February 2010

Editorial Board
Published in issue: February 2010
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Reviews

How to minimize complications in thyroid surgery?
• Claudio R. Cernea,
• Lenine G. Brandão,
• Flávio C. Hojaij,
• ...
• Renato Gotoda,
• Fernando L. Dias,
• Roberto A. Lima
Published in issue: February 2010
p1-5

Cochlear implantation in children
• Lee-Suk Kim,
• Sung-Wook Jeong,
• Young-Mee Lee,
• Jeong-Seo Kim
Published in issue: February 2010
p6-17

Original papers

Revision surgery for chronic otitis media: Characteristics and outcomes in comparison with primary surgery
• Yang-Sun Cho,
• Sang Duk Hong,
• Kyu Whan Chung,
• Sung Hwa Hong,
• Won-Ho Chung,
• Shin Hong Park
Published in issue: February 2010
p18-22

Otosclerosis: Incidence of positive findings on temporal bone computed tomography (TBCT) and audiometric correlation in Korean patients
• Jin-Young Min,
• Won-Ho Chung,
• Woo Young Lee,
• ...
• Sung Hwa Hong,
• Hyoung Jin Kim,
• Hyun-Seok Lee
Published in issue: February 2010
p23-28
Evaluation of the polymorphism in the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) genes of tympanosclerosis patients
• Hayrettin Cengiz Alpay,
• Ebru Onalan Etem,
• Irfan Kaygusuz,
• ...
• Erol Keles,
• Israfil Orhan,
• Sinasi Yalcin
Published in issue: February 2010
p29-32

Useful surgical techniques for facial nerve preservation in tumorous intra-temporal lesions
• Jin Kim,
• In Seok Moon,
• Jong Dae Lee,
• Dae Bo Shim,
• Won-Sang Lee
Published in issue: February 2010
p33-41

Edaravone, a free radical scavenger, in the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss with profound hearing loss
• Hajime Sano,
• Takahiro Kamijo,
• Takeshi Ino,
• Makito Okamoto
Published in issue: February 2010
p42-46

Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and contralateral suppressions in children with auditory listening problems
• Fulya Yalçınkaya,
• Suna Tokgöz Yılmaz,
• Nuray Bayar Muluk
Published in issue: February 2010
p47-54

DPOAE in estimation of the function of the cochlea in tinnitus patients with normal hearing
• Aleksandra Sztuka,
• Lucyna Pospiech,
• Wojciech Gawron,
• Krzysztof Dudek
Published in issue: February 2010
p55-60

New morphometric findings in adhesive otitis media: Petroclival angle and eustachian tube-tympanic cavity ventilation angle
• Bulent Satar,
• Yusuf Hidir,
• Unsal Coskun
Published in issue: February 2010
p61-65

Long-term results of intranasal laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy with the use of a surgical microscope
• Emmanuel P. Prokopakis,
• Alexios S. Vardouniotis,
• Alexandros D. Karatzanis,
• Stylianos G. Malandrakis,
• Charalambos S. Siganos,
• George A. Velegrakis
Published in issue: February 2010
p66-70

Influence of intranasal sterile isotonic sea water applications on xylometazoline administration: An experimental study in pigs
• Evagelos Nikolaidis,
• Anna Eleftheriadou,
• Ioannis Yiotakis,
• ...
• Nikolaos Keramaris,
• Apostolos Papalois,
• Dimitrios Kandiloros
Published in issue: February 2010
p71-76

Clinicopathologic significance of CD105-assessed microvessel density in glottic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma
• Elvir Zvrko,
• Anton Mikic,
• Ljiljana Vuckovic
Published in issue: February 2010
p77-83

Results after supracricoid horizontal partial laryngectomy
• A.J. Gonçalves,
• A.A.T. Bertelli,
• T.R. Malavasi,
• W. Kikuchi,
• A.N. Rodrigues,
• M.B. Menezes
Published in issue: February 2010
p84-88

Arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis of Hep-2 cell line through modulating intracellular glutathione (GSH) level
• Baohua Cheng,
• Xinxin Yang,
• Liangxiang An,
• Bo Gao,
• Xia Liu
Published in issue: February 2010
p89-94

Case reports

Chiari Malformation in otology practice
• Hilla Levo,
• Erna Tapani,
• Atte Karppinen,
• Erna Kentala
Published in issue: February 2010
p95-99

Intramuscular myxoma of the nasal vestibule
• Kalliopi Patsiaoura,
• Eleftherios Anagnostou,
• Nikolaos Benis
Published in issue: February 2010
p100-102

Loss of olfactory function after exposure to barbituric acid
• C. Heiser,
• K. Grupp,
• K. Hörmann,
• B.A. Stuck
Published in issue: February 2010
p103-105

Lemierre syndrome caused by acute isolated sphenoid sinusitis and its intracranial complications
• Sang-Chul Lim,
• Sung-Su Lee,
• Tae-Mi Yoon,
• Joon-Kyoo Lee
Published in issue: February 2010
p106-109

Multiple system atrophy manifesting as complex sleep-disordered breathing
• Masaaki Suzuki,
• Hanako Saigusa,
• Kana Shibasaki,
• Kazuoki Kodera
Published in issue: February 2010
p110-113

Upper airway obstruction by epiglottis and arytenoids hematoma in a patient treated with warfarin sodium
• Ryoukichi Ikeda,
• Toshihiko Chiba,
• Shigeki Gorai,
• Toshimitu Kobayashi
Published in issue: February 2010
p114-116

Combined laryngocele: A cause of stridor and cervical swelling
• Erol Keles,
• Hayrettin Cengiz Alpay,
• Israfil Orhan,
• Hanifi Yildirim
Published in issue: February 2010
p117-120

Diaphragmatic rupture due to violent cough during tracheostomy
• Hiroshi Nakanishi,
• Satoshi Iwasaki,
• Yasuhiro Ohkawa,
• Hideo Nakazawa,
• Hiroyuki Mineta
Published in issue: February 2010
p121-124

Survival of a free jejunal graft after the resection of its nutrient vessels
• Takenori Ogawa,
• Kazuto Matsuura,
• Kengo Kato,
• ...
• Takahiro Goto,
• Ko Matsumoto,
• Shigeru Saijo
Published in issue: February 2010
p125-128

Diagnosis and therapy for an extracranial carotid aneurysm
• Kiyoshi Hiruma,
• Tsutomu Numata
Published in issue: February 2010
p129-133

A rare case of cholesterol granuloma in the thyroid without an abnormality of lipid metabolism
• Kenji Noda,
• Satoru Kodama,
• Naoki Uemura,
• Masashi Suzuki
Published in issue: February 2010
p134-136