Sustained Delivery Options Under Study
6 SUSTAINED DELIVERY OPTIONS UNDER STUDY Michael N. Cohen, MD; Chirag P. Shah, MD, MPH; and Jeffrey S. Heier, MD Few therapeutic interventions have been as revolutionary or impactful as…
Agents Under Study
4 AGENTS UNDER STUDY Ehsan Rahimy, MD; Elham Rahimy, BS; and Anthony Joseph, MD The advent of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy has undoubtedly revolutionized the field of…
Available Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Agents
3 AVAILABLE ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AGENTS Angeline Mariani Derham, MD and David M. Brown, MD, FACS Pegaptanib Pharmacology Pegaptanib sodium (Macugen) is a 50 kDa pegylated modified oligonucleotide aptamer…
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor: Background and History
1 VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Anthony Joseph, MD and Ehsan Rahimy, MD Early Research Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was officially discovered in 1983 as vascular permeability…
1 Perioperative Care and General Otolaryngology
1 Perioperative Care and General Otolaryngology Section Editor Bradley J. Goldstein Contributors Benjamin F. Asher Paul J. Carniol Gregory L. Craft David Goldenberg Jerome C. Goldstein Ron Mitzner Rafael Antonio…
3 Rhinology
3 Rhinology Section Editor Bradley J. Goldstein Contributors David Goldenberg Devyani Lal 3.0 Anatomy and Physiology of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses The external nose consists of the nasal pyramid…
Otology and Neurotology
FIGURE 2.1 Lateral view of left temporal bone surface shows squamous, tympanic, and mastoid portions. (From Francis HW, Niparko JK. Temporal Bone Dissection Guide. New York, NY: Thieme; 2011 and Flint PW,…
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
FIGURE 3.1 Facial Fifths. (From Flint PW, Haughey BH, Lund VJ, et al. Cummings Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2015, fig. 19-7.) FIGURE 3.2 Facial Thirds. (From Flint PW,…
Rhinology and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
FIGURE 4.1 Left ostiomeatal complex (enclosed by blue line) is bound laterally by the medial orbital wall or lamina papyracea (LP) and medially by the MT. (A) Coronal CT section outlining…
Preparing for Clinical Rounds and Board Examinations
!DOCTYPE html> 1 Preparing for Clinical Rounds and Board Examinations Introduction Most residents who completed a general surgical internship will remember the “five W’s” that can cause post-operative fever, including…
