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  1. Postoperative hypocalcemia in laryngectomy patients can occur when part or whole of the thyroid gland has been removed. Preservation of the parathyroid glands in situ is considered one of the initial measures ...

    Authors: Sundus Alsedra, Mohamed Zahran, Amir Gorguy Mina, Mohamed Gamal Ayoub and Ahmed Youssef
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:183
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  2. Otosclerosis is one of the most common causes of hearing loss in adults with clinical onset between 20 and 40 years of age. Vestibular symptoms may be the most agonizing and primary symptom in cases with otosc...

    Authors: Doaa Mohamed Elmoazen, Samir Ibrahim Asal and Shimaa Mohamed Ziton
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:182
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  3. Masseter vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (mVEMP) are vestibular-dependent inhibitory reflex recorded using acoustic stimulus. mVEMP can assess important brainstem regions. mVEMP abnormalities have been r...

    Authors: Vinayagar Pazhani Thirusangu and Sujeet Kumar Sinha
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:181
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  4. Individuals with single-sided deafness have difficulty understanding speech in noise and determining sound direction in their daily lives. Cochlear implantation, a globally accepted rehabilitation method, has ...

    Authors: Birgul Gumus, Armagan Incesulu and Ercan Kaya
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:180
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  5. Hearing loss caused by exposure to noise is still among the most prevalent health risks for industrial workers. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between Shebien El-kom textile factory workers’ occu...

    Authors: Ahmed Mahmoud Zein-Elabedein, Hossam Sanyelbhaa Talaat, Sobhy Elsayed Hassab El-Nabi, Aya Sobhy Hassab El-Nabi and Asmaa Salah Moaty
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:179
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  6. Eagle’s syndrome or stylalgia is a relatively rare condition that usually presents with throat pain and dysphagia. Most cases are asymptomatic, and diagnosis is difficult owing to the vague nature of the sympt...

    Authors: Nagaraj Maradi, Yogeesha Sadashivappa Beesanahalli, Akshay Pawar, Tanvi Jadhav and Shreya Deshpande
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:178
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  7. Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is characterized by normal outer hair cell functioning alongside compromised auditory nerve activity. Our study is designed with the aim of evaluating the effective...

    Authors: Sajana Aryal, Yoshita Sharma and Prashanth Prabhu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:177
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  8. The aim of this work is to share the authors’ experience and assist therapeutic decision-making in the management of Lemierre syndrome (LS). This is a retrospective descriptive study carried out in the stomato...

    Authors: Arnaud Salami, Camille Assouan, Dorian Nasser, Idrissa Garba, Wardatou Dine Mourtada, Assi Romaric Evrard Yapo and Emmanuel Konan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:176
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  9. Gorlin-Goltz’s syndrome (GGS) is an extremely rare autosomal dominant disorder showing a high penetrance and variable expressivity. Gorlin-Goltz’s syndrome is an infrequent multisystemic disease, which is usua...

    Authors: Richa Richa, Vivek Kumar and Ayushree Ayushree
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:175
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  10. The middle ear has compartments with the presence of anatomic variations. Transcanal endoscopic middle ear surgery facilitates the exploration of every single compartment with the least possible tissue dissect...

    Authors: Waleed Moneir, Fatema Alzahraa Ibraheem, Hesham Mohamed Eladl, Mohamed Elshaer, Yasser Khafagy and Mohamed Elkahwagi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:174
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  11. Maxillary air sinus (MS) is the largest and clinically most important air sinus because of its anatomical relationship with the nasal cavity and especially with teeth of the upper jaw. Periapical dental infect...

    Authors: Krishnaraj Somayaji, Vidya Saraswathi Muliya, Mohandas Rao KG, Ujwal Kumar Malladi and Satheesha B. Nayak
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:173
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  12. Osteosarcoma usually arises from primitive bone-forming mesenchymal cells. Metaphyseal growth plates of long bones are the usually affected site. Though it is the most common primary bone malignancy, only 6–10...

