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Javad Rahmati, Shahriar Haddady Abianeh, Hosseinali Abdolrazaghi, and Hojjat Molaei*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000295

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BCC and SCC are common eyelids skin cancers may need more consideration in full-thickness involvement. Incomplete reconstruction in depth or in width can result in loss of strong support and skin shrinkage, and lid retraction, respectively. Sandwich auricular graft between inner flap/graft and overlying skin flap is generally accepted by surgeon...... ReadMore

Arpita Ghosal*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000294

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If we want to understand the psychological impact of Alzheimer, then we need to explore our understanding of Alzheimer’s existence in a patient’s life and its threatening features. An Alzheimer affected patient not only compromise and challenge their identity and independence but are also threatened by social isolation and loose the purpose and meaning in life...... ReadMore

Akinyode Gbenga Akinyemi*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000293

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To identify and as well as gather perspectives of hearing aid users with regard to the main difficulties that may arise following hearing aid fitting among adults across states and to address the main problems. Design: Descriptive and psychometric research design type of the survey. Development of the HAUQ and HASKI-self and investigation of its psychometric properties in a prospective convenience cohort of 250 adult hearing aid users, ranging in age from 18 to 99 years of age (M = 151 F = 99), 60.4% male, 39.6% female, recruited from different regions or states in Nigeria...... ReadMore

François Bergeron*, Smita Agrawal, Arthur Lemolton, Thomas Fariney, Dominique Demers, Aurore Berland and Bastien Bouchard

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000292

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Reduction of auditory disability is usually the primary objective of technological and therapeutic interventions offered to hearing impaired children and adults. Numerous tests are proposed to guide these interventions and assess their benefits. Optimally, hearing care-oriented tests should explore complex abilities such as those encountered by hearing impaired people..... ReadMore

Rajaram Sharma*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000291

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The condition known as ‘Cherubism’ is considered as a variant of fibrous dysplasia, but in reality, it is more likely a distinct entity. It is a benign disease of the pediatric age group. It is a fibro-osseous disease of childhood affecting only the jaws, is a self-limiting non- neoplastic autosomal dominant disorder and evident around the third or fourth year of life, rarely apparent before the age of two years...... ReadMore

Abhinav Agarwal, Ravi Meher, Vikram Wadhwa, Vikas Kumar* and Jyoti Kumar

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000290

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We report an interesting case of a foreign body lodged in right orbit and infratemporal fossa, which presented with a discharging sinus in the right infraorbital region. The patient gave history of history of road traffic accident six months back with facial trauma and penetrating injury with a wooden stick in infraorbital area. A long solid wooden stick was removed in toto using an external infraorbital approach. Here we discuss the various approaches to the infratemporal fossa and also review the literature of such type of foreign bodies...... ReadMore

Abhinav Agarwal, JC Passey, Vikas Malhotra, Vikas Kumar* and Mansi Sharma

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000289

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Background and Objectives: Chronic Otitis Media (COM) is an otological challenge especially prevalent in developing countries like India for which tympanoplasty with or without mastoidectomy is the treatment of choice. In this study we aim to assess the predictive value of middle ear risk index (MERI) score in the outcome of tympanoplasty. Subjects and Methods: 50 patients who underwent surgery in Lok Nayak hospital for chronic suppurative otitis media were given preoperative meri score and were followed and results were assessed according to meri score..... ReadMore

Nora Siupsinskiene, Brigita Spiridonoviene, Agne Pasvenskaite*, Justinas Vaitkus and Saulius Vaitkus

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000288

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Objectives: To determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome among otorhinolaryngologists in Lithuania and investigate associations with sociodemographic and professional factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Burnout was measured using the validated Lithuanian Version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Demographic characteristics and professional characteristics were collected utilizing an anonymous questionnaire. Results: 80 otorhinolaryngologists (ORL group) and 30 information technology specialists (the control group) were enrolled in this study. A high level of professional burnout in at least one of the subscales was observed in 82.5% of the ORL group subjects. Depersonalization and burnout syndrome were more frequently detected with increasing age in the ORL group (r=0.2, p<0.04). Greater satisfaction with salary and workin..... ReadMore

