Vol. 21 Nos. 1&2 January-June; July-December 2006

2. President’s Page
3. Captoons

Editor

Jose Florencio F. Lapeña, Jr., MA, MD
Manila, PHILIPPINES

Associate Editors

Christopher Malorre E. Calaquian, MD
Muntinlupa City, PHILIPPINES

Ryner Jose C. Carrillo, MD, MSc
Manila, PHILIPPINES

Samantha R. Soriano-Castaneda, MD
Pasig City, PHILIPPINES

Erasmo Gonzalo dV. Llanes, MD
Pasig City, PHILIPPINES

Rhodora A. del Rosario-Ocampo, MD
Los Baños, Laguna, PHILIPPINES

Marifee U. Reyes, MD
Naga City, Camarines Sur, PHILIPPINES

Filipina T. Cevallos-Schabel, MD, MPH
Manchester, Tennessee, USA

Peter George J. Tian, MD, MPH
Alberta, CANADA

Managing Editor

Antonio H. Chua, MD
Quezon City, PHILIPPINES

Editorial Advisory Board

Jose M. Acuin, MD, MSc
Las Piñas City, PHILIPPINES

Robert G. Berkowitz, MBBS, MD
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

Charlotte M. Chiong, MD
Malolos, Bulacan, PHILIPPINES

Jose Angelito U. Hardillo, MD, PhD
Rotterdam, The NETHERLANDS

Rudolf Häusler, MD
Berne, SWITZERLAND
KJ Lee, MD
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Editorial Assistant

Rowena C. Saplala, BS
Pasig City, PHILIPPINES

EDITORIAL
Silver and Gold: Looking Back, Looking Ahead,
Lapeña JF
 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Relationship of Pure Tone Audiometry and Ossicular Discontinuity In Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
  Carrillo RC, Yang NW, Abes GT

• The Development of Ilocano Word Lists for Speech Audiometry
  Sagon RR, Uchanski RM

• Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: Bacteriology and Drug Sensitivity Patterns at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center (2004-2005): A Preliminary Study
  Ayson PN, Lopez JG, Llanes EG

• Low Dose, Short-Term Oral Methylprednisolone for Nasal Polyps: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial
  Sanchez RC, Campomanes BS, Aguilar NA

• A Cross-Sectional Study on Olfactory Function Among Young Adult Smokers
  da Silva MC, Panganiban WD

 
CASE REPORTS 

• Inflammatory Pseudotumor of an Orbito-maxillary Mass Masquerading as a Malignancy
  da Silva MC, Romualdez JA, Martinez NV

• Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Mandible
   Roldan RA, Llanes EG, Villarta RL

SURGICAL INNOVATION AND INSTRUMENTATION

• Small-Incision Technique for Med-El Combi 40+Implantation
  Chiong CM, Mueller MB, Ungui EV

• Medialization and Stabilization of the Middle Turbinate using a Nasal Septal Flap in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
  Abelardo E, Sanuki T, Yumoto E

• Open Reduction and Fixation in Acute Laryngeal Trauma Under Endoscopic Guidance
  Cabudol JR, Romualdez JA, Guevara ES

• Temporalis Muscle-Coronoid Swing and Forehead & Neck Skin Island Flap Reconstruction of the Orbit after Maxillectomy
  Carrillo RC, Caparas MB

 
FEATURED GRAND ROUNDS

Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Mentum
Saquian FN
 

FROM THE VIEWBOX

The Many Faces of Ameloblastoma
Cañal JA
 

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Odontogenic Ghost Cell Tumor of the Maxilla
Lim EC, Carnate JM, Avila JC
 
PRACTICE PEARLS

Primary Care Evaluation of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses
Lapeña JF