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M Oliva Domínguez

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PubMed2005

[Postural control related to age in patients with benign positional paroxysmal vertigo].

OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between age and posturography in patients with benign positional paroxysmal vertigo. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prospective study performed in 65 patients with benign positional paroxysmal vertigo (BPPV) in any variant. Sensory Organization Test outcomes were recorded and compared with their equivalents in a control group by means of scatter-plot diagrams and regression line. For statistical study, Mann-Whitney's U-test was used. RESULTS: Slope for regression lines in composite was -0.0934 in group NORMAL; in group BPPV it was -0.4284. This difference is due to conditions 5 and 6. Results were statistically significative. CONCLUSIONS: BPPV patients have a worse postural control than control group. The difference is bigger the older the patient is. It is due to a failure in conditions 5 and 6, so it should be from a vestibular origin.

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PubMed2005

Postural control according to the age in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

OBJECTIVES: To study the relationship between age and postural control in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prospective study performed in 65 diagnosed patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) in any of its variants. The results of the Sensory Organization Test are compared with their equivalent in a control group by means of scatterplot and regression lines. For the statistical study the Mann-Whitney's U test was used. RESULTS: In the NORMAL group, the regression line for composite has a 0.0934 slope; in the BPPV group, 0.4284. This difference is due to conditions 5 and 6 fundamentally, the results being statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: The patients with BPPV have a worse postural control than the group control. This difference is much more pronounced the older the patient, and is of vestibular origin.

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PubMed2003

[Results of supraglottic laryngeal cancer treatment with endoscopic surgery using CO2 laser].

A group of 253 patients with laryngeal carcinoma was treated by endoscopic laser-CO2 surgery, 50 of them presented a supraglottic localization. The follow up period ranged from 1 to 10 years. From the analysis of different parameters (age, site, stage, histopathology, etc) it could be concluded that survival and free-symptoms-time rates in patients treated with laser endoscopy were similar to those obtained in patients treated with conventional external surgery. However, the endoscopic laser-CO2 surgery reported several advantages such as: no pharyngostoma, less complications, shorter stay in hospital and, consequently, lower health costs. In addition, tracheotomy was almost never necessary. Recurrencies can be also treated endoscopically, but, when total laryngectomy is needed following recurrency, this is considered to be a bad prognostic factor.

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PubMed1999

[Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma of smaller salivary gland].

The epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma of salivary glands is rarely presented and it's considered as an intermediate grade tumor. Usually are located in the parotid gland, however sometimes occur on minor salivary glands. An epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma sitting on a palatine minor salivary gland of long course is reported.

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PubMed1999

[Epithelioid amelanotic melanoma of the nose and paranasal sinuses].

Mucous melanomas are rare, representing 1-3% of melanomata and 3% of malignant nasosinusal tumors. The more usual location is the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. In early stages occur with a poor and unespecific features, which delays the diagnosis and worsen the prognosis. An amelanotic melanoma case is reported and bibliographic review of these tumors are made.

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[Reading test as a qualitative method for evaluating the vestibulo-ocular reflex].

In the reading test the patient reads a text while his or her head is passively moved from one side to another with a frequency over 2 Hz. The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) should stabilize the patient's gaze if it is performing adequately, allowing him or her to read well. Reading becomes impossible if the VOR is defective. We tested this method by assessing VOR in a 30-patient series by means of VAT and a previous reading-test score, and we compared the results of both groups. Next, the test was clinically validated with the bithermal caloric test. There were significant differences in ocular asymmetry between normal and strongly positive groups. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values validated the reading testing as clinically useful.

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