Since the advent of the cochlear implant more than 20 years ago, the devices have benefited thousands of patients. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as of April 2009, approximately 188,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants. In the U.S., about 42,000 adults and 26,000 children have received them. Today, the fantasy of two implanted artificial cochlea is a reality.
New OSA Clinical Guideline
What is the current recommended standard for evaluation and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)? Background: There is lack of consensus about diagnostic protocols for OSA in adults. […]
Endoscopic Approach Reduces the Need for ‘Second-Look’ Mastoid Surgery
Endoscopic mastoid surgery is difficult to learn, performed in a tight space, and will probably never replace conventional open procedures.
Device Kit Reduces Need for Biopsy in Oral Cancer Diagnosis
The gold standard for oral cancer diagnosis is visual examination followed by biopsy and histological analysis of suspicious lesions.
Fibrin Glue Makes Septal Perforations Easier to Repair
Doctors, faced with challenging problems of mending nasal septal perforations, suggested that the use of fibrin glue to hold into place an AlloDerm graft is effective and likely cost-saving.
Papillomatosis Tissue Utilized to Correct Anterior Commissure Webbing
Doctors said they have successfully corrected anterior commissure web formation in papilloma patients with a unique endoscopic microflap laryngoplasty that actually makes use of excess tissue produced in patients with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
Sinuplasty Gaining Momentum for Sinus Procedures
Balloon sinuplasty-still a controversial area for otolaryngologists-appears to be gaining favor, although functional endoscopic balloon remodeling is still in its infancy, said Raymond Weiss, MD, medical director of the Sinus Center of the South in Ocean Springs, MS.
In-Office Transnasal Esophagoscopy Appears Safe, Cost-Effective
A three-year retrospective study of in-office transnasal esophagoscopy appears to show that the procedure can be adopted for safe use in private practice-and with considerable savings to the health care industry when compared with rigid esophagoscopy.
Skin Cancer Index and Quality of Life
Facial plastic surgeon John Rhee, MD, MPH, sees many patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC).
Image Guidance: A Useful Adjunct to Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Advances in image guidance systems for endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) are providing benefits to surgeons-and by extension, to their patients-say experienced sinus surgeons interviewed recently for ENToday.
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