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Tympanoplasty type I in children - Our experience and factors affecting outcome
Melo, Ana Sofia; Oliveira, José; Ferreira, Raquel; Casalta, João; Cortesão, Rui; Quadros, Jorge; Ribeiro, Carlos; Paiva, AntónioObjective: To analyze the success rate of tympanoplasty type I in children as well as the predictors of success.Study Design: Retrospective analysis.Methods: Review of 67 cases of children aged 6-18 years undergoing tympanoplasty type I in Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC) – pólo Hospital Pediátrico (HP) / Hospital Geral (HG) between January 2002 and April 2012, recorded the following variable...
Cultural Adaptation of the Portuguese Version of the "Sniffin' Sticks" Smell Te...
Ribeiro, João Carlos; Simões, João; Silva, Filipe; Silva, Eduardo; Hummel, Cornelia; Hummel, Thomas; Paiva, AntónioThe cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Sniffin`Sticks test for the Portuguese population is described. Over 270 people participated in four experiments. In Experiment 1, 67 participants rated the familiarity of presented odors and seven descriptors of the original test were adapted to a Portuguese context. In Experiment 2, the Portuguese version of Sniffin`Sticks test was administered to 203 health...
Accelerated age-related olfactory decline among type 1 Usher patients
Ribeiro, João Carlos; Oliveiros, Bárbara; Pereira, Paulo; António, Natália; Hummel, Thomas; Paiva, António; Silva, Eduardo D.Usher Syndrome (USH) is a rare disease with hearing loss, retinitis pigmentosa and, sometimes, vestibular dysfunction. A phenotype heterogeneity is reported. Recent evidence indicates that USH is likely to belong to an emerging class of sensory ciliopathies. Olfaction has recently been implicated in ciliopathies, but the scarce literature about olfaction in USH show conflicting results. We aim to evaluate olfac...
Balneotherapy and otorhinolaryngology - A systematic review
Simões, João; Carrainho, Nuno; Paiva, Sofia; Paiva, AntónioIntroduction: Balneotherapy has been defined recently as the use of natural mineral waters for medical purposes such as prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. This study aims to present and discuss the benefits of balneotherapy in the pathology of the otorhinolaryngology field.Materials and Methods: We performed a systematic review based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analys...
Giant concha bullosa: a curable cause of nasal obstruction
Ferreira, Ângela; Ribeiro, João Carlos; Barros, Óscar; Silva, Miguel; Nogueira, Rui; Paiva, AntónioIntroduction: Nasal obstruction is a common problem in Portugal. It can have negative influences on quality of life and repercussions for family dynamics. It has several causes. Among them is concha bullosa. The objectives of this article are to describe a case of giant concha bullosa and to summarize the approach to the patient with nasal obstruction in primary care. Case description: A 50 year-old woman prese...
O Impacto do Implante Coclear na Linguagem Oral das Crianças com Surdez Congénita
Ramos, Daniela; Xavier Jorge, João; Teixeira, António; Ribeiro, Carlos; Paiva, AntónioIntrodução: As crianças com surdez neurossensorial severa a profunda podem adquirir vocabulário e estruturas sintácticas para comunicarem pela linguagem oral, após implante coclear. Objectivo: Identificar as capacidades linguísticas em crianças, com implante coclear. Material e Métodos: Estudou-se a linguagem oral em 18 crianças, entre nove e 10 anos, com surdez neurossensorial profunda bilateral congénita, com...
The Impact of Cochlear Implant in the Oral Language of Children with
Ramos, Daniela; Xavier Jorge, João; Teixeira, António; Ribeiro, Carlos; Paiva, AntónioIntroduction: Children with severe to profound sensorineural deafness can acquire vocabulary and syntactic structures to communicate by oral language, after cochlear implant.Aim: Identify the linguistic skills of children with cochlear implant.Material and Methods: Eighteen children of both gender, between 9 and 10 years, with congenital bilateral deafness, using cochlear implant, were studied. The evaluation i...
Arterial embolization in severe epistaxis management: clinical cases
Silva, Clara; Silvestre, Natércia; Parreira, Tiago; Amorim, Ana Margarida; Paiva, AntónioEpistaxis is one of the most common ENT emergencies. In refractory cases to traditional measures (chemical or electrical cauterization, anterior and / or posterior packing; systemic antifibrinolytic) it may be necessary to resort to surgical ligation or arterial embolization. Through four clinical case reports, this study aims to analyze the role of arterial embolization in the treatment of severe, refractory e...
Open laryngeal trauma by stab – Clinical case
Barosa, João; Gonçalves, Paulo; Tomé, Pedro; Ribeiro, João Carlos; Miguéis, Jorge; Paiva, AntónioObjectives – To present a successful case of a young female patient who underwent surgical reconstruction because of open laryngeal stab wound.Study design – Clinical case.Materials and Methods – Case report of a female patient, aged 25, who had a stab wound that transected the larynx, about 3 mm above the glottis. Meticulous laryngeal surgical reconstruction was executed. The pertinent literature about open la...
Dysgeusia: a case report
de Barros, Óscar; Ribeiro, João Carlos; Ferreira, Ângela; Ferreira, Hélder; Paiva, AntónioIntroduction: The distortion of the sense of taste (dysgeusia), transient or permanent, may have significant impact on the lives of patients. It may be associated with weight loss, anorexia, malnutrition, depressive symptoms, and a significant reduction in quality of life. Dysgeusia can have several causes. One surgical cause is tonsillectomy. Case description: A 38 year-old female patient, with dysgeusia is pr...