Carbon dioxide laser-assisted cartilage reshaping otoplasty: a new technique for prominent earsAhmed Ragab
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Menoufyia University Hospital, Shibin Elkom, Menoufyia, Egypt
Laryngoscope 120:1312-8. 2010
..The aim of this study was to describe a novel surgical technique of carbon dioxide laser-assisted cartilage reshaping (CO(2) LACR) otoplasty and to show its outcome...
- Prospective evaluation of the clinical profile and referral pattern differences of vestibular schwannomas and other cerebellopontine angle tumors
Ahmed Ragab
ORL Department, Menoufia University Hospital, Shibin Elkom, Egypt
Otol Neurotol 33:863-70. 2012
..To evaluate the clinical profile, referral pattern, delay in diagnosis, and impact of tumor size of cases involving vestibular schwannomas (VS) versus other cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumors in an Egyptian population...
- Evaluation of bacterial adherence and biofilm arrangements as new targets in treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis
Ahmed Ragab
ORL Department, Menoufia University Hospital, Shibin Elkom, Egypt
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 269:537-44. 2012
..In CRSwNP, lower stage bacterial biofilms with low bacterial adhesion were identified, which may help explain the low bacterial virulence in an environment of suboptimal, organizational arrangements...
- Is pyogenic ethmoidal osteitis the cause of complicated rhinosinusitis with subperiosteal orbital abscess?
Ahmed Ragab
Department of ORL Head and Neck Surgery, Menoufyia University Hospital, Shibin Elkom, 73, Sayed St, Tanta, Egypt
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 267:1231-7. 2010
..Bony osteitis in rhinosinusitis patients with SPOA is similar clinically and histopathologically in its character and behavior to osteomyelitis of bone all over the body with associated subperiosteal abscess...
- Randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of ozone therapy as treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss
A Ragab
Department of ORL Head and Neck Surgery, Menofia University Hospital, Egypt
J Laryngol Otol 123:54-60. 2009
..To investigate the safety and efficacy of ozone therapy in adult patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss...
Cerclage sphincter pharyngoplasty: a new technique for velopharyngeal insufficiencyAhmed Ragab
ORL Department, Menoufiya University Hospital, Egypt
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 71:793-800. 2007
..Each method has its own complications and non-dynamic roles. So the aim of this study was to present a novel physiological surgical technique designed by the author for reconstruction of the velopharyngeal sphincter in VFI...
- Scarf pins sharp metallic tracheobronchial foreign bodies: presentation and management
Ahmed Ragab
ORL Department, Menoufiyia University Hospital, Shebin Elkom, Egypt
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 71:769-73. 2007
..Scarf pin inhalation is a cultural hazard in the Middle East young girls. So the aim of this work is to study the presentation of inhaled sharp airway foreign bodies (AFB) and its management...
- The role of fungi in the airway of chronic rhinosinusitis patients
Ahmed Ragab
ENT Department, Menoufiya University Hospital, Shibin El Koom, Egypt
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 7:17-24. 2007
..To analyze the role of fungi in the upper and lower airway in chronic rhinosinusitis patients...
- Bacterial cultures of the middle meatus and bronchoalveolar lavage in chronic rhinosinusitis
Ahmed Ragab
ENT Department, Brussels University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 69:85-91. 2007
..BAL cultures do not show infection or colonization of the lower airways, despite functional abnormalities in 60% of the patients...
- Fungal cultures of different parts of the upper and lower airways in chronic rhinosinusitis
Ahmed Ragab
ENT Department, Free University Hospital AZ VUB, Brussels, Belgium
Rhinology 44:19-25. 2006
..There were no significant correlations between the fungal culture and clinical parameters of CRS nor were there significant correlations between fungal culture and objective lower airway involvement...
- Correlation between the cytology of the nasal middle meatus and BAL in chronic rhinosinusitis
Ahmed Ragab
ENT Department, Brussels Academic Hospital, University of Brussels AZ VUB, Brussels, Belgium
Rhinology 43:11-7. 2005
..05). The data showed that the lower airways involvement in CRS patients could be related to the dominant type of inflammatory cells in the upper airways...
- Objective assessment of lower airway involvement in chronic rhinosinusitis
Ahmed Ragab
Ear, Nose, and Throat Department, University Hospital, Free University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Am J Rhinol 18:15-21. 2004
..CONCLUSION: These results showed that different kinds of lower airway involvement frequently could be associated with CRS. Some are manifest such as asthma and some are hidden such as SAD and histamine bronchial hyperresponsiveness...
