Objective. Develop an evidence-based model for predicting operative endoscopy findings in patients with recurrent croup. Study Design. Case series with chart review. Setting. Tertiary care children’s hospital. Subjects and Methods. Retrospective chart review was performed on 124 patients who received consultation for recurrent croup between 2000 and 2009. Direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy fi...

Objective. To determine whether patient factors (eg, indication for initial surgery, medical comorbidity, or age) are associated with adenoid regrowth and subsequent need for revision adenoidectomy and whether surgical factors (eg, surgical technique or level of surgeon’s training) are associated with adenoid regrowth and subsequent need for revision adenoidectomy. Study Design. Historical coho...

Molecular analysis of surgical margins may provide greater accuracy in predicting local recurrence. The high frequency of associated p53 mutations implicates tobacco in the molecular progression that eventuates in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective. To investigate the clinical features of paranasal sinus osteomas and to estimate the growth rate of these tumors in a large series of patients. Design. Case series with chart review. Setting. University hospital, tertiary referral center. Subjects and Methods. The authors retrospectively reviewed the paranasal sinus tomography scans that were taken between January 1997 and April 2008...

Objectives. (1) To translate techniques developed in a previous cadaver study of balloon dilation of the cartilaginous eustachian tube (ET) into clinical treatment for refractory dilatory dysfunction and (2) to study the safety/efficacy of the technique in a pilot clinical trial. Study Design. Prospective with subjects as their own historical controls since June 2009. Setting. Regional academic...

Objective. To determine (1) whether academic otolaryngologists who have received an American Academy of Otolaryngology— Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts (CORE) grant are more likely to procure future National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding; (2) whether CORE grants or NIH Career Development (K) awards have a stronger association with sch...

Objective. To systematically review the literature and appraise the evidence reporting the effects of women’s health, including pregnancy, postpartum, menstruation, oral contraception, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy, on common rhinological pathologies and nasal physiology. Data Sources. Systematic search strategy using MEDLINE (1966-2012) and EMBASE (1980-2012) databases. Review Met...

A 16-year-old female with a history of neck hemangioma surgery presented with irritable coughs. A computed tomography scan showed anterosuperior and middle mediastinal masses (Figure 1). The patient underwent surgery and the upper and middle mediastinal lesions were removed (Figure 2A). Pathological examination confirmed that the upper and mid...

concomitant papillary thyroid cancer and parathyroid adenoma is rare. we report a 55 years old female with papillary cancer admitted for surgery. preoperative laboratory findings revealed hypercalcemia and then primary hyperparathyroidism. thyroidectomy, neck dissection and excision of parathyroid adenoma were performed. histological examination revealed parathyroid adenoma. serum calcium retur...