There were no significant complications for drug-induced sleep endoscopies (DISE) performed on child patients in the operating room or in the MRI induction room.
What Is the Optimal Timing for Dividing a Forehead Flap?
Earlier forehead flap division can have a positive influence on patient quality of life and is a cost-effective option.
Here are Best Practices to Help Ensure Safety in Pediatric Otolaryngology During the Coronavirus Pandemic
These are recommendations that pediatric otolaryngologists can adopt to provide effective care for their COVID-19 patients and ensure safety for themselves, other healthcare workers, and their patients.
Evidence-Based Preoperative Testing Protocols Save Time, Money
Evidence-based preoperative assessment protocols that reduce unnecessary testing and extraneous cost without increased perioperative morbidity and mortality should be implemented into routine otolaryngology practice.
What Is the Optimal Timing for Tracheostomy in Intubated Patients?
There are no data to suggest that delayed tracheostomy offers a morbidity or mortality advantage.
Is Primary Radiotherapy an Acceptable Treatment Modality for Verrucous Carcinoma of the Larynx?
The existing literature still suggests that the highest locoregional control and survival rates are achieved with surgery.
Endoscopic Endonasal Transethmoidal Supraorbital Approach for Orbitectomy Is a Viable Alternative
What is the technique of the endoscopic endonasal transethmoidal supraorbital approach during an orbitectomy to the anterior cranial base?
Transoral Robotic Thyroid Surgery Is a Safe Option for Obese Patients
This initial experience shows that transoral robotic thyroid (TORT) appears to be a safe and feasible option for obese patients pursuing scarless thyroid surgery.
A Closer Look at Endoscopic Ear Surgery
Surgeons Describe How They Use Fluorescence to Guide Work on Head and Neck Tumors
The use of fluorescent light to see through normal tissues down to head and neck tumors is showing promise as a way of guiding surgeons and improving margins and outcomes