    Authors: Rupa Mehta, Sahana Ponnuvelu, Ruuzeno Kuotsu and Nitin M. Nagarkar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:172
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  13. Nasopharyngeal cancer has a global incidence of less than 1.0 per 100,000 person-years. It originates from nasopharyngeal mucosa with the Fossa of Rosenmuller being the most common site. Radiation therapy with...

    Authors: Haissan Iftikhar, Muhammad Ozair Awan and Shahzada Khuram Ahmed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:171
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  14. Primary teeth affect the life quality regarding chewing, speech production, esthetics, and psychological well-being. Young children usually lose their primary maxillary incisors due to trauma or care and that ...

    Authors: Rania Makram Sidhom, Reham Abd El-Waheed Melegy, Amina Mohamed El Nabawy El Hosary and Shaima Mohamed Serag El Deen
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:170
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  16. Vestibular impairment is a common pathology in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) due to ischemia of the vestibular end organs and lysis of the myelin of the vestibular nerve. We aimed to evaluate fun...

    Authors: Rabab Ahmed Koura, Mohamed Mohamed El-Badry, Asmaa Mohamed Othman, Rehab Hassan El Anwar, Sara Ahmed Mahmoud Elsharkawy and Iman Mostafa Basiouny
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:168
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  17. Coronaviruses are large, encapsulated RNA viruses that can infect both humans and animals and cause minor respiratory illnesses. In December 2019, numerous cases of pneumonia of unknown origin were reported in...

    Authors: Abdulrahman Nabil Fathi Abdulghffar, Hedayat El Sayed EL Fouly, Mohamed Sherif EL Minawi and Mariam Magdy Medhat
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:167
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  19. Retropharyngeal hematoma is a rare but life-threatening situation and may require emergency tracheostomy or surgical drainage if the airway is compromised. We present a case of a retropharyngeal hematoma with ...

    Authors: Maria Jorge Casanova, João Lino, António Magalhães and Luís Meireles
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:165
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  20. Quality of life (QoL) tests are usually used to assess the response to different therapies. They are the tools that best reflect the patients’ complaints, the severity of their pathology, and the post-therapeu...

    Authors: Mustapha Sellami, Samira Abdi and Farid Boudjenah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:164
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  21. The claim that septoplasty in children should not be done was raised in the early last century. Pediatric septoplasty is highly controversial. Some surgeons are concerned that early surgical intervention befor...

    Authors: Taha Mohamed Abdelaal, Samer Badie, Ahmed Abdelatty Ibrahim, Diaa Bakry Eldib and Alaa Abdelsamie
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:163
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  22. Vestibular loss in children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is quite high. Despite the high prevalence of vestibular loss and balance impairment in children with SNHL, they are rarely assessed by clinic...

    Authors: Mohamed Mohamed EL-Badry, Mohamed Makhlouf, Dalia Fahim, Ghada Mamdouh, Alfarghal Mohamad and Reham Gamal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:162
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  23. Facemasks are routinely used among healthcare providers, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they negatively impact speech perception. Our study investigated how speech perception using the word d...

    Authors: Nashwa Nada, Mohamed Osama Tomoum and Reham Mamdouh Lasheen
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:161
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  24. Acute mastoiditis is an intratemporal complication due to acute otitis media (AOM). Common risk factors include young age (often < 24 months), high values of C-reactive protein and previous antibiotic therapy,...

    Authors: Nur Faqihah Jaafar, Yong Enci and Irise Hoi Khin Chen
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:160
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  25. The use of cartilage in type I tympanoplasty is associated with concern about a poor audiological outcome. Slicing the cartilage could be a tool to overcome such a feared problem.

