Abstract Background Patients requiring prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation are prone to complications, such as infections, tracheal stenosis and death. It has been proposed that early tracheostomy could have a role…
Abstract Purpose To compare the accuracy of preoperative parathyroid adenoma localization in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) due to a single adenoma using a detailed 4-quadrant analysis and to identify…
Abstract Objectives To evaluate the impacts of obstructive adenotonsillar disease on periodontal health and to assess the efficacy of adenotonsillectomy in the prevention of chronic periodontitis in children. Methods This…
Abstract Purpose The ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP) represents the sound-induced activation of extraocular muscles and is believed to originate from the utricle and superior vestibular nerve. Isolated unilateral…
Abstract Objectives The position of human maxillary ostia is high on their superomedial walls, which may be suboptimal for natural drainage. Human maxillary sinuses exhibit better passive drainage through their…
Abstract Purpose To describe systematic methods developed over 40 years among over 5000 patients at The Taste and Smell Clinic in Washington, DC to evaluate taste and smell dysfunction. Materials…
Abstract Purpose Orthostatic dizziness (OD) and positional dizziness (PD) are considerably common conditions in dizziness clinic, whereas those two conditions are not clearly separated. We aimed to evaluate the clinical…
Abstract Purpose Previous literature described how clinical fellowship training impacts scholarly production among academic otolaryngologists, finding that fellowship-trained practitioners had higher research productivity than their non-fellowship-trained peers, and head and…
Abstract Background We sometimes experience patients with persistent torsional/vertical (upbeating) positional nystagmus in the head-hanging position. We have been convinced of the existence of cupulolithiasis of the posterior semicircular canal…
Abstract Objective To determine the change in the clinical presentation of inflammatory paranasal sinus disease as a function of a patient’s age. Study Design and Methods This is a prospective…