Petrov Sergei*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000287

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Based on 15 years clinical practice with more than one thousand implanted patients, the author has published several articles in recent years. The purpose of these articles was a detailed examination of various aspects of a cochlear implant fitting and a work with parents of implanted children. This paper presents some important points of this procedure, described in detail in the mentioned publications. They are partially considered in the article [1,2]. References to world sources are in the references to the articles presented below. In addition to the goal of achieving the maximum possible result of the CI-patient’s rehabilitation, optimal fitting is also necessary for the development of new coding strategies. Only if there is a clear (optimal) fitting in which the patient can receive through the implant a maximum possible ..... ReadMore

Manabu Mogitate*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000286

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The incidence of chronic epipharyngitis is high among patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). The current study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of epipharyngeal abrasive therapy (EAT) for IgAN. This retrospective study assessed the medical records of 21 patients with IgAN who visited my clinic between November 2016 and October 2017. All patients presented with chronic epipharyngitis and received EAT. In total, 19 participants who were treated until the final session were divided into group A (n = 10, those who had combined EAT before and after tonsillectomy and steroid pulse therapy) and group B (n = 4, those whose condition did not improve after tonsillectomy and pulse therapy and n = 2, those with hematuria recurrence after remission). Data about the characteristics of patients and changes in creatinine (Cr)..... ReadMore

Tobias Paulus* and Nasreddin Abolmaali

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000285

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Nasal bleeding is a common condition and if treatment is necessary at all treated successfully by the otolaryngologist. In some patients however treatment is not possible by the otolaryngologist alone. In these cases, interventional radiology provides a safe and highly successful treatment option...... ReadMore

Mariapaola Guidi* and Franco Trabalzini

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000284

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Background: Mondini malformation is a birth defect with a shortened inner ear with only one and a half cochlear turns which can be treated with cochlear implant (CI). A new generation of modiolar electrodes are designed to precisely fit in the curved space of the cochlea. Case Presentation: A 21-month-old boy affected by Mondini malformation and congenital bilateral profound hearing loss underwent to CI surgery and fitted with a curved modiolar electrode. Conclusions: Pre, intra and post-operative impedance measurements were taken with a Cochlear™ Nucleus® CI 532 electrode. Progress was satisfactory and even exceeding the many similar reported cases of straight electrode fittings...... ReadMore

Ayaki Tanaka* and Osamu Hotta

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000283

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Intranasal Sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation (INSPGS), which mechanically stimulates the sphenopalatine ganglion with a cotton swab from the nose, was performed in 7 cases of Long COVID (LC). In the evaluation report by Visual Analogue Scale, improvements were recognized in all or part of the symptoms in all 7 cases. INSPGS might be effective as a treatment for LC, and its possible mechanism might be similar to SPG electrical stimulation, i.e., that of cerebrovascular collateral vasodilation, stabilization of blood-brain barrier, direct neuroprotection, and enhanced brain plasticity. The mechanical Sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) stimulation by INSPGS might physiologically block the parasympathetic efferent, therefore turning off the efferent pathway of the trigeminal-autonomic reflex. INSP..... ReadMore

Moncada G*, Ahumada D, Arévalo V, De Calisto J, Moncada X and Gonzalez S

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000282

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Aim: The objective of the present study was to identify and compare the microbiomes of healthy and caries disease in dental surface from Chilean adults.Materials and Methods: A total of 56 site-specific supragingival biofilm samples were collected from 14 patients recruited of both sexes (18-35 years old); of them, n=5 was caries free and n=9 was caries active (ICDAS 1-3). Biofilms were analyzed by 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon sequencing. Sample microbiotas were compared at Genus and Family levels. Results: Proportion of Streptococcus decreased in healthy patients while Veillonella increased in caries-active patients. Streptococcus population decreasing was related to the increasing of Corynebacterium, Neisseria, Leptotrichia, Capnocitophaga, Provetella and Campilobacter in healthy patients. The increasing of Streptoc..... ReadMore

