Objectives: To determine and compare, retrospectively, the success rate of speech rehabilitation with voice prosthesis (VP) according to the age, radiotherapy (RT) status and total laryngectomy (TL) type: primary or salvage. Study design: By reviewing post-laryngectomy patients with voice prosthesis insertion between 2016-2022. Surgical and prosthesis complications, first prosthesis replacement and number of re...
Objective: To identify prognostic factors for Head and Neck Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Assess survival according to sublocation and treatment. Study design: Observational retrospective study Material/methods: Analysis of patients data with Head and Neck Soft Tissue Sarcoma followed at the ENT department at IPO-LFG between 1980 and 2022. Results: 59 patients (64% men) with a mean age of 47,2 years were selected. Chond...
Aims: Assess the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and sudden hearing loss. Study design: Clinical case and literature review Material and Methods : Description of 2 clinical cases of acute hearing loss associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, observed in a medical appointment at Beatriz Ângelo Hospital. The authors made a revision of the already existing cases in literature, through a research made on P...
No âmbito das suas funções técnico consultivas, a sub-Comissão Nacional de Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente procurou inteirar-se da situação real do país, em termos de recursos humanos Pediátricos e da sua distribuição, no sentido de poder emitir pareceres fundamentados sobre uma carta Hospitalar adequada às necessidades assistenciais em saúde da população alvo. Metodologia: Para o efeito elaborou um inquérito...