In most of the surviving patients after a lightning strike, audiovestibular abnormalities have been reported. The most frequently reported type of abnormalities is a tympanic membrane perforation with hearing loss and external ear canal burn. However a sensor neural hearing loss and mixed type hearing loss can also occur, but these occur rarely. A nineteen-year-old female patient had, after a lightning strike, serious burns on the left ear, behind the ear, and on the chest and neck. She also had in her left ear 108 dB hearing loss with irregular central perforation and in her right ear 52 dB sensorineural hearing loss. There was no hearing loss before the strike. A hearing aid was recommended for the right ear and good care and follow-up were recommended for the left ear. A lightning strike can cause serious audiological damage. Therefore, it is necessary to make a careful audiovestibular evaluation of the patients. Although there exist rarely healed cases from sensorineural hearing loss after lightning strike in literature, in our case hearing loss occurred bilaterally and then it healed unilaterally. This condition is quite rare in literature.
Objectives: We explored the auditory and anatomical success of grafting when the cartilage perichondrium (CP) was prepared using two different methods. Methods: Patients with subtotal or total perforation underwent tympanoplasty with a CP graft. A V-shaped groove for the handle of the malleus was prepared for CP grafts in patients in group 1. Patients in group 2 did not have a groove on the graft. The anatomical success of the graft was evaluated as success, partial success, or failure. Results of auditory evaluations were compared between the two groups. Results: A total of 195 patients were included in the study. The total CP graft integration rate was 96% for both groups. Significant changes were detected in all hearing criteria evaluated 12 months after surgery compared to the preoperative period ( P < .05). There were no significant differences between the groups in terms of the relationship between graft technique and postoperative hearing results. However, rates of partial success were significantly higher for group 1 than group 2 ( P = .033). Conclusion: Cartilage slice support offers an extremely reliable method for reconstruction of tympanic membrane in cases of high-risk perforation. Partial failures are rare, but when they occur, they most often involved anterior graft medialization. When a piece of cartilage is removed at the malleus interface there may be a higher rate of partial failure.
GirişAlerjik rinit (AR), burun mukozasının alerjen teması sonrası spesifik IgE aracılığıyla ortaya çıkan, paranazal bölgenin aşırı duyarlılık reaksiyonu ile karakterize inflamatuvar bir hastalıktır. Hapşırık, burun akıntısı, burun, göz ve farenkste kaşıntı, burun tıkanıklığı, hastalığın ÖZET Amaç: Van ilinde, alerjik rinit semptomları ile polikliniğimize başvuran hastalarda prik test ile saptanan alerjenlerin dağılımını tespit etmek ve alerjik hastalardaki yaş, cinsiyet dağılımı ve sigara kullanım oranlarını saptamak, ayrıca bölgenin alerji haritasının oluşturulmasına yönelik çalışmalara katkıda bulunmak için bu çalışmayı yapmayı amaçladık. Gereç ve Yöntem:Van bölgesinde Mayıs 2014 -Aralık 2015 tarihleri arasında prik test sonucuna göre en az bir alerjene karşı duyarlı olan 220 hasta çalışmaya alındı. Bulgular:Prik test pozitif olan 220 hastanın %59,1'i (n=130) erkek, %40,9'si (n=90) kadındı. Erkek ve kadın oranı 3:2 olarak saptandı. Sigara içimi kadınlarda %31,1 (n=28), erkeklerde ise %40,7 (n=53) oranlarında tespit edildi. Yapılan prik test sonucunda duyarlılık; çayır çimen %20 (n=44), karışık otlar %16,3 (n=36), ev akarı %13,6 (n=30), çiçek karışımı %10 (n=22), yumurta sarısı %9,1 (n=20), kedi epiteli %8,2 (n=18), Aspergillus %7,3 (n=16), fıstık %7,3 (n=16), domates % 1,8 (n= 4), badem %1,8 (n=4), Alternaria %1,8 (n=4), Clasdioporum %1,3 (n=3) ve yumurta beyazı %1,3 (n= 3) oranında saptandı. Sonuç:Van ilinde prik test sonucunda erkek oranının daha fazla, sigara içim oranının da ortalama %30-40 arasında olduğu bulundu. En sık duyarlılığın çayır çimen, ikinci sıklıkta karışık otlara ve üçüncü olarak da ev akarlarına karşı olduğu tespit edildi. Ayrıca besinsel alerjenlerin (yumurta sarısı, fıstık, domates, badem, yumurta beyazı) toplamda %21'lik sıklıkla Van bölgesindeki önemli alerjen faktörler arasında yer aldığı saptandı. Van bölgesinde iklim, bitki örtüsü ve çevre şartlarının farklı olmasına rağmen bitkisel alerjenler ve akarların en sık olarak saptanması literatürdeki diğer çalışmaların sonuçlarıyla paralellik göstermektedir.Anahtar Kelimeler: Alerjen, alerjik rinit, prik testi ABSTRACT Objective: This study was carried out to detect allergen distribution of the patients admitted with allergic rhinitis symptoms and to determine the age, gender distribution and smoking rates in allergic patients, and to contribute to compose an allergy map in Van region. Materials and Methods: 220 patients allergic to at least one allergen according to prick test results were included between May 2014 and December 2015.Results: 59.1% (n=130) of 220 patients were male and 40.9% (n=90) were female. Male/female ratio was 3:2. Prevalence of smokers were 31.1% (n=28) among females and 40.7% (n=53) among males. According to prick test results; sensitivity to meadow was 20% (n=44), to mixed herbs 16.3% (n=36), to mites 13.6% (n=30), to flower mixture 10% (n=22), to egg yolk 9.1% (n=20), to cat epithelium 8.2% (n=18), to Aspergillus 7.3% (n=16), to peanut 7.3% (n=16), to tomato 1.8% (n= 4), to almond 1.8% (n=4), to Alternaria 1.8% (...
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