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Oral cavity cancers have anatomically a big part of the body system and include several types of cancer. The aim of the study is to investigate the relation between XPG and XPD gene variants in the DNA repair system and oral squamous cell cancers. A total of 111 patients with a pathologic diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma and a control group of 148 healthy volunteers who presented to Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery and Dentistry Faculty were included in the study. Isolation of DNA was achieved using an Invitrogen Purelink Genomic DNA Kit. XPD alleles of Lys751Gln (rs13181) and XPG Asp1104His (rs17655) loci from genomic DNA samples were reproduced using polymerase chain reaction. A statistically significant difference in XPD genotype distribution between control and patient groups was determined (P=0.019). XPD Lys+ was significantly more common in the patient group than in the control group, and a two-fold increased risk for disease was determined. XPD Gln/Gln+ was significantly more common in the control group than in the patient group, and a two-fold decrease in risk for disease was determined (P=0.045). In the other region of the study, there was no statistically significant difference in terms of disease development between XPG genotypes. In conclusion, Lys751Gln polymorphism in the XPD gene could play a role in oral squamous cell development. It is important to increase the numbers of subjects in patient groups and healthy controls in studies to increase the possibility of determining XPD's potential as a molecular risk factor.
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Endonucleases/genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Neoplasias Bucais/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Proteína Grupo D do Xeroderma Pigmentoso/genética , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
This study aims to investigate the preoperative, postoperative airway hearing threshold levels, and perforation closure rates in patients who underwent primary tragal cartilage tympanoplasty. One hundred seventy-one patients who had chronic otitis media without cholesteatoma underwent primary tragal cartilage tympanoplasty with endaural approach by using underlay technique. Preoperative and postoperative airway hearing threshold levels at 500, 1000, 2000, 4000âHz frequencies in 8 to 99 months' follow-up were found and compared with each other. Postoperative perforation closure rates were also investigated. At 500âHz in 112 patients, at 1000âHz in 106 patients, at 2000âHz in 96 patients, and at 4000âHz in 80 patients, more than 9.5âdB airway hearing gain was determined. The authors found their postoperative perforation closure rate as 84.8%. In conclusion, tragal cartilage tympanoplasty may be chosen as the primary operation technique in primary chronic otitis media patients and by this technique perforation closure rates are also acceptable in addition to satisfactory hearing gain.
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Cartilagem/transplante , Otite Média/cirurgia , Perfuração da Membrana Timpânica/cirurgia , Timpanoplastia/métodos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Limiar Auditivo , Doença Crônica , Feminino , Audição , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Período Pós-Operatório , Período Pré-Operatório , Estudos Retrospectivos , Resultado do Tratamento , Cicatrização , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Persistent cough due to irritation of the vagus nerve by osteophytes resulting from cervical spinal surgery is a very rare condition. The authors report the case of a 49-year-old woman who presented with a persistent cough subsequent to cervical spinal surgery. One year after the initial operation, the patient underwent surgery to free the larynx from the prevertebral fascia and cut the pharyngeal plexus, but her symptoms persisted. In order to control the cough, she used a soft cervical collar with padding inserted in the left side so that the larynx would be pushed to the right, a solution she discovered on her own. Without the collar, she coughed uncontrollably. A CT scan was performed and showed an osteophyte that had developed at the level of the prosthesis. Based on these findings, the authors hypothesized that the cough was caused by vagus nerve irritation due to the osteophyte. The osteophyte was resected and the vagus nerve was moved to a position anterior to the carotid artery and was isolated by means of an autogenous tensor fascia lata graft. The patient's symptom disappeared immediately after the surgery. At the most recent follow-up visit, 18 months after surgery, the patient was symptom free and was pursuing regular daily activities without using a cervical collar.