Browsing by Author "Altuntas, Emine Elif"
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Anterior Rhinomanometry and Determination of Nasal Mucociliary Clearance Time With the Saccharin Test in Children With Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Altuntas, Emine Elif; Kaya, Ali; Uysal, Ismail Onder; Cevit, Omer; Icagasioglu, Dilara; Muderris, Suphi (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2013)Objectives: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), like other viral infections, may prolong mucociliary clearance time and increase nasal resistance in children. The aim of the present prospective case-control study was ... -
Assessment of Hematological Factors Involved in Development and Prognosis of Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Durmus, Kasim; Terzi, Hatice; Karatas, Tuba Dogan; Dogan, Mansur; Uysal, Ismail Onder; Sencan, Mehmet; Altuntas, Emine Elif (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2016)Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the possible effects of routine hematological parameters on the development and prognosis of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss in patients applying to our ... -
Audio-vestibular evaluation in patients with essential tremor
Balaban, Hatice; Altuntas, Emine Elif; Uysal, Ismail Onder; Senturk, Ilteris Ahmet; Topaktas, Suat (SPRINGER, 2012)The aim of this study was to investigate audio-vestibular function in patients with essential tremor. Twenty-three patients with essential tremor (46 ears) and 21 health control subjects (42 ears) were included in the ... -
Audiological evaluation of hearing levels in patients diagnosed with migraine
Karadag, Mujde; Altuntas, Emine Elif; Sanli, Serkan; Uysal, Ismail Onder (MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA PVT LTD, 2015)Introduction: Based on the hypothesis that neurovascular events involving in the pathophysiology of migraine can cause hearing loss by influencing blood flow of inner ear, it was aimed to determine whether migraine with ... -
Biocompatibility evaluation of cigarette and carbon papers used in repair of traumatic tympanic membrane perforations: experimental study
Altuntas, Emine Elif; Sumer, Zeynep (SPRINGER, 2013)The purposes of this study were to investigate the biocompatibility of two different paper patches (carbon and cigarette papers) and compare the adhesion and proliferation features of L929 fibroblast cells by using ... -
Can local administration of humic acid shorten recovery time of mandibular fractures? Experimental study
Durmus, Kasim; Bora, Adem; Dogan, Mehtap; Ozer, Hatice; Tuncer, Ersin; Altuntas, Emine Elif (DEOMED PUBL, ISTANBUL, 2017)Objective: The aim of the present pilot study was to evaluate the effects of a single local dose administration of humic acid on healing of subcondylar mandibular fractures in rats. Methods: In this study, a randomized ... -
Comparing extracorporeal shock wave and hyaluronic acid in a rabbit cartilage defect model: the effects of ESW on cartilage defect
Oztemur, Zekeriya; Ozer, Hatice; Golge, Umut Hatay; Altuntas, Emine Elif; Bulut, Okay (TUBITAK SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL TURKEY, 2013)Aim: To compare the efficiency of extracorporeal shock wave (ESW) treatment with hyaluronic acid (HA) viscosupplementation in an experimental rabbit cartilage defect model. Materials and methods: A total of 24 New Zealand ... -
Determination of nasal mucociliary clearance time and nasal symptom in patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Durmus, Kasim; Engin, Aynur; Karatas, Tuba Dogan; Gozel, Mustafa Gokhan; Altuntas, Emine Elif (WILEY, 2017)Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an important health problem in Turkey. Number of studies on symptoms of ear nose throat system and indicating whether or not the organs are affected in patients with CCHF is limited. ... -
Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Waves on Subcondylar Mandibular Fractures
Altuntas, Emine Elif; Oztemur, Zekeriya; Ozer, Hatice; Muderris, Suphi (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2012)Objective: The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on healing of subcondylar mandibular fracture in rats. Methods: Unilateral subcondylar fracture in 20 Wistar albino ... -
The effects of depression and anxiety levels on the status of recovery in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Mert, Derya Guliz; Durmus, Kasim; Kelleci, Meral; Karatas, Tuba Dogan; Altuntas, Emine Elif (DEOMED PUBL, ISTANBUL, 2016)Objective: To compare the severity of anxiety and depression symptoms in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) patients with (n=33) and without (n=17) recovery, and healthy control group. Methods: This study ... -
Evaluation of allergic rhinitis with nasal symptoms and nasal mucociliary clearance in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome
