Objective. The objective of this clinical review is to highlight the otolaryngological symptoms that occur in pregnancy. Where available, the authors discuss the current evidence of the etiology and management of the various presentations. While it is appreciated that many of these complaints are transient, their impact on the maternal quality of life can be significant, and therefore, medical ...

The department's chief focus areas are education and training, patient care, and research. M.D. students in the Carver College of Medicine, residents, and fellows benefit from a faculty dedicated to providing thorough training in all aspects of otolaryngology and patient care. Patients in the otolaryngology clinic enjoy access to comprehensive care in any of five subspecialties: pediatric otola...

Objective. To investigate the perspectives of resident physicians, in otolaryngology and other specialties, with respect to various health care reform proposals. Also, to determine if these opinions vary between residents training to become general medical doctors versus surgeons and specialists and between those with various levels of educational debt. Study Design and Participants. Survey of ...

Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of open surgical techniques in the treatment of Zenker diverticulum. Study Design. Case series with chart review. Setting. Academic tertiary referral center. Subjects and Methods. Fifty-four patients with Zenker diverticulum were treated using a transcervical approach. Three with a Brombart I diverticulum underwent a simple myotomy of...

Objective. To describe a technique that assists in the surgical management of recurrent local regional well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC). Study Design. Case series with chart review. Setting. Two academic health centers from 2001 to 2009. Subjects and Methods. Patients operated upon by the senior surgeon (BCS) for recurrent WDTC. Results. Thirteen patients with recurrent WDTC were opera...

Objective. To determine the efficacy of sinonasal evaluation preceding hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) and to correlate pretransplant findings with subsequent risk of post-HCT complications based on radiographic, endoscopic, and microbiologic findings. Study Design. Case series with chart review. Setting. Academic tertiary care center. Subjects and Methods. Seventy-one patients underwent pr...

Objective. To describe the frequency of sulcus vocalis in a population and to establish its histopathological properties. Study Design. A cadaver study. Setting. Istanbul Training and Research Hospital and Ministry of Justice National Forensic Institute. Subjects and Methods. One hundred (21 women, 79 men) fresh cadaver larynges were examined. Two hundred vocal folds were coronally sectioned an...

Objective. To investigate a potential mechanism by which superantigens could induce glucocorticoid insensitivity in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patients. Study Design. Prospective cohort study. Setting. Tertiary medical center. Subjects and Methods. Sinonasal polyps were obtained from CRS patients with nasal polyps (CRSwNP; 20 without recurrence, 18 with recurrent NP followed for 1.5-2.0 years...

Objective. This study aims to identify factors that may help predict recurrence, the need for second-look operations, and other outcomes in the pediatric population. Study Design. Case series with chart review. Setting. Tertiary medical center. Subjects and Methods. Five hundred and seventeen ears in 493 patients underwent primary acquired cholesteatoma resection over a 37-year period. Demograp...

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