Replacing damaged vocal cord tissue with implanted new tissue engineered from vocal fold mucosa that is similar biologically and physiologically to that of native human tissue may one day offer a new surgical approach to restoring the voice in people with severe vocal cord damage
This article was originally published in The Laryngoscope. 2013;123:304-305. Background Current trends in auditory rehabilitation for single-sided deafness (SSD) reflect a renewed interest in the functional impact of unilateral hearing […]
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy continues to be employed for treatment of all stages of ORN despite its lack of proven efficacy
A new computer program may be able to predict which children with hearing loss treated with cochlear implants will develop effective language skills after implantation.
Study shows ultrasonography useful for diagnosis and determining patients who do not need surgery
Study finds voice restoration in total laryngopharyngectomy (TLP) jejunal and TLP radial forearm flap patients was equivalent, but inferior
to standard TLP
Research shows no increase in rate of unplanned revisits or postoperative hemorrhage
Depression, anxiety, headaches, and chronic pain more common in patients with all positive symptoms on the SNOT-20 score
Submucosal resection combined with lateral displacement considered most effective in cases of inferior turbinate hypertrophy