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.
For patients who merely need perforation repair, this method spares a canal incision, which favors blood supply to the tympanic membrane and simplifies wound dressing.
A combination of surgical techniques can be useful for the anterior closure of septal perforations, especially in those in which the anterior edge of the perforation reaches the skin of the columella.
The utilization of high-speed powered instruments makes this technique rapid and efficient, and it aids in rapid mucosal healing.
This step-by-step article on the surgical procedure for rapid intraoperative localization will help assist with reproducibility of the technique.
Extended external rhinoplasty with bilateral marginal and alar base incisions provides access to the nasal part of the dermoid and excellent visualization of the anterior skull base for complete excision of large intracranial cysts in a cosmetically favorable manner.
Despite the accumulating evidence of feasibility, safety, and positive functional outcomes of the Expanded Transcanal Transpromontorial Approach, its spread has been restricted to few centers across the world.
Due to its facial scar avoidance, better accuracy in locating the lacrimal sac, and decreased blood loss, endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (eDCR) has become much more popular than external approaches.
Given the high rate of positive surgical margins in head and neck cancer, there is a need to improve margin analysis technique and intraoperative communication protocols.
Ansa Cervicalis Stimulation could become a viable ancillary respiratory neurostimulation (RNS) strategy for patients with insufficient responses to hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS).