The assessment of diagnostics of occupational voice diseases in the first and second instance on material from IMP and ZŚ in Sosnowiec in the years 2002–2005

Introduction: An amendment of the Polish Occupational Diseases Certification Act of 2002 has essentially influenced on the procedures of diagnosis and certifi cation. Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the diagnosti...

Wybór techniki tympanoplastyki w zależności od lokalizacji ubytku błony bębenkowej.

SUMMARY At the outset of surgery, the extent of a tympanic membrane defect is judged including any additional loss of area that may result from disease extirpation or removal of the mucocutaneous junction. There are, thr...

Change in the speech signal deformation in patients after rhinologic surgery improving nose patency

Age and complications after laryngectomy

Between 1989–1999, 573 patients (501 male and 72 female) with laryngeal cancer underwent laryngectomy in the Otolaryngological Clinic of the Medical University in Bydgoszcz. The age varied from 32 to 88 years (mean age –...

Extended supraomohyoid neck nodes dissection in early nodal stages of oral cavity and oropharynx squamous cell cancer

Background. Extended supraomohyoid neck nodes dissection (ESOHND) involves surgical resection of nodal levels from I to IV. The incidence of occult metastases in level V is rare and mainly depends of the location and siz...