Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2017 September 1 Cytokeratin 13, Cytokeratin 17, and Ki-67 Expression in Human Acquired Cholesteatoma and Their Correlation With Its Destructive Capacity
■ Bone resorption in human acquired cholesteatoma is still a confusing mystery. ■ The concept that Ki-67 could predict cholesteatoma aggressiveness was supported. ■ Cytokeratin 17 could be considered as a favoring marker for cholesteatoma invasiveness. ■ This knowledge is necessary for proper timing of surgery and preventing bad outcomes.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2017 September 1
Association Between Hearing Impairment and Albuminuria With or Without Diabetes Mellitus

■ Albuminuria has been known as an indicator of endothelial damge in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients.
■ The presence of albuminuria was associated with a modest effect on hearing thresholds regardless of presence of DM (P<0.05).
■ DM without albuminuria was also associated with high hearing thresholds compared with the normal population, but the effect was modest (P<0.05).
■ DM participants with albuminuria has significantly more hearing loss compared with the other patients (P<0.05).

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2017 September 1 A Study of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Tumour Necrosis Factor α-1031 And Tumour Necrosis Factor β+ 252 in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
■ Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α-1031 and TNFβ+252 gene polymorphisms did not render any significant associations in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). ■ TNFα-1031 gene polymorphisms was significantly associated with CRS participants with atopy.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2017 September 1 Usefulness of Allerkin House Dust Mite Extract for Nasal Provocation Testing
■ New formulation for nasal provocation testing (NPT) has been developed. ■ Intranasal Allerkin (Lofarma) house dust mite (HDM) extract caused significant change of nose. ■ Allerkin HDM extract can be a useful provocative agent in NPT.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2017 September 1
Postoperative Hypoparathyroidism and the Viability of the Parathyroid Glands During Thyroidectomy

■ The viability of the parathyroid glands during thyroidectomy affects postoperative hypoparathyroidism.
■ The viabilities of all 4 glands were prospectively evaluated by their visual grading from 0 (normal) to 3 (severely impaired).
■ The scores were frequently high in patients with transient and permanent hypoparathyroidism.
■ The visual scoring might be a good indicator of postoperative hypoparathyroidism.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 2017 September 1 The Phonetic Characteristics in Patients of Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis Without Tracheotomy
■ The patients with bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP) had varied voice onset time. ■ The BVFP patients might control air pressure to produce 3-typed stop consonants. ■ The patients used intraoral air pressure and flow control to distinguish voiceless stop.