We present the experience of the Ear, Nose, and Throat Department of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Curitiba and Hospital Universitário Cajuru PUC-PR in the transnasal endoscopic approach to medial orbital blowout fractures using nasal septum grafts. Seventeen patients have undergone endoscopic repair since June 2005, and septum grafts were used to maintain the orbital contents in position. All 17 patients were treated with this method. Two patients had diplopia on immediate postoperative evaluation. This symptom was corrected with orthoptic exercises in one patient, and the other had a little residual diplopia. Postoperative computed tomography scans showed anatomic reduction in 14 of 17 cases. There were no complications in these surgeries. The transnasal endoscopic approach is a reasonable method for the treatment of medial orbital blowout fractures. Use of septum graft is another surgical alternative for this technique.
Ai m: The objective of this study was to compare the effects of submucosal cauterization of the inferior turbinate with or without outfracture. Study Design: clinical prospective. Method: Twenty patients with inferior turbinate hypertrophy were randomized and divided into two groups. The first one was submitted to submucosal cauterization associated with outfracture, and the second one without fracture. Five items were assessed to compare both methods: pain, nasal bleeding, scarring -analyzed through anterior rhinoscopy, observing edema, hyperemia and seropurulent secretion; crust formation (seen through anterior rhinoscopy); and nasal airway patency. Follow-up was performed on days 7, 14, 30. Results: In both groups crusting formation was similar. Scarring showed better results in the outfracture group in the first two weeks postoperative. The analysis of nasal airway patency showed good results in 80% of the patients submitted to submucosal cauterization with outfratcture on day 30 postoperatively. Conclusions: We concluded that submucosal cauterization of inferior turbinate with outfracture is better than the procedure without outfracture.
cal code EWE00), and (adeno)tonsillectomy rates, age, gender, duration of stay, and time of onset of re-bleeding. RESULTS: One patient per 200 tonsillectomies was hospitalized and diagnosed with post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage during the six-year study period. Corresponding figure for re-operations requiring general anesthetics was less than 1 per 1,000 tonsillectomies. The latter group ranged from 8% (2003) to 36% (2000) of all re-hospitalized patients during the study period. The incidence of tonsillectomies increased 36% from
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