ENTtoday: July 2024

Will AI Take My Job?

It’s critical that otolaryngologists become familiar with, educated about, and unafraid of AI to prepare for the inevitable integration of AI applications into their practices.

Otolaryngologists Open WAISS to Improve Access to Care

Otolaryngologists Open West Africa Institute for Special Surgery (WAISS) to Improve Access to Care

Can I Have a Slice? Creating Systems of Opportunity and Belonging

While resilience has been said to be a form of growth, we should be asking what we can do within our organization and societies so that everyone gets a slice and then see what individuals can achieve with that support. 

How To: A Case Report of Transnasal Endoscopic Drainage for Upper Parapharyngeal Abscess

 A safe technique for transnasal endoscopic drainage of upper parapharyngeal abscesses. 

How To: Creating Patient-Specific 3D-printed Airway Models for Slide Tracheoplasty

This protocol describes the method for creating 3D-printed trachea models for use in high-fidelity simulation-based training and advanced surgical planning for pediatric patients undergoing slide tracheoplasty.

How To: Suspension Microesophagoscopy for Endoscopic Suture Closure of Pediatric Tracheoesophageal Fistula

This study is about a patient for whom suspension microesophagoscopy was performed and describes how this approach allowed for improved management.

Is p16 Testing Sufficient as a Surrogate for HPV-Related Squamous Cell Carcinoma?

The use of p16 as a surrogate marker for HPV has gained traction, but is it sufficient as a surrogate for HPV-related squamous cell carcinoma?

Established Adult Tracheostomy Tube Exchange: How Often Is Enough?

The timing of tracheostomy tube changes should be tailored to each individual case. 

Onabotulinum Toxin A Therapy Improves Drooling Severity in Children with Silorrhea

Onabotulinum Toxin A (BoNT-A; Botox) Therapy Improves Drooling Severity in Children with Silorrhea and adverse effects were few, transient, and not severe.

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves Recover Function with Neoadjuvant Treatment of Locally Advanced Thyroid Cancer

Advanced Thyroid Carcinomatous neural invasion can be a reversible process, and recovered nerves may demonstrate normal morphology and electrophysiological activity.

New Database Informs Facial Fracture-Related Management and Cost Trends for U.S. Metropolitan Hospitals

With morbidity costs of facial trauma exceeding $1 billion each year, ew database informs facial fracture-related management and cost trends for U.S. Metropolitan hospitals.

Novel Fascia Taco Approach Shown Safe and Effective in Patients Receiving Nasal Septum Perforation Closure

The fascia taco technique was shown to be safe, easy to apply, and short in duration, with a high overall success rate and low morbidity in patients requiring NSP closure.

19th Century Laryngologist Effectively Saved the Brooklyn Bridge

Built in the 19th century, the East River Bridge employed a suspension design and materials on a never-before-seen scale. Its masonry towers required the use of pressured caissons for excavation. When workers began collapsing after exiting the caisson at day’s end, a laryngologist was called in to save the project.

Commercial-Grade, Application-Based Hearing Assessment Strongly Correlates with Traditional Audiometry

Commercial-grade, app-based pure tone audiometry demonstrates an overall strong correlation and accuracy with traditional audiometry, but it is not intended to replace an evaluation performed in a controlled environment with calibrated equipment and a skillfully trained clinician.

Ophthalmic Medication Maxitrol Shown to Eradicate Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilm In Vitro

Bacterial biofilms are a feature of many chronic diseases of the head/neck. Few of the topical antibiofilm agents that can be used to eradicate biofilms in vitro are suitable for otolaryngological application. Maxitrol may demonstrate antibiofilm activity and may therefore be useful in the management of biofilm-related disease in the head/neck.

Survey Underscores Lack of Support for Left-Handed Surgical Trainees

Surgical instruments and equipment are often designed for right-handed (RH) users, creating potential ergonomic challenges for LH surgeons, and ORLHN falls behind other fields in providing targeted support.

Tales from the Trenches: Leaders in Otolaryngology Talk About Their Career Achievements and Challenges

In a session at the 2024 Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, prominent leaders in otolaryngology shared how they got started—stories of luck, passion, and the benefits of being mentored, intended to give insights into the elements of their upward career trajectories

Experts Discuss Intricacies of Pediatric Implants for Single-Sided Hearing Loss

Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) is a condition that can have serious repercussions for development and a major quality-of-life impact on children, but deciding whether cochlear implantation is the answer can be a challenge, said experts here at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings, while offering factors to consider.

Experts Describe Advances in OSA Management

The state of assessment and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is in rapid flux—from changes to treatment paradigms to new pharmaceuticals, experts said in a panel session here at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings.