The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) recently issued a new clinical practice guideline for treating inhaled allergies with immunotherapy, aiming to provide physicians with trustworthy, evidence‐based recommendations.
A new study out of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania and published in JAMA Network Open examined the effectiveness of the use of spoken word cues and distinct odors in helping patients with MDD recover specific memories, and how they compared to each other.
Posterior septal artery flap for endoscopic repair of large nasal septal perforation aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of the endoscopic repair of large SPS utilizing flap pedicled with branches of PSA.
Disease-specific quality of life (QoL) is improved with septorhinoplasty (SRPL), functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), and combined surgery, and combining the procedures does not compromise QoL gain.
Mitochondrial gene maps of patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) indicated that the ATP6 gene is probably associated with AR at the single-variant level.
Subjective symptom scores related to rhinitis, particularly for rhinorrhea and congestion, decrease after cryoablation of the posterior nasal nerve, with better long-term efficacy in NAR than in AR.
Caution should be used when considering biologics such as dupilumab as a first-line therapy for recalcitrant CRSwNP when viable revision surgical alternatives exist.
Olfactory dysfunction (OD) in adults with CF did not improve in a clinically relevant manner after two years of ETI.
Imaging of parathyroid adenomas, efficacy of functional rhinoplasty, an emerging therapy for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, betahistine for ménière’s disease, and the state of surgical training were all tackled by a panel of experts at the Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting in a series of Best Practice talks.
Biologics represent a breakthrough for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). But with high non-response rates and other unresolved issues, researchers are exploring how best to put these therapies to work, panelists said in a session at the Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting.