ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01907.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01908.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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This study set out to clarify the cause of Bell's palsy. It was suggested that the disease is part of a polyneuropathy. But at this stage the number of patients studied preclude any firm conclusion about the cause.

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01909.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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The term ‘ranula’ implies a transparent cystic swelling in the floor of the mouth which is usually unilateral. The current aetiological theory is that these cysts arise from the sublingual salivary glands and present as two clinical types: (1) the simple ranula (which has an epithelial lining) or (2) the plunging ranula (which is an extravasation pseudocyst). This is poorly understood and 8 cases presenting to the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, over the previous 10 years are described to illustrate the difficulties in management. Treatment consists of excision of the associated sublingual glands which are the origin of these lesi

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01910.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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Verrucous carcinmoma of the larynx is an uncommon but distinct variety of well differentiated squamous carcinoma and accounts for 1–2% of all laryngeal squamous carcinomata. Awareness of the condition both by clinician and histopathologist is essential otherwise the diagnosis may not be made. From a review of the literature and personal assessment of the cases presented here it would appear that local conservative endoscopic treatment with careful follow‐up may be the treatment of choice for certain verrucous carcinomata. Such treatment may be either suction diathermy or cryosurgery or laser surgery. Anaplastic transformation has been said to occur following irradiation of these tumours, though this view is not held by all clinicians, some of whom recommend radiotherapy for selected ca

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01911.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

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Temporalis fascia which is used to graft the tympanic membrane has been shown to be viable in tissue culture by a previous pilot study. This present study reports the effect on the viability of the fascia by scraping loose connective tissue from it and allowing it to dry. Pieces of fascia from 30 patients were each divided in 4 and prepared to give explants, fresh, fresh and scraped, dried, and dried, and scraped, The fascia grew from 17 patients when cultured fresh, 5 when fresh and scraped, 1 whem dried, and none when dried and scraped. These results are significantly different and show that the fascia is devitilized when prepared by the normal method for use in tympanoplasty.

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01912.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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Forty‐nine patients who were free of tumour 5 months to 14 years (mean 30 months) after total laryngectomy or a commando precedure were given questionnaires designed to obtain the patient's assessment of their resulting disability. Sixteen areas of disability were studied grouped under five main headings: speech, eating, cosmetic, employment and social. Following laryngectomy more than half of the patients achieved successful communication by oesophageal speech. Success in this was usually associated with minimal problems in other areas. The disabilities after commando procedures were more varied and complex. more patients reported severe disability in more than one area. Difficulties with chewing and swallowing were prominent. The results aere illustrated with patients comments. Ways in which rehabilitation might be improved are considere

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01913.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

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In a double‐blind controlled trial the effect of traditional Chinese acupuncture versus placebo acupuncture was evaluated among 17 patients (8 females and 9 males, mean age 45.7 years) with chronic (mean disease duration 5.3 years) unilateral tinnitus. None of the patients had any treatable otological disease. All patients suffered from daily tinnitus, the intensity of which was recorded by the patients themselves every day during a period of 15 weeks. Each patient was treated by traditional Chinese acupuncture as well as placebo acupuncture following randomization (Figure 1). Each period of treatment comprised 2 treatments a week for 3 weeks. Throughout the whole investigation a period effect was recorded, insignificant in the acupuncture‐placebo group, but significant in the placebo‐acupuncture group (Friedman analysis of variance) (Table 4). There was no significant difference between traditional Chinese acupuncture and placebo (Wilcoxon test, P>0.05, one‐tailed). There was no relation between the patients’ subjective statements and the results of sound balance measurements as an objective standard of tinnitus (Spear

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01914.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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Human palatine tonsils have been studied by enzyme histochemical means for T lymphocyte marking enzymes (acid α‐naphthyl acetate esterase and acid phosphatase). These enzymes show discrete dot like activity in T lymphocytes. An almost pure population of T cells (90–100% of cells present) is seen in the efferent lymphatics of all of the 12 tonsils studied. These findings are of probable immunological signific

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01915.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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A macroscopic staining method was used to display and measure the incidence and extent of squamous metaplasia of the larynx. Squamous metaplasia was found to be common in the subglottic space of non‐smoking subjects and its incidence and extent were not dependent either on age or residence (urban vs rural). Similarly the extent of squamous epithelium in the glottic and supraglottic compartments of the larynx did not appear to be affected by sex or environmen

ISSN:0307-7772    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2273.1982.tb01916.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY