ENTtoday: June 2016

Call of Duty: Personal, Professional Merits of Humanitarian Work

Telling a patient that he needs a full laryngectomy can be tough for any physician, but if the patient and the physician don’t speak the same language the conversation can be baffling

FDA Panel Recommends Mandatory Opioid Training

The panel made the recommendation amid an epidemic of deaths resulting from and addictions to opioid painkillers in the United States

Updated Thyroid Nodule Guidelines Give Recommendations on Diagnosis, Treatment

The American Thyroid Association released the third iteration of its thyroid nodule and thyroid cancer guidelines

Education, Training Needed for Managing Geriatric Otolaryngology Patients

It is rare that students and residents are exposed to a dedicated geriatric educational experience

Choice of Ear for Cochlear Implantation: Implant the Better- or Worse-Hearing Ear?

These studies demonstrate signicant benefit of bimodal stimulation over a single CI

Is an Endoscopic Approach Superior to External Dacryocystorhinostomy for Nasolacrimal Obstruction?

There is an abundance of nonrandomized studies suggesting that endoscopic DCR with the mechanical removal of bone is a viable alternative to external DCR

Intranasal Corticosteroids Improve Asthma Symptoms in CRS

For patients with asthma and CRS, the addition of intranasal corticosteroids improved asthma symptoms and control as well as FEV1

ESS Improves CRS-Related Subjective Olfactory Dysfunction

ESS improves CRS-related subjective olfactory dysfunction with greatest gains seen in those with poorer CT scores at baseline

Modified UPPP Improves Daytime Sleepiness, QOL in OSA

OSAS is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, as well as increased risk of poor sleep and low QOL

Device Offers Effective Alternative to Middle Ear Surgery, Hearing Aids

Better AC thresholds were demonstrated with the VSB in the mid- to high frequencies; the functional gain with the VSB was also signicantly better

Awake Laryngology Procedures Save Time, Money

Of ce-based laryngology procedures have a favorable cost comparison with their OR counterparts

Eosinophilic Esophagitis, CRS Show Associations as Comorbid Conditions

An association between CRS and EoE as comorbid conditions suggests that a familial component is contributing to the etiology of both diseases