Objective(s) The aim of this study was to investigate the overall effect of cardiac vasoactive factors during coronary occlusion and reperfusion on peripheral vascular tone, using a sequential isolated rabbit heart-ear perfusion model. Materials and Methods Isolated ears were perfused with the effluent of isolated hearts subjected to ischemia (30 min) and reperfusion (180 min, n=6). The comp...

Colliod milium is a degenerative change, which is characterized clinically by development of multiple yellowish, translucent papules and nodules on the light exposed skin and histologically by the presence of colloid in the dermal papillae. This is a rare condition and has some variants. We report a case of colloid millium with nodular and plaque lesions on his ears. Our patient was a far...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is a demyelinating disorder of central nervous system. it involves 8th cranial nerve and its central nuclei and is an uncommon cause of the sensorineural hearing loss. for determining the prevalence of hearing loss (hl) especially retrocochlear type in ms, a cross-sectional study was designed using pure-tone audiometry (pta), otoacustic emissions (oaes), auditory brainst...

introduction: this study was designed to evaluate the usefulness of mastoid cavity obliteration with combined bone pâté and palva flap in the prevention of problematic mastoid cavities after canal wall down mastoidectomy.   materials and methods: in a prospective longitudinal study with a mean follow-up of 28 months conducted between 2008–2012, a series of 56 ears in 48 patients with chronic ot...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated the effect of naproxen sodium on propylene glycol-induced otitis media in guinea pig ears. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty adult guinea pigs were randomized to the study and control groups equal in number. A single dose of propylene glycol (0.2 ml, 60%) was applied to the left ears of the control group and to both ears of the study group. Saline solution was applied to th...