INTRODUCTION Symptomatology, nasal endoscopy and Computerised Tomographic (CT) scan have been used to diagnose chronic rhinosinusitis. The value of disease severity score in the assessment of chronic rhinosinusitis has not been well investigated. Hence, this study aims to correlate the pre-operative symptom severity score as well as overall disease severity score of patients with chronic rhinos...

Fifty years ago, the extracorporeal cold light and its transmission by glass fibers, along with the Hopkins rod lens system, were introduced. The development and application of these new technologies to upper airways allowed studying, understanding, and improving knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the nasal cavity and sinuses. In particular, some fundamental concepts of moder...

BACKGROUND The zygoma implant has been an effective option in the short-term management of the atrophic edentulous maxilla. PURPOSE To report on long-term outcomes in the rehabilitation of the atrophic maxilla using zygomatic (ZI) and regular implants (RI). MATERIAL AND METHODS 22 consecutive zygomatic patients in a maintenance program were included. Cumulative survival rate (CSR) of ZI, RI...

Universal quantum computation can be achieved by simply performing single-qubit measurements on a highly entangled resource state, such as cluster states. The family of Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki states has recently been intensively explored and shown to provide restricted computation. Here, we show that the two-dimensional Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki state on a honeycomb lattice is a universa...

OBJECTIVE (1) Describe clinical and histopathologic findings in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). (2) Determine if tissue and serum eosinophilia predicts disease severity in CRSwNP. STUDY DESIGN Case series with chart review. SETTING Academic hospital specializing in respiratory and allergic disease. SUBJECTS Patients with CRSwNP treated from 2008 to 2010. ...

This paper examines the current trends of corporations that have completed a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability report. To gain an overview of the rapid growth in sustainability reporting the issues and trends that are analyzed are geographic locations of main headquarters, size by number of employees, size by market capitalization, sector breakdown and financial performance. The ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between clinical, radiological and histopathological findings in nasal polyposis. MATERIAL AND METHOD This was a retrospective study of 85 patients with nasal polyposis who were treated by endoscopic sinus surgery between the years of 2005 and 2010. All patients underwent preoperative paranasal sinus Computerized Tomography scan i...

BACKGROUND Although chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is increasing in prevalence and incidence, its diagnosis and treatment still pose a challenge. The Task Force on rhinosinusitis (TFR) advocates the use of symptom based criteria. However, many otorhinolaryngologists depend on diagnostic nasal endoscopy and computed tomography (CT) of paranasal sinuses for diagnosis of CRS. Computed tomography has...

The association of bronchiectasis with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) has been reported. However, apart from primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) and cystic fibrosis (CF), predisposing conditions have not been established. We aimed to define clinical and laboratory features that differentiate patients with bronchiectasis with upper airway symptoms (UASs) and without PCD from patients without UASs. We...