AAO-HNS Officials Tout Academy’s Clinical Data Registry as Powerful Compliance, Research Tool
Officials say data provided by Regent will make it easier for otolaryngologists to comply with new regulations and help deliver more powerful research
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Experts Offer Tips, Insights on Common Head and Neck Surgical Procedures
The panel at the AAO-NHS Annual Meeting offered advice on glossectomy, tonsillectomy and neck dissection, and parotidectomy
Hypopharyngeal Approaches to Obstructive Sleep Apnea
A panel covered the need for better ways to identify airway obstruction sites from radiofrequency to skeletal surgery
Experts Discuss Treatment Options for Skin Cancer Cases
Panelists at the AAO-HNS Annual Meeting discussed how they and their tumor boards would handle a variety of skin cancer cases
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TRIO Best Practices
Should Pediatric Tympanomastoidectomy and Cochlear Implantation Routinely Be Performed as Outpatient Surgery?
Tympanomastoid surgery can be safely performed as an outpatient procedure in the pediatric population.
TRIO Best Practices
Do Open and Endoscopic Resection Approaches to Juvenile Nasopharyngea Angiofibroma Result in Similar Blood Loss, Recurrence Rates?
There is a growing body of evidence supporting the equivalence of endoscopic and open surgical approaches in terms of tumor recurrence
TRIO Best Practices
What Is the Best Management of Asymptomatic Unilateral Tonsillar Enlargement?
There is little evidence to support that UTE always requires tonsillectomy to rule out lymphoma
Literature Reviews
Flexible Ossicular Reconstruction Prosthesis Allows for Ease of Placement in Temporal Bone
An adjustable ossicular replacement prostheses (ORP) allows for in situ length adjustment and easier alignment and tension optimization in ossiculoplasty
Literature Reviews
Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy a Safe Alternative to Open Surgical Tracheostomy
In the of critical care setting, tracheostomy can be performed either via an open or percutaneous technique
Literature Reviews
High-Volume Thyroid Surgeons Have Improved Efficiency, 30-Day Outcomes
Is high-surgeon volume in thyroid surgery associated with improved surgical efficiency and 30-day outcomes, and lower hospital utilization? BOTTOM LINE High-volume thyroid surgeons are associated with improved patient safety and […]
Literature Reviews
Older Age, Obesity Risk Factors for Residual OSA in Children
What is the prevalence of residual obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy (AT), and what are the risk factors for the condition? BOTTOM LINE The majority of children […]