Benefit from tonsillectomy in adult patients with chronic tonsillitis
AbstractThe objective of this study was to determine the benefits of tonsillectomy in adult patients with chronic tonsillitis with special emphasis on the influence of age and gender. Cross-sectional...
View ArticleRobot-Assisted 3D-Ultrasound Volume Registration for Skull Bone Surgery
AbstractSurgical procedures with navigation or robot system support usually require some pre-operative planning data. This data can be acquired by traditional imaging modalities like e.g. computed...
View ArticlePrevalence of ocular manifestations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
AbstractBackgroundHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a systemic disorder of the fibrovascular tissue. Few data have been published on the frequency of ophthalmologic manifestations. The aim...
View ArticleOtorhinolaryngologic disorders and diving accidents: an analysis of 306 divers
AbstractDiving is a very popular leasure activity with an increasing number of participants. As more than 80% of the diving related problems involve the head and neck region, every...
View ArticleFine structure of distortion product otoacoustic emissions: its dependence on...
AbstractDistortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) are routinely used in audiological diagnostics. When the stimulus frequencies f1 and f2 are varied in small steps, distinct non-monotonicities...
View ArticleNovel Developments on Artemisinin and Its Derivatives for Cancer Therapy
AbstractThe lack of effective long-term anticancer therapy highlights the necessity to identify new potent anticancer compounds. Many biocompounds of naturally occurring medicinal plants have...
View ArticleElektronische Systeme zum Ersatz der defizienten Hörleistung
ZusammenfassungDas Hören spielt für uns Menschen eine ganz überragende Rolle. Und dies in jedem Lebensalter. Leider nimmt jedoch das Ausmaß einer Hörminderung im Laufe des Lebens eher zu. Dieses führt...
View ArticleGeneral and disease-specific quality of life in patients with chronic...
AbstractBackgroundChronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is frequently associated with symptoms of inflammation like discharge from the ear or pain. In many cases, patients suffer from hearing loss...
View ArticleAssessment of peri- and postoperative complications and Karnofsky-performance...
AbstractBackgroundSurgery after (chemo)radiation (RCTX/RTX) is felt to be plagued with a high incidence of wound healing complications reported to be as high as 70%. The additional use of vascularized...
View ArticleMedical and surgical treatment in divers with chronic rhinosinusitis and...
AbstractAim of the study is to evaluate the effects of medical and surgical treatment in divers with paranasal sinus barotrauma (PSB) secondary to chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). In this retrospective,...
View ArticleActivity of Artemisinin-Type Compounds Against Cancer Cells
AbstractClinical Oncology strives for complete remission of patients with cancer, but still crusades against multidrug resistance of various cancers. Scientists and clinicians have been challenged to...
View ArticleSubmaxillary gland androgen-regulated protein 3A expression is an unfavorable...
AbstractRecently, increased expression of the submaxillary gland androgen-regulated protein 3A (SMR3A) was found in recurrent tumors of an orthotopic floor-of-mouth mouse tumor model after surgery....
View ArticleTransnasal flexible esophagoscopy (TNE): an evaluation of the patient’s...
AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate patient’s experience when performing transnasal flexible endoscopy using EndoSheath Technology without sedation in an ENT outpatient department. Patients...
View ArticleClinical and molecular characteristics of HNSCC patients with brain...
AbstractAmong the metastasis patterns of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), intracranial spread is a rare but dreaded event. To date only very few cases have been reported and clinical and...
View ArticleKallikrein-related peptidase 6 regulates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition...
AbstractBackgroundDysregulated expression of Kallikrein-related peptidase 6 (KLK6) is a common feature for many human malignancies and numerous studies evaluated KLK6 as a promising biomarker for early...
View ArticleRole of NR1I2 (pregnane X receptor) polymorphisms in head and neck squamous...
AbstractThe pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a transcription factor regulating genes involved not only in pharmacokinetics but also in chemotherapy resistance and cancer progression. The significance of...
View ArticleQuality of life in functional rhinoplasty: rhinoplasty outcomes evaluation...
AbstractThe aim of this study was to validate a German version of the rhinoplasty outcomes evaluation (ROE) questionnaire. A prospective study was conducted and a German translated ROE (ROE-D)...
View ArticleThree-dimensional endoscopic visualization in functional endoscopic sinus...
AbstractThree-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic vision in sinus surgery has been achieved with the microscope so far. The introduction of two-dimensional (2D) endoscopes set a milestone in the...
View ArticleTauchmedizinische Aspekte für den Allergologen
ZusammenfassungHintergrundIn den letzten Jahren hat die Zahl der Sporttaucher stetig zugenommen. Parallel zu dieser Entwicklung steigt die Zahl der Taucher mit allergologischen Erkrankungen, so dass...
View ArticleExpression of Kallikrein-Related Peptidase 6 in Primary Mucosal Malignant...
AbstractMucosal melanomas of the head and neck (MMHN) are aggressive tumors with poor prognosis, different opposed to cutaneous melanoma. In this study, we characterized primary mucosal malignant...
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