OBJECTIVES Voice and speech alternations that can occur after total thyroidectomy are usually due to recurrent or superior laryngeal nerve injury. These alterations may also be associated with other extralaryngeal factors, such as neck muscle dysfunction and scar contracture of the neck. We performed a prospective acoustic analysis on speech changes after surgery, in the absence of laryngeal ne...

purpose: to evaluate ophthalmologists’ sitting position during ocular examination and surgery and to evaluate any correlation between musculoskeletal disorders and mean work time.   methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on ophthalmologists in isfahan, iran in different occupational positions including the office, during slitlamp examination and in the operating room. the evaluation ...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated the effect of neck metastasis on the survival rate of patients who underwent surgery for laryngeal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 256 patients who had undergone surgery between 1995 and 1999 were retrospectively reviewed. Of these, 186 patients (72%; 185 males, 1 female; mean age 57.5 years) who were accessible for follow-up were evaluated with respect to the ...

Introduction: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. This malignancy generally has an excellent prognosis with more than 90% long term survival. Consequently, life quality improvement is the first priority especially in the young DTC survivors. In classic management of a new DTC patient, each therapeutic modality can significantly induce morbidities. In the...

Head and neck lymphoedema (HNL) can be classified as primary or secondary. Primary HNL is caused by congenital impairment of the lymphatic system and is rare. Secondary HNL commonly develops as a result of acquired damage to the lymphatic system during treatment for head and neck cancer or blockage by the cancer itself (Thoma, 2012). Surgery and radiotherapy are the two primary modalities used ...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Multilevel cervical myelopathy can be treated with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) or corpectomy via the anterior approach and laminoplasty via the posterior approach. Till date, there is no proven superior approach. PURPOSE To elucidate any potential advantage of one approach over the other with regard to clinical midterm outcomes in this study. STUDY DESI...

a 4.5 years old boy with left postero superior lateral neck mass admitted to shahid rahnemoon hospital in yazd. the mass had been noticed 2 years ago and there was no improvement after three times antibiotic therapy. on physical examination there were two masses on the neck. one of them was approximately 3×4 cm and the other was 2×2 cm. on of the masses was located in the left posterior auricul...

BACKGROUND It is evident that the rate of thyroid cancer is increasing throughout the world. One reason is increased detection of preclinical small cancers. However, it is not clear whether the increase in thyroid cancer rate is reducing the extent of thyroid surgeries. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the thyroid cancer rate and analyze recent changes in the extent of thyroid cancer s...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic safety and prognosis of supraomohyoid neck dissections for oral squamous cell carcinoma, with a special focus on the risk of skip metastases in level IV or V. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted of 637 patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma who were admitted to the department of oral and maxillofacial surg...