Otolaryngologists Discuss Keys to Treating Top Athletes
Keys to caring for pro athletes include restraint, being available when they need care and using professionalism as your guide.
Features
Virtual Surgical Planning and Custom Implants Can Help Treat Complex Facial Trauma
High-tech tools such as virtual surgical planning (VSP) and 3D-printed implants are helping otolaryngologists treat patients with complex facial trauma with more accuracy for improved outcomes.
Bulbous Nasal Tip: How Tension Might Prolong Your Longevity
Bulbous nasal tips can bring about not just aesthetic problems, but also functional issues.
What to Do When a Colleague’s Professionalism Slips
Sometimes a soft intervention such as a conversation with the colleague can help, but sometimes more decisive action is needed.
Sinus Surgery Is Still an Essential Part of Patient Care
Despite dips in the number performed, sinus surgery still plays an essential role in the treatment of invasive fungal rhinosinusitis.
Departments
Letter From the Editor
Letter from the Editor: Medicine’s March Madness
Months of residency interviews, letter writing, and phone calls come down to one day to find out who we will spend the next five years training.
Surgeons After 7
How Sports Helped an Olympic Athlete Prepare for a Medical Career
Valeria Silva Merea, MD, a laryngologist specializing in head and neck surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses how sports taught her important skills, including discipline and time management.
Medical Education, Resident Focus
Should USMLE Step 1 Change from Numeric Score to Pass/Fail?
Medical students described a negative academic climate to which they said USMLE Step 1 was contributing, a climate increasingly addled with competition over matching into subspecialties.
Other
Literature Reviews
Nimodipine May Improve Vocal Fold or Facial Motion After Injury
Nimodipine significantly increased the odds of vocal fold motion and facial recovery after injury.
TRIO Best Practices
Is Hearing Preserved Following Radiotherapy for Vestibular Schwannoma?
A common question by patients with newly diagnosed vestibular schwannomas (VS) is, Which treatment will best preserve my hearing?”
Literature Reviews
Tranexamic Acid Could Decrease Operative Time, Intraoperative Blood Loss in ESS
A look at how effective systemic tranexamic acid is compared to a control in blood loss, operative time, and surgical field and incidence of postoperative emesis and thromboembolism in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS).
Literature Reviews
UAS Successful Treatment for OSA When Compared with TORS
Upper airway stimulation (UAS) is successful in treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) showing improved outcomes, length of stay, and readmission compared to transoral robotic surgery (TORS).
Literature Reviews
Tissue Eosinophil Aggregates May Drive Increased Post-Sinus Surgery Prednisone Requirements
Tissue eosinophil aggregates appear to be the largest driving factor for increased prednisone requirements after sinus surgery to control mucosal disease than the mere presence of eosinophils.