In this study, we demonstrated that both RFVTR and TP are effective in improving nasal obstruction and related nasal symptoms. In support of the RFVTR, different factors are important: it can be performed in local anaesthesia; it does not require a nasal package; it does not cause either a change of mucociliary function or an increase of secretions and crusts; and the patient can be discharged immediately after treatment. Therefore, we suggest that the RFVTR offers an efficient, gentle, and function-maintaining alternative to TP. However, because of the short follow-up, future investigations are needed for a more exhaustive evaluation of equivalency of the 2 turbinate procedures.

The post-surgical variable clinical picture of shoulder disability is related not only to the accessory nerve injury, but also to the secondary glenohumeral stiffness resulting from the scapulohumeral girdle muscles weakness and postoperative forced immobility. Physical therapy aimed to early recover passive motion and to avoid the occurrence of joint fibrosis has been shown to have a real contributory role in decreasing shoulder complaints and improving the patients' QOL.

We have shown that both methods of RFVTR can produce a long-term improvement on symptoms and on maintenance of nasal function.

Background: Very few reports have investigated the role of cell cycle regulators as biomarkers in Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma (BSCC) of the larynx, a definite morphologic, uncommon, very aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma. Lower expression of Ki67/Mib-1, a proliferation marker highly expressed in the majority of tumours, and p53, a tumour suppressor protein that can induce an arrest of the G1-S transition, was related to a better prognosis in laryngeal BSCC. In the head and neck, p27 kip1 , a member of the Cip1/Kip1 family of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, has emerged as an independent prognostic factor, able to identify low-expressing tumours with unfavourable course. Up to date the role of this protein was never studied in BSCC. Aim of our study was to investigate the potential prognostic value of p27 kip1 levels and their correlation with Ki67/Mib-1 and p53 expression in BSCC of the larynx.

Among the primary mesenchymal tumors of the hypopharynx and larynx, lipomas are rare. Macroscopically, they often resemble a retention cyst or laryngeal nodule. Spindle cell lipomas (SCLs) are an uncommon variant of lipoma. SCLs are extremely rare in the larynx; as far as we know, only 4 cases have been previously described in the literature. We present a new case of laryngeal SCL in a 65-year-old man who presented with a 1-year history of hoarseness, choking spells, stridor, and dyspnea. Examination revealed the presence of a large polyp on the left true vocal fold that had caused stenosis of the posterior glottis. The polyp was removed endoscopically, and the patient's stridor and dyspnea resolved. Histologically, the tumor was composed of bland, CD34-positive spindle cells with an abundant fibrous and myxoid stroma interspersed with mature fatty tissue. The patient was free of local recurrence at 2 years of follow-up.