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Pediatric cochlear implantation (CI) is a multistep process, which exposes a healthcare system’s potential weaknesses in ability to deliver timely care to deaf children. The current systematic review aims to […]
» Read moreTo characterize the clinical features associated with sinonasal complaints after maxillectomy with free flap reconstruction as well as propose a screening and treatment algorithm.Retrospective review of patients who underwent maxillectomy […]
» Read moreTo determine the success of an adenotonsillectomy (T&A) in treating children with severe obesity utilizing a more accurate obesity scale.Retrospective cohort.A retrospective cohort of children with obesity between 5 and […]
» Read moreTo evaluate sleep behavior and its relation to otoneurological parameters in a group of patients with chronic unilateral vestibular hypofunction (UVH) without self-reported sleep disturbances when compared with healthy subjects […]
» Read moreTo demonstrate that a group of patients who are not considered candidates for organ preservation can achieve organ preservation through neoadjuvant chemotherapy + surgery and to determine if there are […]
» Read moreDespite considerable effort being dedicated to contouring reconstruction plates, there remains limited evidence demonstrating an association between contour and reconstructive outcomes. We sought to evaluate whether optimizing mandibular reconstruction plate […]
» Read moreTo determine changes in voice severity when treating chronic cough refractory to medical treatment with cough suppression therapy (CST) in patients with chronic cough and voice complaints. Chronic cough has […]
» Read moreThe anatomy of the posterior glottis, specifically the states of the posterior glottis during phonation, has not been thoroughly explored in laryngology. Conventional wisdom about the posterior glottis indicates that […]
» Read moreTo analyze the clinical features, classification, and treatment of adult nasopharyngolaryngeal hemangioma (ANPLH).Retrospective study.From February 2009 to May 2020, 101 patients with ANPLH were reviewed and analyzed.Symptoms of ANPLH were […]
» Read moreSurgical interventions for epistaxis management in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) demonstrate short-term success and require repeated procedures for disease control. Although electrocautery and/or laser photocoagulation (C ± L) are most frequently performed, […]
» Read moreTo evaluate survival for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in relation to socioeconomic status.Retrospective cohort study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Census Tract-level Socioeconomic Status Database (2000-2016).Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma […]
» Read moreTo compare the hemostatic effects of commonly used concentrations of topical epinephrine in tympanoplasty.Prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial.Patients undergoing tympanoplasty were randomized to receive topical epinephrine at 1:1,000 or 1:10,000. […]
» Read moreTinnitus can develop due to, or be aggravated by, stress in a rat model. To investigate stress as a possible causal factor in the development of tinnitus, we designed an […]
» Read moreMaxillary cancers are rare and aggressive tumors, which can spread beyond the sinus bony walls. Preoperative assessment of infiltration of maxillary sinus floor (MSF) is paramount for surgical planning, as […]
» Read moreTo assess the accuracy and utility of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting head and neck cancer (HNC) recurrence after microvascular reconstructive surgery.Retrospective […]
» Read moreTissue-engineered tracheal grafts (TETGs) offer a potential solution for repair of long-segment airway defects. However, preclinical and clinical TETGs have been associated with chronic inflammation and macrophage infiltration. Macrophages express […]
» Read moreTo investigate prevalence, radiological characteristics, and functional correlates of arachnoid cysts (AC) of the internal auditory canal (IAC) region, including associations of nerve compression with auditory/vestibular symptoms and asymmetrical audiogram […]
» Read moreNumerous therapies exist for adult obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), creating potential for patient decisional conflict (DC) that impacts treatment adherence and post-treatment regret. We evaluated the prevalence of elevated DC […]
» Read moreTo evaluate the outcome of immunoglobulin (IG) replacement therapy in adults with rhinosinusitis and primary humoral immunodeficiency disorders (PID).Retrospective cohort study.Retrospective chart review of adult (18 years and older) patients who […]
» Read moreThe aim of the study is to investigate whether close surgical margins impact oncologic outcomes compared to clear or involved surgical margins. We hypothesize that close surgical margins portend worse […]
» Read moreThe prevalence of tympanostomy tube surgery (TTS) in patients with a cleft deformity was investigated, in relation to cleft width and cleft type.Retrospective review of medical health records.Retrospective review of […]
» Read moreThe tumor immune microenvironment in temporal bone squamous cell carcinoma (TBSCC), including the programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), has not been established.Retrospective cohort study.We performed immunohistochemistry […]
» Read moreTo document the history of hearing seeing in children and adults.A literature search in all languages was carried out with the terms of hearing screening from the following sources: Pub […]
» Read moreAbout 260,000 septoplasties are performed annually in the US to address nasal septal deviation (NSD). Yet, we do not consistently understand what aspects of NSD result in symptoms.Blinded cohort study.Two […]
» Read moreTo identify factors that may increase the risk of unplanned admission following elective outpatient endoscopic sinonasal surgery (ESS).Retrospective analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).All cases of ESS […]
» Read moreTo compare the results of immediate endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (En-DCR) and delayed En-DCR in the treatment of new-onset acute dacryocystitis (AD).This report describes a prospective randomized controlled interventional case series.Between April […]
» Read moreAdjuvant medications including proton pump inhibitors (PPI), antibiotics (trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole [TMP-SMX]), and inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) may be prescribed for patients with idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS). We describe medication use with endoscopic […]
» Read moreRobin sequence (RS) consists of associated micrognathia, glossoptosis, and respiratory dysfunction, with or without cleft palate. Studies on how different patient characteristics impact the severity of respiratory dysfunction are scarce […]
» Read moreLaryngeal vibratory asymmetry occurring with paresis may result in a perceptually normal or abnormal voice. The present study aims to determine the relationships between the degree of vibratory asymmetry, acoustic […]
» Read moreTo study use of the nasoseptal flap (NSF) to reconstruct lateral transoral robotic surgery (TORS) oropharyngectomy defects.Retrospective case series.A clinical series of six patients undergoing NSF reconstruction of lateral TORS […]
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