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Otolaryngology*

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Otolaryngology*

Otolaryngology

Otolaryngology

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Korea* ; Otolaryngology*

Humans ; Otolaryngology

Humans ; Otolaryngology

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The statistical analysis is an essential procedure with the aim of ensuring that the results of researches are based on evidences rather than opinions. We evaluated the frequency, adequacy, and validity of the statistical methods used in the otolaryngology journals, identified types of errors in statistical analysis, and suggested the proper usage of the statistical methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 265 articles published in the Korean Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 1997 were reviewed and evaluated. Each article was evaluated in terms of the adequacy, validity and frequency of statistical usage according to the preformed category. RESULTS: 104 out of 265 articles used analytical statistics, and the commonest statistical methods used in the articles were t-test. ANOVA and x(2)-test were the second and third commonest methods, respectively. In only 36.6% of articles, proper statistical methods were used for their data. Misuse of statistical methods (31.4%) was the most frequent errors found in the articles. 64.6% of the misuses was the adoption of a statistical test inconsistent with data characteristics, 18.8% of them was inappropriate use of parametric methods, and 10.4% of them was the use of x(2)-test when an exact test was needed (3.3%). CONCLUSION: Most of statistical errors found in the journals were misuses of statistical methods related to basic statistics. Closer communication between researchers and statistical analysts, and closer editorial attention to statistical methodology in the review process would improve the validity of articles.
Neck* ; Otolaryngology

OBJECTIVE: To design and produce a high quality, inexpensive surgical drill using locally available electronics. DESIGN: Descriptive (Instrument Design) SETTING: University based tertiary hospital MATERIALS AND METHODS: The surgical drill apparatus will use high quality electronics readily available locally which will make it cheaper than the other available units. This prototype unit was designed and tested by the author in collaboration with the Santo Tomas University Hospital Biomedical Engineers. The drill units schematics and specifications where patterned from the RAM Microtorque II drill unit which is produced in the U.S.A. RESULTS: The prototype is a cost effective alternative to the expensive drill units available in the market. It was given a 24 hour durability test which it passed with no loss of power or drilling efficiency proving that it can be used for major surgeries especially in the field of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery. CONCLUSION: The OTODRILL is a cheap alternative and of comparable quality to expensive surgical drills available in the market which can be used in major surgeries in the field of Otolaryngology and other surgical fields. (Author)
SURGERY OTOLARYNGOLOGY

The nineteenth of June 2011 marks a century and fifty years since the birth of José Protasio Rizal in 1861.1 The ninth of November 2011 also marks the Golden Jubilee of the foundation of the Departments of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in 1961, dividing the original Department of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat that was established a century ago in May 1911. The national hero of the Philippines and Pride of the Malay Race2 is immortalized in countless ways, reflecting his multiple accomplishments that mark a true renaissance individual. The two departments of the national University of the Philippines (UP) have likewise made their mark in pace with the many achievements of their alumni. Rizal was a polyglot and polymath poet, painter, sculptor, sportsman, scientist and patriot, whose writings led to his execution and sparked the Philippine Revolution of 1898.1,3 He was also a physician and an ophthalmologist who insightfully dissected the ills of his patients and society.4 What have the departments and their hospital contributed to health and to humankind?
Otolaryngology ; Ophthalmology