fasce ad essi annessi, potenzialmente letale. L’incidenza varia a seconda della localizzazione e tra tutte quella cranio-cervicale (FNCC) si presenta in 4/1000 casi di FN l’anno. Se pur rara negli ultimi anni si è assistito ad una maggiore evidenziazione clinica; ciò è da ascrivere ad una transitoria immunodepressione legata a malattie sistemiche in grado di compromettere i meccanismi di fagocitosi; I processi flogistici in grado di evolvere in FN sono prevalentemente infezioni dentarie (23%), ascessi peritonsillari (15%) ed infezioni a live…