Otolaryngologia polska. The Polish otolaryngology
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of this study was examination of laryngeal nerve injury, hypoparathyroidism, bleeding and thyroid storm frequency after thyroidectomy. ⋯ Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and hypoparathyroidism are most common complications after thyroid surgery. Total thyroidectomy and reoperation are risk factors of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and hypoparathyroidism.
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Malignant tumors constituted 25% of all gland tumors, the most frequently in parotid gland. ⋯ Malignant tumors constituted 22% of all gland tumors. Mucoepidermoid (27%) and adenoid cyst (22%) carcinomas were the most common malignant tumor. Tumor stage T3-T4 was in 88,5% cases. Accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of parotid tumors is 81,2%.
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Biography Historical Article
[Tadeusz Antowski Ph.D. (1919-1966), from ENT Unit in Dachau to the lectureship in Otolaryngological Clinic of Poznań University].
The authors present the biography of the laryngologist Tadeusz Antowski Ph. D. (1919-1966). The medical studies at the University of Poznań, which he started with his brother Marian (1915-1943), were interrupted by World War II. ⋯ Soon he was called up to the military service and in 1951 became the chief of Otolaryngological Department in the 8-th Army Hospital in Toruń. He was an active member of Polish Medical Association and the president of the Toruń branch. Tadeusz Antowski died on 02.11.1966 in Gdańsk.
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The aim of the study was to assess the influence of glucocorticoids on the view of hair cell regeneration process being in the chicken's inner ear (basilar papilla - BP) after exposure to wide-band noise at the level 120 dB (A) for 48 hours. We found that glucocorticoids given during and/or after exposure to the noise have a cytoprotective activity to the hair cells, they limitate the extensiveness and decrease the dynamics of hair cells injury. We observed that new "young" hair cells reappeared at the sensory epithelium on the 7th day after the end of exposure. Regenerated hair cells have immature, short and thick cilia and small apical surface area.
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A foreign body in the parotid gland is extremely uncommon. It can penetrate to the parotid gland through the skin or from the oral cavity via the Stenonís duct. A case of 23-years-old man with the several pieces of glass within the superficial lobe of the right parotid gland was described. The surgical removal was performed and the diagnosis of the foreign body was quite easy.