PhiliPPine Journal of otolaryngology-head and neck Surgery                                                      Vol. 32 no. 1  January – June 2017

PhiliPPine Journal of otolaryngology-head and neck Surgery  3

CONTENTS

Hubris, Humility and Healing
Low Frequency Ultrasound in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis and Recovery 

after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Bleeding Time Using Moringa Oleifera (Malunggay) Leaf Extract versus Saline Control in a 

Rabbit Epistaxis Model: A Randomized Controlled Trial 
Traumatic Perforation of the Tympanic Membrane: Etiologies and Risk Factors for Healing 

and Intervention 
Fibular Dimensions for Mandibular Reconstruction among Filipinos 
Demographic Profile and Risk Factors of Patients with Benign Vocal Fold Lesions Diagnosed 

through Laryngeal Videoendoscopy and Stroboscopy 
Laryngeal Cancer Neck Node Metastasis: Patterns of Spread 
Diagnostic-to-Treatment Interval and Disease Progression among Head and Neck Cancer 

Patients Undergoing Surgery 
Capillary Hemangioma of the Temporal Bone 
Proboscis Lateralis with Rhinosinusitis 
An Impacted Live Fish in the Oropharynx of an 8-Year-Old Child 
Tuberculosis of the Thyroid 
Optical Myringotomy Knife 
Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Presenting as an Auricle Mass 
Intracranial Complications of Acute Sinusitis on Brain CT
Middle Ear Paraganglioma

COVER IMAGES

EDITORIAL
4 Hubris, Humility and Healing
 Lapeña JF

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
6 Low Frequency Ultrasound in Chronic Rhinosinusitis 

with Nasal Polyposis and Recovery after Endoscopic 
Sinus Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

 De Castro RB, Cruz-Daylo MAB, Jardin MLA 

14 Bleeding Time Using Moringa Oleifera (Malunggay) 
Leaf Extract versus Saline Control in a Rabbit Epistaxis 
Model: A Randomized Controlled Trial 

 Caballero PLG, Cachuela JE  

17 Traumatic Perforation of the Tympanic Membrane: 
Etiologies and Risk Factors for Healing and 
Intervention 

 Sannigrahi R, Ghosh D, Saha J, Basu SK

23 Fibular Dimensions for Mandibular Reconstruction 
among Filipinos

 Muñoz NP, Fernando AF, Castañeda SS    

27 Demographic Profile and Risk Factors of Patients 
with Benign Vocal Fold Lesions Diagnosed through 
Laryngeal Videoendoscopy and Stroboscopy

 Chan TCP, Fortuna MCS, Enriquez PS  

30 Laryngeal Cancer Neck Node Metastasis: 
 Patterns of Spread 
 Austria MJDG, Roldan RA

33 Diagnostic-to-Treatment Interval and Disease 
Progression among Head and Neck Cancer Patients 
Undergoing Surgery 

 Lapiña GF, Castañeda SS  

CASE REPORTS
37 Capillary Hemangioma of the Temporal Bone     
 Fernando JZ, Ricalde RR         

41 Proboscis Lateralis with Rhinosinusitis   
 Vera Cruz LMN, Vicente GM  

44 An Impacted Live Fish in the Oropharynx 
 of an 8-Year- Old Child    
 Joson SN, Almazan NA, Cruz MGY      

47 Tuberculosis of the Thyroid     
 Fabito EF, Tipayno-Lubos MJ, Ayahao FD 
 
SURGICAL INNOVATIONS AND INSTRUMENTATION 
51 Optical Myringotomy Knife  
 De Leon RO, Amable JPM 

FEATURED GRAND ROUNDS 
55 Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Presenting
 as an Auricle Mass
 Mendoza VMM, Perez De Tagle JRV, Fernando AF  
 
FROM THE VIEWBOX
57 Intracranial Complications of Acute Sinusitis on Brain CT
 Bickle IC         

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
59 Middle Ear Paraganglioma 
 Carnate JM, Te VG, Encinas-Latoy MAM  

From “An Impacted 
Live Fish in the 
Oropharynx of an 
8-Year- Old Child: 
Application of 
Jennings retractor, 
and depression of the 
tongue with a gloved 
finger reveals more 
of the fish” By Melanie 
Grace Y. Cruz, MD

“Mastoidectomy”
By Heidi Jesse A. Moya, MD

“T2-weighted MRI image in 
the axial plane at the level 
of the left internal auditory 
canal showing a large 
cerebellopontine angle 
tumor with mass effect on 
the adjacent pons and left 
cerebellar hemisphere”
By  Nathaniel W. Yang, MD

“Harvest”
Paintography
Canon 5D Mark II + 
EOS 17-40mm f4 L
Photomanipulation:
Adobe Photoshop CC
By Rene Louie C. Gutierrez, MD

“Woman Who Is 
About to Dance” 
10” x 14” 
Oil on Canvas
By Camille Sidonie A. 
Espina, MD