Panelists at the Triological Society Sections Meeting covered when to attempt surgery, when to avoid it, and special techniques to use

Panelists at the Triological Society Sections Meeting covered when to attempt surgery, when to avoid it, and special techniques to use
New study reports that children in the U.S. who present with nasopharyngeal carcinoma are more often black and have advanced disease compared with adults
For patients diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal cancer, detection of HPV DNA in oral rinse samples after diagnosis may provide a useful biomarker to identify patients at increased risk of recurrence after treatment
Current evidence supports that propranolol is safe to use for otherwise healthy infants with IH
Extracapsular dissection can be an effective and low-risk method for removing benign, supercial parotid tumors that are less than 4 cm
Patients who undergo limited ELS resections can be assured of having a similar to improved voice after healing
Drug-induced sleep endoscopy and cine MRI are the most commonly reported tools to identify obstruction sites for children with persistent OSA
MADs reduce AHI, increase oxygen saturation, and improve the main symptoms of mild to moderate OSAHS
Replacing damaged vocal cord tissue with implanted new tissue engineered from vocal fold mucosa that is similar biologically and physiologically to that of native human tissue may one day offer a new surgical approach to restoring the voice in people with severe vocal cord damage