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Steroid treatment of posttraumatic anosmia
The objective of this study was to treat posttraumatic anosmia with oral steroid and evaluate its effect. One-hundred sixteen posttraumatic patients whose olfactory thresholds were –1.0 by the phenyl ethyl alc...
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Long-term result of management of otitis media with effusion in patients with post-irradiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma
The treatment of post-irradiated otitis media with effusion (OME) remains controversial. Hence the aim of this study was to understand the long-term result of management of post-irradiated OME. Eighty-five nas...
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Short daytime ApneaGraph for initial case selection of obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome before surgery
The aim of this study was to determine whether the 2-h daytime ApneaGraph (dAG) for patients with obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) can be used initially to diagnose and identify the site of ob...
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The association between surgical site infection and previous operation in oral cavity cancer patients
We investigated the post-operative surgical site infection (SSI) rate in oral cavity cancer patients who had previous operation in the oral cavity region and compared it with that of patients without previous ...
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The diagnosis of sinonasal lymphoma: a challenge for rhinologists
The presenting symptoms of sinonasal lymphoma are usually similar to those of benign inflammatory diseases. Adequate amount of biopsy tissue is required for a definitive diagnosis because tumor coexisting with...
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Somatic mutations in the D-loop of mitochondrial DNA in oral squamous cell carcinoma
We aimed to characterize somatic mutations in the D-loop of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and their impact on survival in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients in an endemic betel quid chewing area. Histologically...
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Open AccessHigh expression levels of COX-2 and P300 are associated with unfavorable survival in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma
In order to provide a basis for clinical treatment decisions, we explored whether there was a correlation between the expression of COX-2 and P300 and clinical factors in a group of patients with laryngeal squ...
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Erratum to: Association study between interleukin-12 receptor β1/β2 genes and allergic rhinitis in the Chinese Han population
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Association study between interleukin-12 receptor β1/β2 genes and allergic rhinitis in the Chinese Han population
Interleukin-12 (IL-12) plays a key role in the protection against allergic reaction induced by allergen as well as the differentiation of T helper 1 cells in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR), exerting its ...
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The clinical characteristics and treatment for sudden sensorineural hearing loss with vestibular schwannoma
The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical characteristics and treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS). The clinical features of the VS patients we...
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Expression of magnesium transporter genes in head and neck cancer patients underwent neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy
We aimed to investigate expression of magnesium transporter genes in patients with head and neck cancer who underwent cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy and their association with serum magnesium level. ...
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Risk factors of recipient site infection in head and neck cancer patients undergoing pectoralis major myocutaneous flap reconstruction
The aim of this study was to investigate the factors associated with infection at the recipient site of pectoralis major myocutaneous flap (PMMF) of head and neck cancer patients. We retrospectively reviewed h...
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The impact of tissue glue in wound healing of head and neck patients undergoing neck dissection
We investigated the impact of fibrin glue on postoperative drainage amount and duration in head and neck cancer patients who underwent neck dissection. This study was a prospective randomized controlled trial....
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Impact of microsatellite alteration in surgical margins on local recurrence in oral cavity cancer patients
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between microsatellite alteration in the surgical margins and local recurrence of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma patients. Surgical specimens confi...
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Clinical features and surgical treatment for Chinese juvenile onset current respiratory papillomatosis (JORRP)
Juvenile onset current respiratory papillomatosis (JORRP), which is the commonest benign laryngeal disease in children, has not been well investigated. This study aimed at further evaluating the clinical featu...
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Open AccessClinical features of patients with pituitary stalk thickening: a review of 159 cases from one medical center
Pituitary stalk thickening (PST) used as an imaging diagnosis plays a major role in diagnosis and treatment of the hypothalamus and pituitary disease at an early stage. Up until now, several lines of systemati...
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Open AccessA case report of the unilateral approach to the ruptured right ICA aneurysm together with tuberculum sella meningioma and left ICA aneurysm
Tuberculum sellae meningioma associated with aneurysm is extremely rare with a limited number of individual cases previously reported. Because of the complicated anatomical structure of the skull base, comorbi...
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Overexpression of osteopontin promotes cell proliferation and migration in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma and is associated with poor prognosis
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a malignant tumor at the top and side of the nasopharyngeal cavity, highly occurs in the southern region of China. Cancer cell metastasis is one of the leading causes of death i...
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Open AccessDifferent effects of allergic rhinitis on nasal mucosa remodeling in chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps
Allergic rhinitis (AR) has been reported to be associated with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of AR on nasal mucosa remodeling in CRS.
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Open AccessElectroencephalographic features in pediatric patients with moyamoya disease in China
Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a relatively important and common disease, especially in East Asian children. There are few reports about EEG in children with MMD in China till now. This study is aimed to analyze th...
