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A great number of surgical techniques for the correction of protruding ears have been developed. Their basic concepts originate from Mustardé's suture, the scoring technique described by Chongchet, Stenström, and Cricelair, and the combined suture and scoring technique described by Converse. ⋯ Indication, diagnostics, selection of method, the operative technique itself, and postoperative care are described. Advantages and risks of each technique are discussed, and a therapy algorithm is proposed.
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Review Multicenter Study Meta Analysis
[Possibilities and limitations for the representation of ENT medicine in the G-DRG reimbursement system. Results of the DRG evaluation project].
To improve the representation of ENT medicine in the German diagnosis related groups (G-DRG) reimbursement system, the German Association for ENT Medicine and the ENT Professional Medical Association, in cooperation with the DRG-Research Group of the University Hospital of Muenster, undertook a DRG evaluation project. ⋯ The adjustment proposals based on these results will gradually lead to an improved allocation of ENT medical procedures within the G-DRG system in 2006 and later.
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Visual disturbances after acoustic neuroma surgery are very rare complications. We present a patient with diplopia after a middle fossa approach for resection of an acoustic neuroma. ⋯ It is generally agreed that this reaction is secondary to a dysfunction of the tonic bilateral vestibular inputs that stabilize the eyes and head in a normal upright position in the roll plane. It has also been described after denervation of the utricle and injury of the brain stem.
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The aim of the study was to evaluate leakage of liquids in terms of water and artificially produced saliva past low-pressure cuffs of tracheal tubes. ⋯ The present laboratory findings suggest that the three tracheal tubes studied will not guard against aspiration of water but they will prevent the leakage of artificial saliva to a great extent.