Basic Science Departments Struggle Amid Financial, Staffing Challenges
Limited funding for research has resulted in little or no growth in the number of faculty in basic science departments.
Features
Are All Cases of Sinusitis the Same?
New clinical research is providing a fuller picture of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) as a spectrum of diseases.
What Physicians Need to Know about Investing Before Hiring a Financial Advisor
Working to pay off student debt while trying to save for retirement makes investing and financial planning an important part of physicians’ lives.
Patient Safety: It’s Not Rocket Science
Joseph H. Ogura lecturer says the goal of patient safety initiatives should be prevention, not punishment.
Three New Fellows Present Thesis Awards at Triological Society Annual Meeting
The trio of clinical researchers examined frailty, chronic rhinosinusitis, and overlapping surgeries.
New Research Presented at Triological Society Annual Meeting
Here are a few of the highlights from the findings presented by researchers at this year’s Triological Society Annual Meeting.
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Letter from the Editor: The Importance of the International Scientific Community
When you are at one of our national meetings, and a group from an international country is speaking, please take the time to sit down and listen.
TRIO Best Practices
Does Supraglottoplasty Improve Outcomes in Children with Laryngomalacia?
Current retrospective studies and meta-analyses support the thesis that SGP improves PSG measures in children with congenital laryngomalacia and sleep dependent laryngomalacia.
TRIO Best Practices
Is a Schirmer’s Test Necessary Before Blepharoplasty?
Given the lack of reliability of the Schirmer’s Test, it is not essential in the preoperative evaluation of blepharoplasty patients.
TRIO Best Practices
Do All Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Require a PET Scan at Diagnosis?
The use of PET scan is recommended at diagnosis for patients presenting at clinical stages III and IV for head and neck cancer.
Literature Reviews
Clinical Findings Can Predict, But Should Not Exclude, Difficult Intubation
Although several simple clinical findings are useful for predicting a higher likelihood of difficult endotracheal intubation, no clinical finding reliably excludes a difficult intubation.
Literature Reviews
ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of the Neck in SCC of the Oral Cavity and Orophyarynx
A look at evidence-based recommendations for the management of the neck in patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral cavity and oropharynx.
Literature Reviews
Stepwise Diagnosis Helps Identify Primary Tumors in Majority of Patients
A look at the cumulative effect of diagnostic steps for primary tumor identification in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary.
Literature Reviews
Low-Dose Macrolides Can Help Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis
LDMs provided favorable outcomes in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).