Smaller incisions, fewer complications, and a speedy return home are a few of the advantages otolaryngologists can offer by managing their patients on an outpatient basis or using minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Evidence-Based Medicine Comes to Otolaryngology
Not long ago, physicians routinely decried evidence-based medicine (EBM) as an encroachment on their professional autonomy, a barrier to good patient care, insensitive to health care’s growing complexity, and at odds with the transcendent value of the physician-patient relationship.
Voice Therapy May Help Treat Vocal Fold Polyps and Cysts
Although voice therapy is commonly used as an initial treatment for vocal fold nodules, its role in the treatment of vocal fold polyps and cysts is less defined.
Staging and Treating Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) needs to be addressed as a multilevel disease, especially in patients who fail or can’t tolerate continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).
Strategies for Improving FESS Outcomes
Although functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a commonly used and well-established tool for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis, between 10% and 20% of patients will have recurrent disease and require further surgery.
Abbreviated Vaccine Treatment May Be an Effective Alternative to Three to Five Years of Allergy Shots
A regimen of six weekly shots of a novel vaccine may be an effective long-term approach for patients with allergic rhinitis, sparing them injections once or twice a week for three to five years, according to results of a pilot study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Many Causes, Many Treatment Options
Head and Neck Cancer Patients Face Multiple Quality-of-Life Issues
Mounting Evidence Supports Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Chronic Infections of Middle Ear and Sinuses
Mounting evidence suggests that bacterial biofilms play a role in chronic inflammatory infections of the middle ear and sinuses.
