APPs in Otolaryngology Can Help Fill Gaps in Patient Care
Advanced-practice providers can prescribe, perform routine procedures, and, with training, perform more advanced procedures
Features
Solving the Problem of Healthcare Economics
2017 continues to bring changes to healthcare that will impact otolaryngology for years to come
Head and Neck Surgery: Postoperative Outcomes for Elderly Patients
How do surgeons decide which elderly patients are going to respond well to surgery?
Refractory Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Medical and Treatment Options
Advanced planning can keep your income, and your clinical practice, afloat
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TRIO Best Practices
Is Esophagoscopy Necessary During Panendoscopy?
The overall incidence of esophageal secondary malignancies is low in patients with HNSCC
TRIO Best Practices
Are Neuromodulating Medications Effective for Treatment of Chronic Neurogenic Cough?
The use of neuromodulators appears to be helpful in patients with chronic idiopathic/ neurogenic cough
TRIO Best Practices
Should Surgeons Routinely Inform Patients about Risks of Taste Dysfunction after Tongue Base Surgery for Sleep Apnea?
The incidence of alteration in taste sensation with coblation lingual tonsillectomy, TORS tongue-base reduction, and submucosal lingualplasty is sufficiently high to warrant warning patients.
Special Reports
Cochlear Implants: Changing Indications and New Technology
Recent improvements in technology have made cochlear implants accessible to a new set of deserving patients—those with some residual hearing
Literature Reviews
Some VF Paralysis May Benefit from Medialization Laryngoplasty with Arytenoid Adduction
Patients undergoing ML may benefit from AA when a large posterior glottic gap is present
Literature Reviews
Risks of Pharyngeal Pack Use Following FESS Outweigh Benefits
The authors advise against using the packs due to potential risks
Literature Reviews
Robotic Platform Can Assist Novice Microvascular Surgeons in Reducing Vibrations
The REMS is a potential teaching tool capable of reducing tremor in novice users.
Literature Reviews
In institutions where only SeqCI is allowed in adults, overall patient management may cost marginally
How do costs compare between simultaneous cochlear implantation (SimCI) and sequential cochlear implantation (SeqCI) in adults if all bilaterally deaf patients undergo SeqCI vs. a theoretical model where SimCI is the standard? Bottom line In institutions where only SeqCI is allowed in adults, overall patient management may cost marginally more than if SimCI were practiced. […]