3 documents found, page 1 of 1
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: an ENT’s department 14-year experience
Pina, Paulo; Aguiar, Cristina; Teixeira, Mónica; Coimbra Ferreira, Edite; Oliveira, PedroObjectives: To analyse the population diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma over a 14-year period and evaluate the impact of clinical characteristics on overall survival. Study Design: Retrospective. Materials and Methods: Review of medical records and analysis of clinical variables, including sex, age, staging, histological subtype, presenting symptoms and their duration, presence of alcohol or tobacco use, ...
Clinical versus pathological staging in laryngectomized patients
Aguiar, Cristina; Teixeira, Mónica; Pina, Paulo; Coimbra Ferreira, Edite; Ribeiro, Leandro; Oliveira, PedroAim: To assess the accuracy of clinical staging in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer, as well as its impact on the type of treatment and associated factors Study Design: Retrospective. Material and Methods: Review of patients submitted to total laryngectomy, between 2013 and 2021. Results: There were 54 patients, almost all males and with a mean age of 61 years-old. There was a discrepancy between clinical an...
Laryngomalacia - the experience of the service in the last 6 years
Bernardo, Teresa; Coimbra Ferreira, Edite; Ribeiro, Daniela; Helena, Diamantino; Condé, Artur; Pereira Silva, AgostinhoThe authors carried out a retrospective study based on the clinical processes of 21 children followed for laryngomalacia in the Service of ORL, CHVNG/E - EPE, between January of 2003 and January of 2009. The objective was to define the population, characterize the disease, and value the setup treatment and the infiuence of the presence of co-morbidities. The characteristics of the disease were similar to that d...