Otolaryngologists can help their hard-of-hearing patients navigate additional challenges during the COVID-19 pandmic, including worsened communication and difficulties accessing healthcare.
The questions now being asked in a number of ongoing clinical trials are how to improve response rates, how early immunotherapy can be introduced, and which patients will respond.
Otolaryngologists share and discuss some of the new and ongoing efforts in diversity and inclusiveness at their facilities.
When it comes to medical science news, clear and consistent information and advice aren’t a foregone conclusion.
For many physicians, discussing political beliefs or controversial advocacy work with patients seems inappropriate or even unethical, though many patients may have no problem with it.
The shockingly low percentage of Blacks and women in otolaryngology shows that the specialty does not accurately reflect the population it serves. I want to be among those helping to change that.
Transoral laser microsurgery is associated with better outcomes than radiotherapy in overall survival, confidence interval, disease-specific survival, and laryngeal preservation in patients with T1 glottic carcinoma.
A look at the impact of positioning or head manipulation during thyroid surgery on two different commercially available recording electrode arrays.
Endolymphatic shunt surgery provides successful vertigo control at least as well as ITG, with a lower incidence of audiovestibular complications
Olfactory fluctuation is mostly associated with sinonasal disease and elevated Sniffin’ Sticks scores, and its presence is valuable information when used in clinical context in a patient workup.
A look at the factors most significantly associated with successful decannulation and long-term outcomes in children undergoing tracheostomy.
For pediatric tracheotomy patients under years of age, the likelihood of and time to decannulation varies based on indication for the tracheostomy.
Screening for depression in patients with OSA would be worthwhile because there is a high rate of comorbidity, and both are intertwined in their pathophysiology and management.
Adherence to meeting EHDI 1-3-6 diagnostic and intervention guidelines has a compelling effect on pediatric language development based on recent literature.
There are so many issues that threaten our core mission: To take care of our patients.