... Cholesteatoma Ossiculoplasty Cartilage Surgery Classification Original Paper ORL 2010;72:96 100 DOI: 10.1159/000301156 Received: October 26, 2009 Accepted after revision: February 26, 2010 Published online: May 1, 2010 Classification and Surgical Management of Localized Attic Cholesteatoma: Single...

...A. Ferlito; J. Rosai The authors discuss the terminology and classification of all neuroendocrine neoplasms of the larynx. After a review of the relevant literature, they suggest adopting the nomenclature recently recommended by the World Health Organization: carcinoid tumor, atypical carcinoid...

...D.F.N. Harrison All tumor classifications are compromises based upon clinical or radiological evaluation with little concern for histology and intrinsic errors in application. Laryngeal cancer is no exception, and the present UICC system is critically examined with the intention of highlighting...

... index (p = 0.0001). A classification system was designed which established distinct and discrete levels for minimally invasive thyroidectomy (MIT I, II and III). Conclusions: A patient- and disease-driven classification system for assigning eligibility for incremental levels of minimally invasive...

... of the study was to look for results that could contribute to the diagnosis, but more specifically to a possible classification, of Ménière’s disease. Relations with average hearing loss, shape of the audiogram, average hearing loss, duration and severity of perceived symptoms of disease and differences...

... structures removed, and those structures that are preserved. It is also suggested that the new imaging-based nodal classification be used to standardize the definition of the nodal levels. It is hoped that this approach will eliminate many of the often confusing and nondescriptive terms...