Patients with a diagnosis of trisomy 13 or 18 often require multidisciplinary management, and the range of care spans the breadth of otolaryngology. Although T13 and T18 are considered mostly universally fatal, improvements in cardiac surgery have increased survival rates.
Travel Distance Alone Not Associated with Worsened Two-Year Survival in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Head and Neck Cancer
Socioeconomic and patient factors impact two-year survival in patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer more than travel distance alone.
Chinese Herbal Medicine Added to Olfactory Training Confers Limited Functional Benefit to Patients with Traumatic Anosmia
The controversial effects of Guizhi decoction added to olfactory training in studies of patients who had been unresponsive to steroid or zinc treatment confers limited functional benefit to patients with traumatic anosmia.
Mastoid Obliteration Could Be Effective in Cholesteatoma Surgery, but More Data Are Needed
Mastoid obliteration in cholesteatoma surgery tries to combine the advantages of two traditional surgical techniques: canal wall up, which keeps the posterior wall of the outer ear canal intact, and canal wall down, in which the posterior wall is removed, and helps in reconstructing the posterior wall.
Reduced Aftercare Treatment Schedule for Cochlear Implantation Is Efficient and Effective
Although American Academy of Audiology guidelines call for six to eight aftercare appointments, this criterion can strain in-clinic resources and pose hardships. Reducing to a four-appointment EBM approach delivered efficient and effective audiological aftercare to cochlear implant recipients in the first year.
Advancing Leadership: Meet Robin Lindsay, MD, ENTtoday’s First Female Physician Editor
ENTtoday serves as a central community publication in our field, and taking on these topics as its editor isn’t for the faint of heart. But with her friendly demeanor and insight, ENTtoday’s first female physician editor, Robin Lindsay, MD, is willing to tackle the challenging issues surfacing in our specialty.
How to: Positioning for Middle Cranial Fossa Repair of Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence
This novel method of positioning the patient for SCD repair allows for optimal head rotation, requires less set-up and patient manipulation, does not require surgical pins, and allows the surgeon to maintain an ergonomically ideal posture during microdissection.
Complex Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery Certification Means Better Education for Surgeons
There are otolaryngologists who focus their surgical practices on patients with thyroid/parathyroid diseases; some have completed fellowships while others have not, and continuing board certification activities aren’t currently focused on this content. These issues, among others, were part of the genesis of the new focused practice designation.
In Otolaryngology, How Much Subspecialization Is Too Much?
We may be at a saturation point in otolaryngology where the number of fellows is as high as it’s going to get, but who knows what the future holds?
Novel Bioabsorbable Plate Associated with Lower Leak Risk in Patients Receiving Endoscopic Skull Base Repair
Reconstructive technique, extent of resection, and patient body mass index (BMI) significantly contribute to cerebrospinal fluid leak rate in endoscopic repair of skull base defects.
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