What Is the Appropriate Duration of Antibiotic Use After Septorhinoplasty?
Published in The Laryngoscope
Peak Sinus Pressures During Sneezing in Healthy Controls and Post-Skull Base Surgery Patients.
Published in The Laryngoscope
Patients are frequently advised to sneeze with an open mouth and avoid nose-blowing following an endoscopic endonasal approache (EEA) to the skull base, despite a lack of quantitative evidence. This study applies computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to quantify sinus pressures along the skull base during sneezing. Case-control series. Computed tomogr...
Reporting of Clinical Trial Interventions Published in Leading Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Journals.
Published in The Laryngoscope
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) play a crucial role in advancing patient care within otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OTL-HNS), yet studies have shown the reporting of these trials needs improvement. Here, we evaluate the completeness of intervention reporting of RCTs in OTL-HNS and evaluate whether the publication of the Template for Inte...
Social Determinants of Health and Oral Cavity Cancer Treatment and Survival: A Competing Risk Analysis.
Published in The Laryngoscope
Competing risk analysis is a powerful assessment for cancer risk factors and covariates. This method can better elucidate insurance status and other social determinants of health covariates in oral cavity cancer treatment, survival, and disparities. Retrospective cohort study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Da...
Elevated Troponin: A Marker for Noncardiac Complications After Resection of Head and Neck Cancers.
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To examine if troponin positivity (TP) in patients who undergo head and neck cancer mucosal resections (HNS) predicts noncardiac complications (NCC). Major HNSs are arduous operations that place stress on the patient's hemodynamic system. TP after noncardiac surgery previously has been shown in up to 25% of patients, which may signal cardiac compli...
Thirty-Day Readmission and Prolonged Length of Stay in Malignant Otitis Externa.
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To determine independent risk factors for 30-day readmission, prolonged length of stay (PLOS), and discharge to a rehabilitation facility for those with malignant otitis externa. Retrospective cohort study of patients hospitalized with malignant otitis externa (International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition, code 380.14) in the Nationwide Re...
Optimizing Survival Predictions of Hypopharynx Cancer: Development of a Clinical Prediction Model.
Published in The Laryngoscope
To develop and validate a clinical prediction model (CPM) for survival in hypopharynx cancer, thereby aiming to improve individualized estimations of survival. Retrospective cohort study of hypopharynx cancer patients. We randomly split the cohort into a derivation and validation dataset. The model was fitted on the derivation dataset and validated...
Long-term Complications of Palate Surgery: A Multicenter Study of 217 Patients.
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To investigate long-term complications of newer reconstructive palate surgery techniques. Retrospective case-series analysis. Retrospective six-country clinical study of OSA patients who had nose and palate surgery. There were 217 patients, mean age = 43.9 ± 12.5 years, mean body mass index = 25.9 ± 4.7, mean preoperative apnea-hypopnea index [AHI]...
Management of a Laryngeal Venous Malformation With Nd:YAG Laser and Bleomycin Sclerotherapy.
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Literature describing neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) photocoagulation and sclerotherapy for laryngeal venous malformations (VMs) is sparse. Here we present a case in which an extensive laryngeal VM in a 28-year-old female was managed through a combination of four serial Nd:YAG laser photocoagulation sessions and four bleomycin injection...
Esophageal Manometry, pH Testing, Endoscopy, and Videofluoroscopy in Patients With Globus Sensation.
Published in The Laryngoscope
Combine techniques commonly employed in the clinical workup of patients with isolated globus sensation to identify the most common pharyngoesophageal abnormality. The primary aim was to retrospectively review high-resolution manometry, pH probe testing, contrast videofluoroscopy, and endoscopy studies in patients with a primary complaint of globus ...
