The Otolaryngologist’s Challenge
As advanced imaging became available and the technology progressed to provide more and more highly detailed images of the nervous system, it was often joked that the role of the…
What Do We Know About Rhinogenic Headache?
Sinus headache is a common presenting complaint in the otolaryngology office. Although most patients with this presentation are found to have migraine headache, many do not, and others fail therapy….
What the Nonneurologist Can Do to Treat Headache
Nonneurologists who treat patients with headaches should be able recognize common headache types and to initiate therapy for tension-type headaches and migraines. Patients with complicated headache scenarios should be referred…
Imaging for Headache
In this article, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging anatomy and pathology of sinus disease is discussed, specifically relating to facial pain, rhinogenic headache, and sinus outflow obstruction. Findings commonly…
Imaging for Headache
Key points • Rhinogenic causes of facial pain and headache in the absence of chronic or acute changes within the paranasal sinuses are challenging to identify strictly through imaging studies….
Diagnosing and Understanding Adult Headache
Primary headaches are the most common headache disorders. The most common forms are tension-type headaches, migraine, and cluster headache. Knowing the clinical presentation coupled with taking a thorough history taking…
Why the Confusion About Sinus Headache?
Patients often believe they have a sinus headache when in fact the headache frequently has another cause. The diagnosis of sinus headache can be confusing because of signs and symptoms…
Headache in Otolaryngology: Rhinogenic and Beyond
Howard Levine, MD, Editor Michael Setzen, MD, Editor Many patients present to their physicians with headache or mid facial pain and are certain that it is a “sinus headache.” Specialists…
Robotic Approaches to the Neck
This article introduces and evaluates the feasibility of robot-assisted neck dissection as well as robot-assisted neck surgery via a modified facelift or retroauricular approach. Robot-assisted neck surgery is feasible compared…
Robotic Facelift Thyroidectomy
The use of minimally invasive and endoscopic thyroidectomy techniques has become widespread. However, these procedures all result in a visible neck incision. Several remote access thyroidectomy approaches that place the…
