Triological Society panel discuss surgical techniques, technology, tips to avoid litigation

Triological Society panel discuss surgical techniques, technology, tips to avoid litigation
Research suggests external DCR provides better outcomes after one year, but endoscopic DCR is evolving with similar outcomes
Routine antibiotic treatment in primary care setting offers little clinical benefit, and is associated with adverse effects including antibiotic resistance
Subinoy Das, MD and Abtin Tabaee, MD discuss how office balloon sinuplasty revolutionized sinus surgery, and how the procedure can be overused at the Triological Society’s 2015 Combined Sections Meeting.
Submucosal resection combined with lateral displacement is most effective at decreasing nasal obstruction caused by inferior turbinate hypertrophy
What is the most reliable objective measurement for nasal patency assessment?
New therapeutic approaches to diagnosis, treatment discussed at American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) annual meeting
How well does real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) analysis of olfactory mucosa brushings discriminate between patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) and controls?
Guidelines to determine which patients are candidates for ESS when medical therapy fails