Salivary gland malignancies affect 2.5 to 3 in 100,000 people each year in the United States, and comprise only 6% of head and neck cancers.
Otolaryngologists View Resident Work-Hour Restrictions: ACS calls for in-depth investigation before mandating further restrictions
In response to many national calls to enhance patient safety, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandated a maximum 80-hour workweek for all residents beginning in 2003.
Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons Urged: Be Part of the Solution in Health Care Reform
With the crisis in the financial markets reaching what many call historic proportions, another crisis long brewing is threatening to surface that, if some experts are correct, could have even greater consequences than the financial crisis for the US health care system.
New Cerumen Guidelines Development Process Reflects AAO-HNS’s Methodical Approach
In September, the American Association of Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons (AAO-HNS) published the first clinical practice guidelines on the removal of impacted cerumen (Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008;139:S1-S21).
Antibiotics for Sinusitis: To Use or Not to Use?
Evidence-Based Medicine: Adjusting to a Culture Shift in Health Care
It has been suggested that since its introduction in 1992, the term evidence-based medicine (EBM) has reached almost iconic status within the medical lexicon.
Otolaryngologists at the Forefront for Early Detection of Autism Disorders
Age, Experience Factors in Predicting Failure of Subglottic Stenosis Procedures
Physicians have suggested that the likelihood of failure of surgery to correct subglottic stenosis appears to be related to the age of the child at the time of treatment and whether the child is being treated at a tertiary care facility.
Medical Simulation: Limited Funding Limits the Possibilities: Part 2 of 2 articles
At first glance, the Otolaryngology Surgery Simulation Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York resembles a traditional temporal bone dissection lab.
In-Office Laryngeal Procedures in Awake Patients a Viable, and Often Preferable, Option
With the advent of fiberoptic and distal-chip scopes and other innovations, otolaryngologists are now able to perform many laryngeal diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on awake patients in the in-office setting rather than on fully anesthetized individuals in the operating room.
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