Dogan, Sevil Ceyhan; Karadag, Ahmet; Durmus, Kasim; Sahin, Ozlem; Altuntas, Emine Elif (IOS PRESS, 2018)BACKROUND: The exact etiopathogenesis of fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) is still unclear but the pathogenesis of FM is associated with neurogenic inflammation. Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common inflammatory and immunological ... -
Evaluation of Clinical and Laboratory Findings of Pediatric and Adult Patients with Oropharyngeal Tularemia in Turkey: a Combination of Surgical Drainage and Antibiotic Therapy Increases Treatment Success
Gozel, Mustafa Gokhan; Engin, Aynur; Altuntas, Emine Elif; Salk, Ismail; Kaya, Ali; Ceik, Cem; Dokmetas, Ilyas; Bakir, Mehmet; Elaldi, Nazif (NATL INST INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2014)We analyzed the clinical and laboratory findings of both pediatric and adult patients with oropharyngeal tularemia. We also compared the therapeutic outcomes of patients who underwent surgical drainage of lymph nodes early ... -
Evaluation of cochlear involvement by transient evoked otoacoustic emission test in children with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Uysal, Ismail Onder; Kaya, Ali; Guven, Ahmet Sami; Altuntas, Emine Elif; Muderris, Suphi (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2011)Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate cochlear involvement in child patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) disease. Methods: Twenty-eight CCHF disease patients (56 ears) and 26 sex- and age-matched ... -
Evaluation of Quality of Life in Turkish Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
Akkas, Ebru Atasever; Yucel, Birsen; Kilickap, Saadettin; Altuntas, Emine Elif (ASIAN PACIFIC ORGANIZATION CANCER PREVENTION, 2013)Background: In this study, our aim was to investigate the effect of factors, such as radiotherapy, the dose of radiotherapy, the region of radiotherapy, the age of the patient, performance, co-morbidity, the stage of the ... -
Examination of the Relationship between Umbilical Cord Blood Gas Values and Hearing Function in Neonates
Durmus, Kasim; Yildiz, Caglar; Demirpence, Ozlem; Dogan, Omer Tamer; Cetin, Ali; Altuntas, Emine Elif (AVES, 2017)Objective: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between the results of the transient otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) test used in neonatal hearing screening and the results of the umbilical cord blood ... -
Hearing Impairment Among Preschool Children as Detected by Transient-Evoked Otoacoustic Emission Test and Tympanometry
Nur, Naim; Altuntas, Emine Elif; Cerrah, Yavuz Sultan Selim; Yildirim, Altan; Sumer, Haldun (MEDITERRANEAN SOC OTOLOGY & AUDIOLOGY, 2010)Objective: Hearing impairment is one of the most common disorders of childhood. The earlier children with hearing loss are identified, the better the prognosis for habilitation and remediation. For this reason many tests ... -
Heterozygous Deletion of Exon 8 in WFS1 Gene in Two Wolfram Syndrome Probands with Hearing Loss: Case Report
Altuntas, Emine Elif; Ozdemir, Ozturk; Bora, Adem; Koksal, Binnur; Kurtulgan, Hande Kucuk; Muderris, Suphi (ORTADOGU AD PRES & PUBL CO, 2011)Point mutations in the Wolfram syndrome 1 gene (WFS1) are attributed the autosomal dominant and/or recessive mild type sensorineural hearing loss in first degree relatives. Total genomic DNA was isolated from peripheral ... -
Histopathological evaluation of the effect of locally administered strontium on healing time in mandibular fractures: An experimental study
Durmus, Kasim; Turgut, Nergiz Hacer; Dogan, Mehtap; Tuncer, Ersin; Ozer, Hatice; Altuntas, Emine Elif; Akyol, Melih (WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIV, 2017)Background. Mandibular fractures are the most common facial fractures. They can be treated by conservative techniques or by surgery. The authors hypothesized that the application of a single local dose of strontium chloride ... -
Importance of Postoperative Stimulated Thyroglobulin Level at the Time of I-131 Ablation Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Hasbek, Zekiye; Turgut, Bulent; Kilicli, Fatih; Altuntas, Emine Elif; Yucel, Birsen (ASIAN PACIFIC ORGANIZATION CANCER PREVENTION, 2014)Background: Serum thyroglobulin detection plays an essential role during the follow-up of thyroid cancer patients treated with total/near total thyroidectomy and radioiodine ablation. The aim of this retrospective study ... -
Inflammation-Based Prognostic Factor in Different Forms of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
Terzi, Hatice; Durmus, Kasim; Karatas, Tuba Dogan; Sencan, Mehmet; Altuntas, Emine Elif (MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA PVT LTD, 2017)Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether several blood tests could be used as inflammatory indicators in active or inactive chronic suppurative otitis media patients. Methods: Between 2007 to 2014, ...