OBJECTIVE To study the short term outcome of modified Semont maneuver for posterior semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (PSC-BPPV).METHODS A total of 93 patients with PSC-BPPV were diagnosed using the methods of Dix-Hallpike test and Roll test from Oct. 2015 to April 2016. All the patients were treated with the modified Semont maneuver. The 3 and 7 day outcome were recorded. RESULTS During the treatment, some patients had different degrees of vertigo and nausea, but all the patients completed the treatment successfully. The number of cured, improved and ineffective patients were 72, 16 and 5 respectively with a cure rate of 77.4% and total effective rate of 94.6% at 3 days follow up, and 84, 5 and 4 respectively with a cure rate of 90.3% and total effective rate of 95.7% at 7 days follow up.CONCLUSION Modified Semont maneuver is an effective method for management of posterior semicircular canal BPPV.

Objective To explore the relationship between adenoid vegetation children with different types of tympanograms and secretory otitis media in children and diagnosis of secretory otitis media .Methods A retrospec-tive study was carried out among 328 cases with adenoid vegetation in children ,including simple adenoid vegetation and associated with chronic tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy ,from August 2010 to May 2012 .The incidence of secretory otitis media and outcomes of tympanometry for the diagnosis were analyzed .Results 104 cases were diag-nosed with secretory otitis media by tympanic membrane puncture or tympanostomy tube in 328 cases with adenoid vegetation (32 .31% );86 cases (147 ears) were finally diagnosed as secretory otitis media among 89 cases (152 ears) with type B tympanogram (147/152 ,96 .63% );16 cases (20 ears) were finally diagnosed secretory otitis media among 33 cases (49 ears) with type C tympanogram (20/49 ,40 .82% );2 cases (2 ears) with type As tympa-nogram were finally diagnosed .Conclusion With or without complaint of hearing loss ,children with adenoid vegeta-tion should be checked by routine tympanometry .Careful physical examinations and electric otoscope or ear endosco-py combined tympanometry can greatly reduce the rate of misdiagnosis of secretory otitis media .

Objective To study the audiological characteristics of large vestibular aqueduct syndrome (LVAS)and provide evidence for early diagnosis and prevention.Methods Tympanometry,Otoacoustic emission , auditory brainstem response (ABR),auditory steady-state response(ASSR)were performed on the 49 cases of LVAS which were diagnosed by CT scanning from May,2010 to October,2013.Among them,23 cases(46ears)were examined by pure tone andiometry at the same time.ResuIts Pure tone andiometry showed that 33 ears were mixed hearing loss in the 23 cases(46 ears),the air-bone gap was larger at low frequencies than that of at high frequen-cies,15 ears were senserineural hearing loss with no air-bone gap;96 ears were type A tympanogram.Acoustic re-flex were present in 5 ears ;34 cases (68 ears)of LVAS group were detected with ASNR in 3 -4 ms by the ABR testing,the positive rate was 70.8%.ConcIusion Our study indicates that for confirmed LAVS,if the pure tone andiometry shows significant air-bone gaps at low frequencies with the normal tympanograms,and ASNR is e-voked during the routine ABR testing.

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of IgE, GM-CSF on eosinophil accumulation in the nasal polyps and find the relationship between them. METHOD: Thirty mucosa constitution samples of nasal polyps and eleven inferior nasal concha were observed. The distribution of IgE was detected by SP immunohistochemical method, while the concentration of GM-CSF was measured by ELISA technique and the number of eosinophils were counted in the same tissues. RESULT: The level of IgE, GM-CSF and eosinophils had significant different between the nasal polyps and control group (P < 0.01). There was positive correlation between IgE/GM-CSF and the number of eosinophils in the nasal polyps group (r = 0.65, 0.62, P < 0.01). The correlation between concentration of IgE and GM-CSF was also significant in nasal polyps group (r = 0.52, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION Nasal polyps is characterized by eosinophil accumulation. IgE and GM-CSF may contribute to the recruitment of eosinophils in nasal polyps. Type-I allergy mediated by IgE play an important role in the pathogenesis of nasal polyps.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Eosinophils ; pathology ; Female ; Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor ; metabolism ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin E ; metabolism ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nasal Mucosa ; metabolism ; pathology ; Nasal Polyps ; metabolism ; pathology ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVE: To study the expression of Survivin, Caspase-3 and p53 in surgical margin of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), and their clinical significance and relationship. METHOD: Immunohistochemistry method was used to detect the expression of Survivin, Caspase-3 and p53 in 116 cases of surgical margin of LSCC. RESULT: According to the recurrence, the patients were divided into four group, recurrence within one year, between one year to three years, between three to five years, more than 5 years (include no recurrence). The expression rate of survivin were 92.9%, 85.0%, 50.0% and 21.1% (P < 0.01) in four groups, respectively. The expression rate of Caspase-3 were 50.0%, 50.0%, 66.7% and 89.5% (P < 0.01). The expression rate of p53 were 57.1%, 37.5%, 45.8% and 18.4% (P < 0.05). The expression rate of survivin, caspase-3 and p53 in four groups, respectively, there were significant differences (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Expression of Survivin, Caspase-3 and p53 in surgical margin of LSCC may play an important role in the tumorigenesis and development of laryngeal carcinoma. They are feasible for early diagnosis and prognosis estimation.
Aged ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Caspase 3 ; metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins ; metabolism ; Laryngeal Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Prognosis ; Survivin ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 ; metabolism