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Opening up satellite centers for habilitation across the state of Tamil Nadu has greatly helped to improve the attendance and outcomes. The Indian model has been hugely successful and has helped start similar cochlear implantation programs in neighboring countries such as Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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There is growing evidence that clinical and financial outcomes for patients undergoing major head and neck surgery rehabilitation can be significantly improved by standardizing preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative treatment protocols. Current experience is limited to single centers. A future goal is to broaden the adoption of ERAS in hea...
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Anti-PD1/PD-L1 agents are new effective therapies in R/M HNSCC. Their combination with conventional/novel compounds, as well as a better selection of responding patients, could lead to improve current results.
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An evidence-based approach to pain management can result in unchanged pain control and a significant positive impact on the narcotic abuse epidemic.
Published in Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery
Endonasal approaches to the skull base are safe and well tolerated in properly selected patients. This article highlights the delayed complications that require recognition and management by skull base surgeons to ensure the best possible care for patients.
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Odontogenic sinusitis has distinct pathophysiology, diagnostic considerations, microbiology, and treatment strategies whenever compared with chronic rhinosinusitis. Clinicians who can accurately identify odontogenic sources can increase efficacy of medical and surgical treatments and improve patient outcomes.
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Recent research demonstrates positive outcomes in children implanted under 12 months of age. Developing research on earlier implantation could lead to a change in the current FDA criteria allowing infants to reach their speech and hearing potential faster.
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ARHL is related to cognitive impairment and dementia. More study is needed to determine if the association is causal, and if treatment efforts could reduce the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. Given the low risk of treating ARHL and the potential health benefit for the aging brain, it is recommended to proactively discuss ARHL and treatme...
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During our cochlear implant team's community outreach to African-Americans with hearing loss, we initiated several actions to address the various disparities in access to care and use of services: development of patient education, patient-run support group, tracking of clinical outcomes, and opportunities for involvement in health policy making for...
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Midface reconstruction is a unique and challenging surgery demonstrated by the numerous classification systems and techniques available to reconstruct. Recent developments have further augmented these challenging reconstructions.
