Technological advancements aim to improve sleep positioning. In addition to pillows, belts, and other supports to encourage side sleeping, vibrotactile devices worn around the chest or neck can sense when someone is sleeping on their back and use a gentle but persistent vibration to remind people to change their position.
Virtual (VR), augmented (AR), and mixed realities (MR) all fall under the umbrella of extended reality (XR) and are characterized by extending a user’s experience into different worlds via technology that simulates those realms. In healthcare, currently, one of the main uses of XR occurs during surgery.
There have been increasing efforts across otolaryngology to perform in-office procedures with local anesthesia. Benefits include reducing the time and economic costs imposed on patients, as well as avoiding the inherent risks of general anesthesia
Ideally, the optimal surgical procedure to address choanal atresia should safely restore nasal patency, minimize damage to adjacent sinonasal structures, and eliminate reoperation with minimal disease associated morbidity.
ETI has been shown to have positive effects on multiple organ systems in cystic fibrosis patients.
Most current literature suggests that cefazolin is safe for surgical prophylaxis in patients with penicillin allergy.
Velopharyngeal surgery is a validated treatment option for OSA patients diagnosed with retro-velar and oropharyngeal collapse.
What is the long-term safety and effectiveness of temperature-controlled radiofrequency neurolysis of the posterior nasal nerve in patients with chronic rhinitis?
The multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial protocol was shown to be feasible and demonstrated the need for blinded randomized controlled trials to objectively measure the efficacy of balloon Eustachian tuboplasty.
Although anxiety/depression may aggravate dysphagia in patients with normal swallowing function, this correlation may not hold in those with objective swallowing dysfunction.