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Objective To study the reason of concurrent styloid process syndrome after tonsillectomy and the clinical effect of styloidectomy.Methods Twelve patients with styloid process syndrome after tonsillectomy receiving styloidectomy were retrospectively analyzed.The clinical effect was evaluated.Results Ten patients were operated on unilateral styloid,two patient was operated on bilateral styloid.All patients were followed -up for 6 months to 5 years after operation.All of them were cured.Conclusion The mechanism of styloid process syndrome after tonsillectomy might be related to the stimulation of scar formation in the tonsillar fossa.Styloidectomy ia an effective method of treatment.
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Neither the cause nor the correct treatment of Kienbocks disease has been clearly established, but its clinical and radiologic presentations have been distinctly defined. There are many controversies concerning therapeutic guidelines for the treatment of Kienbocks disease. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical result of triscaphe fusion with radial styloidectomy of Kienbocks disease. Ten cases of stage III Kienbocks disease by Lichtmans classification were treated by triscaphe fusion with radial styloidectomy from September 1991 to March 1997. We followed up over 24 months and evaluated clinical results. In all cases, pain was relieved. The postoperative results according to Kuschners method revealed three excellent, six good and one fair. The triscaphe fusion and radial styloidectomy was considered as useful method of treatment which has clinical efficacy in Kienbocks disease.