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The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of transcanal underwater endoscopic bone resection (TUEBR) of the external auditory canal (EAC) for the management of cholesteatoma […]
» Read moreTo propose a simple grading of inner ear malformation (IEM) and investigate intracochlear electrical auditory brainstem response (EABR) and outcomes for hearing in terms of the novel grading system.Retrospective case […]
» Read moreThe hemangioma is the most common vascular tumor, involving the head and neck in 60% of cases. It is rare in the larynx. In children, hemangiomas are more frequent on […]
» Read moreTo describe malformations associated with pediatric congenital cholesteatomas of the middle ear.Retrospective study.Tertiary referral center.One hundred and seventy-three cases of middle ear congenital cholesteatoma (CC) in 171 children operated between […]
» Read moreWe have found no study assessing the accuracy of caliper cranium measurements compared to computed tomography (CT) measurements of the head. The objective of this study was to assess the […]
» Read morePosttonsillectomy hemorrhage can be life-threatening, so we investigated whether patients are at increased risk with an inexperienced surgeon. There is scant information on how surgical experience affects outcomes in pediatric […]
» Read moreOur objective was to gather data that would enable us to suggest more specific guidelines for the management of children with airway disruption.Retrospective case series with data from five tertiary […]
» Read moreTo evaluate in cochlear implant patients, the feasibility and reliability of angular depth of insertion (aDOI) measurements using plain x-ray scans.Retrospective study where three observers independently evaluated and compared intraoperative […]
» Read moreTo determine the cost-effectiveness of unilateral and bilateral cochlear implantation (CI) for children suffering from bilateral profound SNHL.This was a cost benefit analysis study where quality-adjusted life years (QALY) and […]
» Read moreTo determine the impact of race and ethnicity on 30-day complications following pediatric endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS).Cross-sectional cohort study.Patients ≤ 18 years of age undergoing ESS from 2015 to 2017 were identified […]
» Read moreTo assess whether listening with two cochlear implants (bilateral) offers significant benefits in terms of speech perception over listening with one cochlear implant and one hearing aid (bimodal).Retrospective review of […]
» Read moreSleep associated hypoventilation (SAH) is diagnosed when more than 25% of total sleep time (%TST) is spent with end tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2 ) > 50 mmHg. SAH in children occurs as a […]
» Read moreThis study aimed to compare the prognosis according to age, genotype or HPV variant in patients with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP).Non-concurrent cohort.41 patients with RRP.Tertiary referral hospital.Disease severity was defined […]
» Read moreWe aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics and introduce a new subclassification system for type II first branchial cleft anomalies (FBCAs) based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings.We conducted an […]
» Read moreThis study aimed to investigate petrous apex pneumatisation in children, as an understanding of petrous apex pneumatisation is useful in the diagnosis and surgical management of middle-ear disease.Computed tomography head […]
» Read moreTonsillectomy is one of the most widely recognized surgeries for tonsillitis. It is the default surgery option for obstructive sleep apnea, recurrent tonsillitis, and recurrent peritonsillar abscess. However, there are […]
» Read moreObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and sickle cell disease (SCD) represent two complex disease processes. Current guidelines recommend that children with SCD receive polysomnography (PSG) after presenting with signs or symptoms […]
» Read moreOnly a handful of case reports exist describing posttraumatic sutural diastasis in the calvarium and none report concurrent temporal bone involvement. We aim to describe diastasis along the temporal bone […]
» Read moreThe purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without general anesthesia (GA) for infants being evaluated for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) using the […]
» Read moreTo examine the relative prevalence of individual diagnoses in children and adolescents presenting with dizziness and/or imbalance, and to assess the proportion of patients assigned multiple contributing diagnoses.Retrospective cohort study.We […]
» Read moreTo investigate the adult outcomes of children with juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis via long-term follow-up.Retrospective study SETTING: Beijing Tongren Hospital PARTICIPANTS: The study includes 121 patients with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.We followed-up […]
» Read moreMeasure the quality of life among families with children with tracheostomies.We performed a prospective cross-sectional analysis of families with children with tracheostomies utilizing the PedQL Family Impact Module-a validated quality […]
» Read moreWe report a 6-year-old girl with progressive bilateral conductive hearing loss for 2 years. She passed the newborn hearing screening conducted with otoacoustic emissions testing and had a normal development […]
» Read moreBibliographic data for the management of acute mastoiditis in infants aged six months or less are very limited. This study investigated the presenting symptomatology, diagnostic and treatment options, and final […]
» Read moreTraditionally patients are seen by an Ear Nose Throat (ENT) surgeon prior to Allied Health referral for treatment of swallowing, voice, hearing, and dizziness. Wait-times for ENT consultations often exceed […]
» Read moreDetection of fetal airway compromise through imaging raises the possible need for ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedures. Despite EXIT procedures involving massive resource utilization and posing increased risk to […]
» Read moreInner Ear malformations (IEMs) are common in children with hearing loss. The different types of IEMs form a unique subgroup of cochlear implant (CI) candidates. We aimed to evaluate the […]
» Read moreIn 2012 the first active bone conduction implant was introduced, but did not fit into the mastoids of some adults and many children. Thus, a geometry change of the transducer […]
» Read moreThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently raised concern regarding the safety of cochlear implantation in the setting of programmable cerebrospinal fluid shunts. The purpose of this study was […]
» Read moreTo assess the incidence of central nervous system abnormalities in pediatric subjects with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).One hundred forty-three pediatric subjects evaluated for SNHL at a single academic center from […]
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