This is the largest single surgeon series to report on complications of primary pediatric endoscopic sinus surgery. Minor orbital injuries are the most common complications. Major injuries are very rare.

This study aimed to establish the diagnostic usefulness of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) compared to conventional multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) for sinonasal structure evaluation.

Several foramina with efferent pterygopalatine ganglion nerves were identified on the vertical plate of the palatine bone and medial pterygoid plate. The superior and middle turbinates were innervated by nerves from the region anterior to the sphenopalatine artery (SPA), whereas the inferior turbinate was innervated by nerves both from the anterior SPA region and from nerves from the region behind the SPA.

We performed a review of the largest official database of otolaryngology residency programs in the US. We found that most programs do not include detailed information in this database which may be an important area for applicants to search for additional information.

(1). Coblation tonsillectomy was not superior to monopolar electrocautery tonsillectomy in terms of postoperative pain, except on postoperative days 1 and 2. (2). Monopolar electrocautery was superior to coblation in term of operation time, secondary PTH, and cost. Therefore, monopolar tonsillectomy should be used preferentially as the surgical technique.

Study on the chemotherapeutic effect and mechanism of cucurbitacin E on laryngeal cancer stem cells.

This article highlights that lymphocyte to monocyte ratio can be used as a prognostic factor in advanced stage oral cavity cancer which mainly treated with surgery and different from other head and neck cancer which treated by concurrent chemoradiation.

This study investigated the characteristics of cervical lymphangiomas in 7 adult patients. All cervical lymphangiomas from adults are often asymptomatic masses infiltrating or adjacent to surrounding vital structures, such as carotid sheath, sternocleidomastoid muscle and accessory nerve. Surgeons with extensive experience excised these lymphangiomas completely, and no recurrence was observed after a median 32 months follow-up period.

Data on the efficacy of including definitive local therapy to the primary site for HNSCC patients with synchronous distant metastasis are lacking. We show with a single institution retrospective study that survival outcomes in metastatic HNSCC patients treated with definitive local therapy to the primary are improved.

The Flexitouch system for the head and neck. (A) Controller; (B) front view; and (C) side view

Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) injection can improve dysphonia of unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP). The bFGF injections were effective and safe in the long-term results for UVFP in selected cases.

Treatment with intratympanic steroid injection leads to an improvement in quality of life in the majority of patients suffering Ménière's disease. This improvement is seen both in the physical, emotional, and mental domain. Moreover, most patients experience less vertigo and instability after treatment.

A novel cochlear implant candidacy calculator may increase awareness of cochlear implant candidacy, and thereby reduce burden of hearing loss.

Cochlear implantation in the very elderly (older than 80 years old) is becoming more common and outcomes data for this subgroup is still lacking. Our study found that, very elderly patients have significant postoperative auditory performance benefits after CI with mean daily use comparable to previously published results in the younger population.

This reveiw found a 1.4 to 17% recurrence rate after sudden sensorineural hearing loss. The recovery rate was 58 to 79% after the first episode and 21 to 86% after the second episode. The risk factors for recurrence may include low-frequency hearing loss and the presence of tinnitus during follow-up, but there are no common risk factors among each studies.

When present in the context of congenital aural atresia, first branchial cleft anomalies are associated with a significant increased risk for cholesteatoma, often necessitating surgical management with favorable hearing outcomes. Among 125 children with congenital aural atresia, 5 (4%) were identified with first branchial cleft anomalies. Three-fifths (60%) of children with aural atresia and first branchial cleft anomalies presented with cholesteatoma compared with 1/120 (0.8%) children with aural atresia alone, a significant difference (p < .001).

In this study, we first identified two unrelated patients with MPZL2-related hearing loss in Chinese population, and a novel variant c.68delC. Our results expanded the mutation spectrum of deafness genes. Of all the biallelic MPZL2 individuals in literature, the predicted PTA [dB HL] was 38.82 + 0.59 × Age [years] (R2=0.383, p=0.0048), indicating a rate of deterioration of hearing of 0.59 dB HL per year.

In this article, we described a rare malignant tumor of thyroid gland—CASTLE. We discussed not only clinicopathological characteristics but genetic variation of this rare type of cancer. We exposed the tissue origin, imaging performance, diagnosis, histopathological and Immunohistochemical features, treatment of CASTLE as well as the genetic variation of tumor tissues.

In a multi-institution retrospective case series, 29 patients with the histopathologic diagnosis of atypical parathyroid adenoma were evaluated for the incidence of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, recurrence of disease, and disease-specific mortality. Despite the new AJCC categorization of atypical adenomas staged as Tis, we observed no recurrence of disease after resection and no disease specific mortality. However, patients with atypical adenomas may be at increased risk for recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and incomplete resection.