Introduction: Pharyngocutaneous fistula is one of the most common nonfatal laryngectomy complications (7.6% to 65% of all total patients). Preoperative radiotherapy, advanced tumor stage, poor preoperative medical status, ...

Ameliyat öncesi ince i¤ne aspirasyon biyopsisi (‹‹AB) sonuçlar›n› tek parametre olarak kullanarak tiroidektominin geniflli¤ine karar verilip verilemeyece¤i ve frozen section incelemesinin her olguda rutin olarak gerekip ...

Tympanostomy tube insertion is one of the most frequently performed procedures in otolaryngology. Complications, such as otorrhea, tympanosclerosis, and cholesteatoma, have been reported in the literature after its ...

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), an active component of propolis, exhibits antioxidant properties. This experimental study was designed to determine the effect of CAPE on ototoxicity induced with cisplatin. Twenty-four ...

Klinik ve epidemiyolojik bulgular kanser etyolojisinde serbest radikallerin üstlendi¤i muhtemel rolü destekleyici kan›tlar sunmaktad›r. Serbest radikal yokediciler ve inhibitörlerinin kanser sürecini erteledi¤i ya ...

Cisplatin (CDDP) is one of the most potent antineoplastic drugs, but its therapeutic use is limited by side effects such as ototoxicity. This study tested the effect of aminoguanidine (AG), a specific inhibitor of inducible ...

Despite recent advances using more conservative approaches, standard classical radical neck dissection is still one of the most frequently performed procedures in head and neck cancer patients who have advanced metastatic ...

We determined serum nitric oxide (NO) levels in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and sought correlations with TNM staging, tumor localization, and tumor grade. Serum samples were obtained from 36 ...

Objectives. This study was aimed to investigate the protective effects of dexpanthenol (Dxp) on against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. Methods. To examine this effect, distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) ...