Abstract Objective To determine the variables that contribute to repeated patient non-compliance with showing up to clinic appointments. Study design Retrospective chart review. Setting Single tertiary care academic institution. Subjects…
Abstract Objective Subglottic hemangiomas may present a diagnostic challenge in the stridorous infant without a cutaneous lesion. Methods Consecutive case series with chart review of isolated subglottic hemangiomas without cutaneous…
Abstract Objective To analyze the long term outcomes after surgery in tympanomastoid paragangliomas. Study design Retrospective study. Methods The charts of 145 patients with tympanomastoid paragangliomas managed between 1988 and…
Abstract Objectives To describe the presentation and clinical course of subglottic stenosis (SGS), in particular the development of concurrent airway lesions, in patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s) (GPA). Materials…
Abstract Objective The study aimed to present long-term outcomes of near-total removal of facial nerve schwannomas (FNS) with good facial nerve function (HB Grade III or better). Methods We successfully…
Abstract Objective Our aim was to analyze the changes in middle ear pressure in the early period after adenoidectomy in children with adenoid hypertrophy without otitis media with effusion. Methods…
Abstract Objective To report post-surgical and oncological outcomes of 68 patients treated with frontal anterior laryngectomy with epiglottic reconstruction. Study design Demographic data and all information regarding histopathological grade, initial…
Abstract Purpose To present a prospective temporal bone fracture database, and study facial and cochleovestibular sequelae and their impact on quality of life. Materials and methods Prospective study of consecutive…
Abstract Purpose Modern operative microscopes use light sources which possess the power to severely damage underlying tissue. Currently, manufacturers provide a safety warning of this possibility. However, they are unable…
Abstract Recent technological advances and developments in surgical technique have made the craniocervical junction (CCJ) accessible through the transnasal surgical corridor. Endoscopic endonasal transclival and transodontoid approaches have been previously…
