Authors recommend delaying elective surgery for six to 14 months depending on patient risk factors, surgical complexity, and urgency.


Authors recommend delaying elective surgery for six to 14 months depending on patient risk factors, surgical complexity, and urgency.

Who should care for otolaryngology patients when they present to the emergency department (ED)? And how should the physicians who care for those patients be compensated? Those two questions are at the heart of a conundrum that has escalated over the past two decades.

Temporal bone fractures occur in up to 20% of patients who sustain a skull fracture.