    Authors: Mohamed Abd Elmottaleb Sabaa, Abdallah Enayet Abdelhameed, Ahmed Mahmoud Elbatawi, Mahmoud Sayed ElFouly, Abdelhaleem Ahmed Mohamed and Mahmoud Sherif El-essawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:159
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  27. Vestibular migraine (VM) is considered one of the most common causes of episodic vertigo. Acute attacks may interfere or hinder daily activities, and hence decrease the quality of life. Accordingly, this study...

    Authors: Adel Abdel Maksoud Nassar, Tamer Hussien Emara, Shaimaa Salah Abdel Hamid and Eman Mohamed Galal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:157
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  28. The universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) has effectively allowed babies with hearing loss to be detected early. However, findings from previous studies indicate that this procedure may adversely induce a...

    Authors: Rafidah Mazlan and Nur Farahain Abdul Razak
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:156
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  29. Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that commonly occurs in the lungs or in disseminated form. Primary laryngeal histoplasmosis is a very rare condition that can mimic laryngeal carcinoma or laryngeal tubercu...

    Authors: Kok Foong Yuen, Mun Yee Soo and Nik Fariza Husna Nik Hassan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:155
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  30. An attempt has been made to observe the response of anti-Koch’s treatment and the effect of anti-Koch’s treatment on hearing in ENT tuberculosis patients by pure tone audiometry.

    Authors: Reshma P. Chavan, Anish Anto Parokaran, Hamna Abdu Nazir and Ajay P. Damodhar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:154
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  31. Damage to the inner ear or cochlear nerve results in sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), which is typically persistent deafness. SNHL can range in severity from mild to profound. The shape of the audiogram is u...

    Authors: Ossama Mustafa Mady, Waleed Farag Ezzat, Anas Mohamed Askoura and Gamal Mohamed Gamal Elbadawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:153
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  32. There have been several reconstructive methods with free flaps or vascular pedicled flaps constituting a large portion of the rebuilding of the skull base. The vascularized pedicled nasoseptal flap, however, a...

    Authors: Anwar Abdelatty Ibrahim, Hazem Negm and Ahmad M. Hamdan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:152
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  33. This study aimed to assess cognitive function in children with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) using mismatch negativity (MMN) potentials.

    Authors: Hossam Sanyelbhaa Talaat, Asmaa Salah Moaty, Sameh A. Abd El Naby, Hadeer M. Elgammal and Ahmed Mahmoud Zein-Elabedein
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:151
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  34. Thyroid swellings are prevalent in 4 to 7% of the Indian population and are commonly present in females. Thyroid swelling has been attributed to various causes, such as ingestion of goitrogens and low iodine i...

    Authors: Namit Kant Singh, Neemu Hage, Shailaja Prabhala, Balaji Ramamourthy, Sushmitha Nagaraju and Krishna Medha Kappagantu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:150
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  35. Pure-tone audiometry is the traditional gold standard for assessment and screening of hearing impairment, but it requires the use of calibrated devices and soundproof booth. Mobile apps can offer a good altern...

    Authors: Ümit Can Çetinkaya and Özlem Konukseven
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:149
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  36. Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) are an important part of the audiological test battery and have many clinical uses. This study aims to determine the amplitude changes in the test–retest condition of distortion pr...

    Authors: Ayşenur Aykul Yağcıoğlu and Burak Öztürk
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:148
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  37. Since the evolution of the microdebrider technology and its modulations to be suitable for rhinology, many attempts were carried out to replace the conventional instruments with microdebrider especially in cas...

    Authors: Ahmad Aboul Wafa Abdoul Jaleel, Esam Ali Abo El Magd, Abd El Rahman Ahmed El Tahan and Engy Nagy Henry
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:147
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  38. Nasal columella reconstruction is a challenging procedure, and the main goal is to maintain function as well as a satisfactory aesthetic outcome. Several surgical techniques have been described for the reconst...

