ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01486.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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A macroscopic staining method was used to display and measure the extent of squamous epithelium in the subglottis of stillborn babies and of babies less than 3 months old. Squamous epithelium was found to be present in some babies without a previous history of intubation (3 of 8) and in some stillborn babies (3 of 11). Squamous epithelium in the subglottic space of the human is thus present at birth.

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01487.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Sixty‐two patients with vertigo were examined with ABR. Eight of the 30 patients with vestibular neuronitis had abnormal ABR indicating brain stem dysfunction. Most of the patients with abnormal ABR showed continued ABR abnormality after recovery from the disease. Only one patient with epidemic vertigo had abnormal ABR, the remaining 15 patients had no signs of brain stem involvement. All 16 patients with benign positional vertigo had normal AB

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01488.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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There are many anecdotal reports of the recent increase in the incidence of surgery for glue ear, a phenomenon that the medical literature has considered to be a reflection of both an increased prevalence of the underlying condition and its increased detection. However, there has been no attempt to assess these considerations by means of an historical study. This reveals that, contrary to contemporary belief, the condition for which surgery is carried out has been recognized as a commonly occurring problem from at least the early 19th century. This suggests that changes in the surgical rate are more likely to reflect an ‘apparent’ rather than a ‘real’ increase in the underlying morbidi

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01489.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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The patient with an acoustic neuroma may present to the otologist with a variety of clinical features. Classically these include a retrocochlear pattern of sensorineural hearing loss, reduced vestibular response on caloric testing and radiological asymmetry of the internal auditory canals (IAC). The absence of any or all of these features, however, does not exclude the presence of tumour. Five cases are presented to illustrate the potential for diagnostic delay unless a routine battery of investigations is undertaken in patients with neuro‐otological disorders. All patterns of subjective audiometry are encountered, auditory brain stem response testing may be unreliable where hearing loss is profound, vestibular testing is normal in half of small tumours and the intracanalicular tumour may be radiologically undetectable unless IAC meatography is employe

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01490.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01491.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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The absence of any good scientific evidence that a single cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen is effective in the palliation of squamous carcinoma of the head and neck is reflected in the diverse manner with which palliative chemotherapy is used in the UK. We conducted a survey of the members of the Association of Head and Neck Oncologists of Great Britain: 70% of the specialists questioned used palliative chemotherapy for head and neck cancer. Bleomycin was cited by 80% of the chemotherapy users, whereas cisplatin was cited only by 35% We also report the results of a controlled trial of palliative chemotherapy in head and neck cancer. Cisplatin prolonged survival and time spent at home but Bleomycin did not. Also there appeared to be a synergistic effect between Cisplatin and Bleomycin

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01492.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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A psychological study of 48 elderly men after treatment for buccopharyngeal cancers was carried out to see whether treatment type (surgery alone, irradiation alone or salvage surgery after failed radiotherapy) was associated with differences in quality of life. Eight measures were used, covering functional disability, appearance, pain, depression, psychological well being and life satisfaction. Functional disability was lower and performance status high in those treated by irradiation alone. There was greater dissatisfaction with appearance in patients treated by surgery. Levels of depression were high in all groups. There were no significant differences between treatment groups however for depression, present pain, psychological well being or life satisfaction.

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01493.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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Five of a personal series of 47 patients with carcinoma of the middle and external ear had basal cell carcinoma. Two patients had extensive disease, one having petrosectomy and the other refusing. All treated patients did well.

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01494.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The average velocity‐amplitude characteristics of rapid eye movements (voluntary saccades, and fast phases of caloric and optokinetic [OKN] nystagmus) in normal humans were analyzed with an analogue‐digital computer and compared among them. For the same amplitude of movement the velocity of the saccades is considerably greter than that of the fast phases of the OKN, and these in turn are greater than those of their vestibular counterparts. The complexity in oculomotor neurophysiology makes this observation difficult to expl

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1984.tb01495.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY