The weight loss drug craze of the last couple of years brings important considerations for otolaryngologists, including how to manage gastric emptying before procedures for patients taking the medications and the possibility of the drugs being a new option for obstructive sleep apnea patients.
Targeted immunotherapies have become part of ATC treatment over the last decade or so, boosting recognition of tumor cells and activation of the immune system. But the studies on their effects have been fairly scarce and heterogeneous.
Daytime somnolence and sleep apnea are associated with dizziness in the elderly. New study shows that these conditions have an independent link to dizziness apart from the many overlapping comorbidities that are often seen in an older population
The FDA recently expanded the approval of the XHANCE fluticasone propionate nasal spray manufactured by Optinose for chronic rhinosinusitis to also include treatment of adults aged 18 and older without nasal polyps.
People with bilateral cochlear implantation have diminished perception of musical attributes, which limits their emotional response when listening
Traditional approaches to laryngotracheal reconstruction have relied on open transcervical approaches. With the growth of endoscopic techniques, there have been multiple advances in minimally invasive procedures to augment airway stenosis in pediatric patients.
In this How I Do It article, a single-port endoscopic removal of forehead osteoma technique for otolaryngologists and the associated outcomes are described.
Laryngomalacia (LM) is the most common congenital laryngeal anomaly caused by a delay in the maturation of supporting laryngeal cartilages. Three-dimensional exoscopy has had satisfactory and promising results in adults, but only a few pediatric series have been published.
Electrocochleography (ECoG) has historically been used for measuring hearing thresholds and identifying endolymphatic hydrops in Ménière’s disease. More recently, ECoG application has expanded to monitor electrical potentials during cochlear implantation as an indirect measure of cochlear trauma.
Laryngeal reinnervation should be offered to all patients independent of patient age or duration of denervation, as it can improve voice and swallowing. Long-term denervation, however, may result in a smaller degree of improvement.