Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) is an anesthesia technique combining local anesthesia with parenteral drugs for sedation and analgesia. The use of MAC is increasing for a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in and outside of the operating room due to the rapid postoperative recovery with the use of relatively small amounts of sedatives and analgesics compared to general anesthesia....

INTRODUCTION Tinnitus is a difficult to treat symptom, with different responses in patients. It is classified in different ways, according to its origin and associated diseases. OBJECTIVE to propose a single and measurable classification of persistent tinnitus, through its perception as sounds of nature or of daily life and its comparison with pure tone or noise, of high or low pitch, present...

AIM To analyze the profile of the surgical procedures related to otorhinolaryngology in Brazil in the year 2003. STUDY DESIGN This was an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. METHODS We analyzed 80,030 surgical procedures performed in 27 Brazilian States during the period from January to December 2003. The data were obtained from the Hospital Information System of the Ministry...

Telangiectasia may be identified by visual inspection during physical examination of the skin and oral cavity or by endoscopy. Diagnosis is made after clinical examination and genetic testing based on the Curacao criteria: telangiectasia in the face, hands or oral cavity; recurrent epistaxis; arteriovenous malformations with visceral involvement; and a positive family history. Diagnosis is conf...

Chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) is one of the most common otorhinolaryngologic diseases worldwide. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this study, the expression of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) was quantitatively evaluated in patients with CRSsNP (n = 20) and healthy controls (n = 20). The mRNA levels of GSK-3α and GSK-3β were examined by qPCR, the i...

OBJECTIVE To find a suitable method to prospectively register all tonsil surgery-related complications. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary care center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS From September 2011 to February 2012, patients undergoing tonsillectomy or tonsillotomy were enrolled. A wide range of demographic and clinical data including incidents of postoperative complicatio...

Introdução: A leishmaniose é uma parasitose de grande importância epidemiológica na qual o homem é um hospedeiro acidental do protozoário do gênero Leishmania. Dentre as principais apresentações clínicas, visceral e tegumentar, encontram-se as formas mucocutâneas, que podem acometer a face e as vias respiratórias superiores, podendo ocasionar lesões deformantes, com prejuízo funcional. Objetivo...

INTRODUCTION The large increase in the number of transnasal endoscopic skull base surgeries is a consequence of greater knowledge of the anatomic region, the development of specific materials and instruments, and especially the use of the nasoseptal flap as a barrier between the sinus tract (contaminated cavity) and the subarachnoid space (sterile area), reducing the high risk of contamination....

INTRODUCTION Although the use of video recording became popularized in otolaryngology beginning in 1959, a new generation of wearable technology has evolved. One of these technologies includes a device called Google Glass (Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA), hereafter referred to simply as Glass. This device allows the capture of video from the perspective of the wearer. In addition, it provides ...