    Authors: Auwal Adamu, Abdullahi Musa Kirfi, Nurudeen Adebola Shofoluwe, Iliyasu Yunusa Shuaibu and Onyekwere George B. Nwaorgu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:146
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  39. We aimed to validate the translated Arabic version of the head and neck keloid quality-of-life (QOL) questionnaire. We also aimed to evaluate the impact of intralesional botulinum toxin type A (BTA) therapy on...

    Authors: Mervat Hamdino, Ghada Abdel-Badea Omar, Hala Elhaw, Maurizio Barbara and Haitham H. Elfarargy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:145
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  40. In otolaryngology outpatient clinics, patients frequently present with unilateral vocal cord paralysis (UVCP). During the pandemic, various new protocols were designed to identify UVCP. An experienced otolaryn...

    Authors: Anoushka Sahai, Hetal Marfatia, Ashwinikumar Gaikwad, Anushka Agarwal, Kartik Narkhede, Mruganayani Jadhav and Sanket Katkar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:144
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  41. Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a swallowing disorder characterized by difficulty in transferring foods and/or liquids from the oral cavity to the stomach, affecting safe oral feeding. The main complications caused...

    Authors: Nihal Hisham Abdelhamid and Iman Mohamed Elrouby
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:143
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  42. Angiofibroma is a rare, histologically benign but locally aggressive vascular tumour that typically arises within the nasopharynx. Angiofibroma in sites other than the nasopharynx is extremely uncommon. Despit...

    Authors: Siew Chung Cheah, Eng Haw Lim, Rohaizam Japar, Murni Hartini Jais and Irfan Mohamad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:142
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  44. This research aims to develop an original understanding of the subject by examining how digital screen usage correlates with visual-vestibular system interaction and the vestibuloocular reflex mechanism using ...

    Authors: Özge Gedik Toker, Nida Tas Elibol, Özlem Erentürk, Songül Erdem, Meliha Başöz Behmen and Nilüfer Bal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:140
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  45. Septoplasty is a painful process. Nowadays, opioids and non-opioids are used to control patients’ pain, which has different efficacy and consequences. We aimed to assess the effect of preemptive gabapentin and...

    Authors: Rohollah Abbasi, Farnaz Hashemian, Mohammad Saeed Ahmadi, Javaneh Jahanshahi, Ebrahim Khoshraftar, Amin Karimian and Abbas Moradi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:139
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  46. The molecular makeup of a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) could vary as per the geography and corresponding variability in prevalent etiopathological factors. The objective of this study was to a...

    Authors: K. Devaraja, Suresh Pillai, Manna Valiathan, V. Geetha and Kailesh Pujary
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:138
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  47. This study aimed to identify the current practices and challenges faced by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in managing dysphagia among head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT) in Malaysia.

    Authors: Husmeela Hussain, Kartini Ahmad, Zakinah Yahaya, Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh and Hasherah Mohd Ibrahim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:137
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  48. Stuttering is a fluency disorder characterized by changes in speech flow caused by neuroaudiological factors linked to central auditory processing. We aimed to assess the affection of cortical auditory evoked ...

    Authors: Ashraf Mahmoud Khaled, Abeir Osman Dabbous, Aisha Fawzy Abdel Hady, Dina Moustafa Abdel Sabour and Rabab Ahmed Koura
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:136
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  49. Patients with orofacial cleft are at high risk for neurobehavioral problems including learning disability, impaired language function, psychosocial adjustment issues, and persistently reduced academic achievem...

    Authors: Essam-Eldin M. Aref, Zeinab A. Abdel Hameed and Hanan A. Mohamed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:135
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  50. Sebaceous carcinoma is an uncommon non-melanoma skin cancer. Extraocular sites are extremely rare, with only a few cases reported in the medical literature. This article reviews the diagnostic challenges and t...

    Authors: Arunabha Chakravarti, Prerna Negi, Parvendra Singh, Sneha Mary Sam and Kiran Agarwal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology 2023 39:134
    Content type: Case Report Published on:
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