Einav G Levin*, Gideon Bachar and Uri Alkan

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000281

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Angioleiomyoma is a benign vascular neoplasm that rarely occurs in the head and neck, particularly the oropharynx. This report aimed to highlight a rare case of tongue-base angioleiomyoma excised by transoral robotic surgery (TORS). A rare case report of angioleiomyoma of the tongue base in a 72-year-old man who presented with hoarseness, muffled voice, and stridor. Preoperative endovascular embolization was performed owing to the high vascularity of the lesion, followed by TORS using the da Vinci Robotic System. The tumor was excised completely with minimal complications. There were no signs of local recurrence during the follow-up period. Tongue-base angioleiomyoma poses treatment challenges owing to its vascularity and difficult location. We suggest that the appropriate treatment of tongue-base angioleiomyoma should consist of ..... ReadMore

Khaled Mohamed Bofares*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000280

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Lingual thyroid (LT) gland is a rare clinical entity which was found to occur due to the failure of the thyroid gland to descend to its normal cervical location during embryogenesis. The presence of an ectopic thyroid gland located at the base of the tongue may present with symptoms like dysphagia, dysphonia, upper airway obstruction or even hemorrhage at any time from infancy through adulthood...... ReadMore

Javad Rahmati, Hosseinali Abdolrazaghi, Shahriar Haddady Abianeh and Hojjat Molaei*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000279

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Background: BCC and SCC are common facial skin cancers may need motor nerves` sacrifice to have safe margin. This surgery results in non-functional frontalis muscle and brow ptosis. There are several solutions to save facial symmetry. Here, we present our experiences in prophylactic brow fixation. Patients and methods: 11 patients who had BCC or SCC in lateral brow region and expected to lose their temporal nerve during cancer surgery, entered a descriptive study. During procedure after tumor resection with safe margin including temporal nerve, brow fixation was done by permanent sutures to orbital rim and reconstruction of skin defect was done. Demographic and intra-operative evaluations were recorded and analyzed. Results: 3 women and 8 men underwent surgery. 4 SCC and 7 BCC were resected. BCCs were mostly infiltrative..... ReadMore

Youngah Choi*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000278

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COVID-19 : SARS-CoV-2 a) The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2) is an RNA virus. b) Genetically located within the genus Beta coronavirus. c) Beta coronavirus uses a glycoprotein (spike protein). d) This spike protein binds to angiotensin –converting enzyme 2(ACE 2) receptor...... ReadMore

Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi*

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000277

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The three variables of health, safety and security are highly related with each other. The positive relationship of the three causes the increase in quality of life. The developed world started improving/ reforming the above- mentioned variables earlier. That is why they reached higher quality of life much earlier than the developing world. Education, science, and technology are the factors impacting and improving health, safety and security in general. In other words, quality of life to a large extent ensures and promotes the social health of the citizens. While social health being a relative process, at the same time, the nations that invested in social, economic, welfare and other similar sectors, have higher social health than other societies. One of the principal goals of social health is to achieve a higher quality of li..... ReadMore

Waqas Jamil*, Farah Naz and Mark Simmons

DOI : 10.32474/SJO.2022.08.000276

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The novel strain of Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which emerged in late December 2019, has been found to be both highly infectious and virulent [1]. To the present day, SARS-CoV-2 has infected over 244 million people and caused nearly 5 million deaths worldwide [2]. The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 strain causing the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the worldwide healthcare sector to face unusual clinical challenges in terms of caring for the patients while protecting the healthcare workers from catching the virus. Otolaryngologists are one of the most vulnerable and susceptible among the health professionals, with a higher risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus whilst conducting daily routine surgical and outpatient procedures due to exposure to the viruscarrying anatomical sites such as nasal mucosa, nasopharynx and oropharynx. Rationale W..... ReadMore