Deekshith Rajmohan

Yenepoya University

Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration is a life threatening emergency which requires immediate medical attention. Foreign body aspiration caused by sharp objects like scarf pins was more common in young girls, possibly due to casual handling of sharp objects. Most of the patients were symptomatic with cough and choking episodes. The penetration...

p class="abstract"> Background: Traffic police are in constant risk for developing noise induced hearing loss. Studies have reported prevalent permanent threshold shift resulting to varying degrees of hearing loss. The present study was carried out with an aim of investing the prevalent Hyperacusis and Tinnitus among traffic police personnel of Man...

The facial nerve is the 7th cranial nerve and carries nerve fibers which control facial movement and expression. This nerve also carries fibers that are involved for the production of taste from the anterior 2/3rd of the tongue and tears from the lacrimal gland. Facial asymmetry is a debilitating condition to treat, and over the years, different te...

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Background:Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is understood to be associated with hearing loss. The treatment modality adopted for CKD is also known to play a role in this.

COVID-19 is associated with a wide range of opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections Mucormycosis is a fatal fungal infection mainly involving the nose, paranasal sinuses, orbit and brain with a high mortality rate.

A case of mastoid surgery in which Korner's septum was identified is presented. Identification of this structure is important to make sure complete exenteration of the air cells of mastoid and thus reduce the tendency of recurrent mastoid disease.

Background/objectives Managing thyroglossal duct cyst requires surgical excision of the cyst with its tract through the tongue base. Incomplete removal results in cyst recurrence, the common complications of incompletely performed Sistrunk procedure. The Modified Sistrunk procedure using skin punches increases the easiness of surgery and chances of...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a most common malignant tumour of skin. It develops on sun-exposed skin of lighter skinned individuals. It is a slow growing, locally invasive tumor. It is rare in dark skin because of the inherent photoprotection of melanin and melanosomal dispersion. The frequency of pigmented variant of BCC can reach up to 6% of tot...

Background/objectives As congenital anomalies of the thyroid are rare and the pathology associated with it warranting total thyroidectomies is still rare, so the inadvertent parathyroidectomies are rarely reported. Unilateral or bilateral hypoplasia or agenesis of one or both thyroid lobes, with or without isthmic agenesis, is a rare developmental...