Features
Article: Age, Experience Factors in Predicting Failure of Subglottic Stenosis Procedures
Physicians have suggested that the likelihood of failure of surgery to correct subglottic stenosis appears to be related to the age of the child at the time of treatment and whether the child is being treated at a tertiary care facility.
Article: Medical Simulation: Limited Funding Limits the Possibilities: Part 2 of 2 articles
At first glance, the Otolaryngology Surgery Simulation Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York resembles a traditional temporal bone dissection lab.
Article: Reading and Assessing the Clinical Research Literature
Do you cringe when another journal comes in, only to join the growing stack of still-unread back issues?
Article: Studies Examine Semicircular Canal Dehiscence, Stapedectomy Prostheses.
Be careful not to be too quick to say that a patient's problems are due to canal dehiscence.
Article: Acupuncture May Improve Pain and Xerostomia After Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
Patients with head and neck cancer treated with surgery and/or radiation often experience pain, shoulder dysfunction, and xerostomia.
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Article: In-Office Laryngeal Procedures in Awake Patients a Viable, and Often Preferable, Option
With the advent of fiberoptic and distal-chip scopes and other innovations, otolaryngologists are now able to perform many laryngeal diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on awake patients in the in-office setting rather than on fully anesthetized individuals in the operating room.
Article: The Otolaryngologist and the Imminent Crisis in Geriatric Medicine
We are on the verge of a crisis in geriatric medicine.
Article: Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on Health Care?
Ask Americans if their fellow citizens should have access to health care, and they will shout a resounding yes. Ask them what they are willing to pay or give up so that others may have such coverage, and most whisper-nothing.
