August 2010

Editorial Board
Published in issue: August 2010
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Original Papers

Intractable Ménière's disease. Modelling of the treatment by means of statistical analysis
• Noelia Sanchez-Ferrandiz,
• Secundino Fernandez-Gonzalez,
• Francisco Guillen-Grima,
• Nicolas Perez-Fernandez
Published in issue: August 2010
p409-414

Cochlear implantation in patients with chronic otitis media
• Hiromi Kojima,
• Yuika Sakurai,
• Masahiro Rikitake,
• Yasuhiro Tanaka,
• Atsushi Kawano,
• Hiroshi Moriyama
Published in issue: August 2010
p415-421

What do patients with hereditary deafness think of genetic studies?
• Shino Abe,
• Yoshihiro Noguchi,
• Ken Kitamura
Published in issue: August 2010
p422-426

Analysis of syndecan-1 and TGF-β expression in the nasal mucosa and nasal polyps
• Keishin Go,
• Takashi Ishino,
• Yousuke Nakashimo,
• ...
• Tsuyoshi Ookubo,
• Sachio Takeno,
• Katsuhiro Hirakawa
Published in issue: August 2010
p427-435

Levocabastine nasal spray significantly improves perennial allergic rhinitis: A single-blind placebo-controlled study
• Kimihiro Okubo,
• Eiji Uchida,
• Shoji Nogami
Published in issue: August 2010
p436-442

Reliability and validity assessments of a Japanese version of QOL 20-Item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test for chronic rhinosinusitis
• Yuichi Majima,
• Yuichi Kurono,
• Katsuhiro Hirakawa,
• ...
• Hideyuki Kawauchi,
• Keiichi Ichimura,
• Hiroshi Moriyama
Published in issue: August 2010
p443-448

Change of the human taste bud volume over time
• Ehab Srur,
• Oliver Stachs,
• Rudolf Guthoff,
• Martin Witt,
• Hans Wilhelm Pau,
• Tino Just
Published in issue: August 2010
p449-455

Difference of delayed post-tonsillectomy bleeding between children and adults
• Dong Wook Kim,
• Ja-Won Koo,
• Soon-Hyun Ahn,
• Chul Hee Lee,
• Jeong-Whun Kim
Published in issue: August 2010
p456-460

Clinical analysis of presbylarynx—Vocal fold atrophy in elderly individuals
• Shingo Takano,
• Miwako Kimura,
• Takaharu Nito,
• Hiroshi Imagawa,
• Ken-Ichi Sakakibara,
• Niro Tayama
Published in issue: August 2010
p461-464

A novel permanent tracheostomy technique for prevention of stomal stenosis (triangular tracheostomy)
• Masami Suzuki,
• Atsunobu Tsunoda,
• Satoshi Shirakura,
• Takuro Sumi,
• Wataru Nishijima,
• Seiji Kishimoto
Published in issue: August 2010
p465-468

Modified fronto-lateral laryngectomy in treatment of glottic T1(a-b) cancer with anterior commissure involvement
• Francesco Dispenza,
• Carmelo Saraniti,
• Navneet Mathur,
• Carlo Dispenza
Published in issue: August 2010
p469-473

Transoral laser microsurgery for recurrence after primary radiotherapy of early glottic cancer
• Ralph M.W. Roedel,
• Christoph Matthias,
• Hendrik A. Wolff,
• Phillip Schindler,
• Tomas Aydin,
• Hans Christiansen
Published in issue: August 2010
p474-481

Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and microsomal prostagalandin E synthase-1 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
• Ryo Kawata,
• Sawako Hyo,
• Michitoshi Araki,
• Hiroshi Takenaka
Published in issue: August 2010
p482-487

Expression of CC-chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) and CXC-chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
• Masaru Ueda,
• Taketoshi Shimada,
• Yoshiko Goto,
• ...
• Shigeru Nakai,
• Yasuo Hisa,
• Reiji Kannagi
Published in issue: August 2010
p488-495

Short Communications

The Ala54Thr polymorphism in the fatty acid-binding protein 2 (FABP2) gene is associated with hearing impairment: A preliminary report
• Yasue Uchida,
• Saiko Sugiura,
• Tsutomu Nakashima,
• Fujiko Ando,
• Hiroshi Shimokata
Published in issue: August 2010
p496-499

Percutaneous chemical myotomy using botulium neurtoxin A under local anaesthesia in the treatment of cricopharyngeal dysphagia following laryngectomy
• R.S. Natt,
• M.S. McCormick,
• J.M. Clayton,
• C. Ryall
Published in issue: August 2010
p500-503

Balloon catheter assisted excision of benign cervical cyst
• Young Sam Yoo,
• Hoon Young Woo,
• Jeong Hwan Choi,
• Kyoung Rai Cho,
• Young Taek Oh,
• Geon Heo
Published in issue: August 2010
p504-507

Case Reports

Fluctuating mixed-type hearing loss associated with synovitis–acne–pustulosis–hyperostosis–osteomyelitis (SAPHO) syndrome
• Shigetaka Shimizu,
• Kumiko Yukawa,
• Sachie Kawaguchi,
• Yukari Okubo,
• Mamoru Suzuki
Published in issue: August 2010
p508-510

Giant congenital auricular arteriovenous malformation
• J. Madana,
• Deeke Yolmo,
• Sunil Kumar Saxena,
• S. Gopalakrishnan,
• Amiya Kumar Nath
Published in issue: August 2010
p511-514

Sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss caused by meningeal carcinomatosis secondary to occult malignancy: Report of two cases
• Maria Raffaella Marchese,
• Carmelo La Greca,
• Guido Conti,
• Gaetano Paludetti
Published in issue: August 2010
p515-518

Syringoid eccrine carcinoma of external auditory canal. A case report
• Mohamed Khalifa Ahmed,
• Takashi Ishino,
• Katsuhiro Hirakawa,
• Koji Arihiro
Published in issue: August 2010
p519-521

Ancient schwannoma of the nasal septum associated with sphenoid sinus mucocele
• Satoru Kodama,
• Tomoyo Okamoto,
• Masashi Suzuki
Published in issue: August 2010
p522-525

Differential diagnosis of proptosis: Report of 2 cases
• Aki Inoue,
• Naoya Egami,
• Nobuo Kitahara,
• Masato Yagi
Published in issue: August 2010
p526-529

Clinical features of 5 patients with descending necrotizing mediastinitis originating from deep neck infection
• Nobuhiro Uwa,
• Tomonori Terada,
• Nobuo Saeki,
• Kousuke Sagawa,
• Kouichi Ogino,
• Masafumi Sakagami
Published in issue: August 2010
p530-534

A case of idiopathic lymph leakage in the neck
• Masanobu Suzuki,
• Shinya Morita,
• Keiji Iizuka
Published in issue: August 2010
p535-537