The effect of lexical tone experience on English intonation perception in Mandarin-speaking cochlear-implanted children.

To examine the effect of lexical tone experience on English intonation perception in Mandarin-speaking cochlear-implanted children during second language acquisition in Taiwan. A retrospective cohort study. A tertiary referred center.

Regression of advanced maxillary sinus cancer with orbital invasion by combined chemotherapy and immunotherapy: A one-year follow-up case report.

A case of advanced maxillary cancer undergoing a combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy is reported. The subject a 59-year-old man had a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy in 2004. The patient was diagnosed with a right maxillary sinus carcinoma invading the right orbital fossa (cT4aN0M0, stage IVA) in 2019.

Radial forearm and forehead flap reconstruction following resection of a nasal arteriovenous malformation: A case report.

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a structural vascular abnormality in which the arterial vasculature connects with the venous vasculature without capillary connections. AVM confined to the nasal cavity is considerably rare. Blurred vision can be one of the associated symptoms.

Cancer survival in patients with HIV/AIDS in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy in Taiwan: a population-based cohort study.

Objectives: HIV-related immunosuppression has been associated with the development of AIDS-defining malignancies. We examined the overall survival of HIV-infected patients who developed cancer.

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Serotonin receptor 5-HT2B mediates serotonin-induced mechanical hyperalgesia.

Serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] released from mast cells or platelets in peripheral tissues is one of the important inflammatory mediators in pain and hyperalgesia. The involvement of 5-HT in pain is complex because it could inhibit or facilitate nociceptive transmission, reflecting the presence of multiple 5-HT subtype receptors on peripheral and central nociceptors. The present study aimed to investigate the involvement of 5-HT(2B) in 5-HT-induced pain and whether the subtype exists in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons.

Expression and function of proton-sensing G-protein-coupled receptors in inflammatory pain.

Background: Chronic inflammatory pain, when not effectively treated, is a costly health problem and has a harmful effect on all aspects of health-related quality of life. Despite the availability of pharmacologic treatments, chronic inflammatory pain remains inadequately treated. Understanding the nociceptive signaling pathways of such pain is therefore important in developing long-acting treatments with limited side effects.

A long-term study on hearing status in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy.

Objective: To study the long-term sensorineural hearing status after radiotherapy in patients suffering from nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Study Design: A prospective study of 220 patients (395 ears) with a median follow-up of 36 months.

Setting: A university hospital.

Hearing loss in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after chemotherapy and radiation.

In light of the possible adverse effects of radiation on hearing, we conducted a study to evaluate the long-term sensorineural hearing status following radiotherapy (RT) in patients suffering from nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Audiologic examinations were performed at regular intervals before and after RT. We also analyzed the effects of age, chemotherapy, pre-RT hearing status, and post-RT otitis media with effusion (OME) on post-RT hearing change.

Space infection of the head and neck.

Deep neck infection may be lethal, especially when life-threatening complications occur. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 184 patients with deep neck infection who were treated at Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital during the past 6 years. Factors such as age, sex, hospitalization days, clinical presentations, involved spaces, imaging studies, microbiology, and treatment method were analyzed.