PERETTI G.

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Introduction: Textilomas or gossypibomas consist of inflammatory lesions consequent to retained cotton-fabric surgical materials in the body. Literature mainly describes abdominal surgery cases, whereas in the head and neck region only a few reports have been published. Especially in the sinonasal compartment, endoscopic surgery and nasal...

Warthin's tumor (WT) is the second most common benign salivary gland neoplasm following pleomorphic adenoma, accounting for approximately 5 to 15% of all salivary gland tumors. Extraparotid localizations of WT are only rarely described in ectopic salivary tissues. Salivary tumor findings are generally uncommon in the nasal cavity and usually...

An unblinded retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data was carried out on 138 patients affected by glottic pT2 and selected pT3 squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) treated by transoral laser microsurgery (TLM). The entire cohort was divided into two groups: Group A included 78 "high-risk" patients (pT2 with impaired vocal cord mobility,...

Sphenoid sinus is very close to important and vulnerable structures of the skull base and therefore a delayed diagnosis and treatment can be potentially lethal. Endoscopic sinus surgery is a safe and effective technique that allows a direct route to the sphenoid sinus and therefore is considered the gold standard for the surgical approach to...

Background and Objective: Early-stage diagnosis of laryngeal cancer is of primary importance to reduce patient morbidity. Narrow-band imaging (NBI) endoscopy is commonly used for screening purposes, reducing the risks linked to a biopsy but at the cost of some drawbacks, such as large amount of data to review to make the diagnosis. The purpose...

Pediatric Laryngo-Tracheal Stenosis (LTS) comprises different conditions that require precise preoperative assessment and classification. According to the guidelines, the optimal diagnostic work-up of LTS patients relies both on a comprehensive anamnesis and on endoscopic and radiological assessments. All the causes of LTS result in an...

The optimal treatment for T3 laryngeal carcinoma (LC) is still a matter of debate. Different therapeutic options are available: Transoral laser microsurgery (TLM), open partial horizontal laryngectomies (OPHLs), total laryngectomy (TL), and organ preservation protocols (radiation therapy (RT) or chemo-radiation (CRT)). This study aimed to...

Introduction: Transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) represents one of the most effective treatment strategies for us 12 glottic squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). The prognostic influence of close/positive margins is still debated, and the role of narrow band imaging (NBI) in their intraoperative definition is still to be validated on large cohort of...

In the last decades new endoscopic tools have been developed to improve the diagnostic work-up of vocal fold lesions in addition to normal laryngoscopy, i.e., contact endoscopy, autofluorescence, narrow band imaging and others. Better contrasted and high definition images offer more details of the epithelial and superficial vascular structure...