Scan the literature on transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) and you’ll find a host of benefits for the procedure when it is compared with its microscope-guided counterpart, including enhanced visualization, superior training, and reduced post-operative complications, to name just a few. Coupled with recent equipment advances, such as thinner, more flexible endoscopes and ones that combine cutting and suctioning for enhanced bleeding control, it’s clearly an exciting time for TEES.
Expansion laryngoplasty is a new, combined procedure that can treat both glottic and subglottic stenosis simultaneously. This is a small case series showing how to perform this surgery, as well as outcomes from 15 years.
The authors review their pediatric EESS technique in patients with intra-operative high flow cerebrospinal fluid leak, with a focus on details that differ from adult transsphenoidal surgery technique.
What is the potential value of a newly developed Parotidectomy Quality of Life Index (PQOL) in addressing the multidimensional nature of patient-centered outcomes from this procedure?
This study presents a pioneering report on an endoscopic-assisted total maxillectomy that allows for en bloc resection without a facial skin incision.
The authors presented the surgical procedures of full endoscopic total parotidectomy followed by the sternocleidomastoid muscle flap transplantation via a short postauricular hairline incision and reported patient outcomes to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of this novel approach.
What are the current recommendations regarding surgical management of the neck in patients with oral cancer, specifically in regard to the indications and extent of dissection required in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)?
Pediatric patients with DTC who are younger than 11 years at diagnosis have more aggressive disease features and a lower early remission rate than older patients, although their long-term outcome is satisfactory.
This article aimed to present the authors’ experiences with endoscopic-assisted transoral resection of APG tumor and to describe the surgical procedure involved.
Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy in the context of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma may require reconstruction with strongly vascularized flaps. This is fundamental to address the volumetric deficit and prevent complications such as carotid blowout syndrome. The submental island flap is well suited for this purpose.