What is the perceived treatment success for patients with vocal fold atrophy? Background: Estimates for the number of elderly people with voice problems range from 4 percent to 30 percent. There […]
Study Raises Questions about Angioedema Management
What are the criteria for airway intervention in patients with angioedema? Background: Angioedema is painless edema of the mucosal and cutaneous surfaces. The more common type is hereditary and is caused […]
Larygnopharyngeal Reflux Changes Laryngeal Mucosa
How does reflux affect laryngeal tissue quality? Background: Laryngopharyngeal reflux has deleterious effects on the larynx. Due to the poor intrinsic protective mechanisms in this tissue, damage occurs at a higher […]
Nasopharyngeal Trumpet Serves as Direct Conduit in Fiberoptic Intubation
Is there a simple approach to facilitating fiberoptic intubation in the difficult airway? Background: Although fiberoptic intubation is one of the more successful and frequently utilized methods to access the difficult […]
Large Study IDs Risk Factors for Hemorrhage After Tonsillectomy
What are the main risk factors associated with postoperative hemorrhage following tonsillectomy? Background: The most serious risk associated with tonsillectomy is postoperative hemorrhage, with previous reports linking it to operative technique. […]
Nasal Endoscopes May Cause Thermal Injury
What are the temperature variations of nasal endoscopes, and do older scopes reach higher temperatures? Background: Although advances in endoscopic technology have improved illumination and light transmission, there may be […]
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Improves QoL in Patients with Minimal Disease
Will endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) provide an improved quality of life (QoL) for patients with medically recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) who have minimally affected computed tomography (CT) scans of the […]
Patients Report Long-Term Benefits with Bone-Anchored Hearing Device
For the long-term use of a bone-anchored hearing device for single-sided deafness or profound unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), what are the perceived benefits, complications and device malfunction rate? Background: For […]
High-Resolution CT and Diffusion-Weighted MRI Combo Improves Pediatric Cholesteatoma Detection
Does the technique of fusing MRI images with high-resolution CT images improve the efficiency of detecting recurrent cholesteatoma in children, in particular for small cholesteatomas? Background: Radiographic documentation of small recurrent […]
Goiter Size Associated with Increasing Symptoms
In the preoperative evaluation of goiter, is there a correlation between goiter size and symptoms, between preoperative neck imaging abnormalities and symptoms and predictors for goiter recurrence? Background: Substernal goiter affects […]
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