Background: Obtaining informed consent from a patient prior to surgery is critically important for both the patient and the medical team performing the surgery. A properly executed consent document represents an understanding and acceptance between the patient and his physician about the procedure to be performed and the risks associated with the procedure. Failure to [...]
Background: The American Neurotology Society (ANS) is the national professional society that was created to provide education, present research and discuss needs for the field of neurotology, a subspecialty of otolaryngology. The field is predominately male. In 2017, female members from ANS, created a separate group named Women in Neurotology (WiN). With the formation of [...]
Background: The term vocal cord dysfunction has been used by clinicians to describe a variety of conditions including paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder (PVFM). There has been prior documentation of a relationship of mental health issues, primarily anxiety, and PVFM. As a result of this information our clinical practice began incorporating mental health screening tools [...]
Background: Approximately one-third of the global work force requires good voice function in order to work efficiently. Voice Disorders are typically caused by disruptive structural changes in the vocal cords of the larynx (voice box). The changes can affect loudness, pitch, projection, and overall of quality thereby impairing an individual’s ability to communicate effectively. Teachers [...]
Background: Approximately one-third of the global work force requires the integrity of the voice in order to work efficiently. Voice disorders often result in changes in vocal quality, loudness, and pitch. This disruption can inhibit an individual’s ability to communicate effectively. While voice problems of singers, professional speakers, and teachers, have been well studied, voice [...]
Background: Symptoms of Voice Disorders involve a disruption in the loudness, pitch, and/or quality of an individual’s voice when attempting to talk or sing. This disruption may result in an inability to communicate effectively. Pain, increased effort to create sound, and fatigue are symptoms that accompany voice difficulties. Although there are well-validated instruments for measuring [...]
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a disease process characterized by blood clot formation in the deep veins of the lower extremities, known as deep vein thrombosis. In some, a blood clot may dislodge and travel into the vessels of the lungs causing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The incidence of this disease is increased by factors [...]
Background: Photoimmunotherapy (PIT) is a new cancer-targeted therapy. PIT is a combination drug and device anti-cancer treatment that utilizes monoclonal antibodies conjugated to a dye, that can be activated upon nonthermal 690 nm red light illumination to induce rapid cell death only at cells expressing the antigen and only after antibody binding to the cellular [...]
Background: Widespread antibiotic usage has led to an increase in antibiotic resistant bacteria and an increase in allergies to antibiotics. Penicillin antibiotics have been the gold standard for head and neck surgical prophylaxis, but unfortunately, more and more patients have developed allergies to this antibiotic. Currently, surgical antibiotic prophylaxis for head and neck cancer patients [...]
Background: A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak from the nose is termed CSF rhinorrhea. Forty percent of cases are idiopathic, meaning the cause is unknown. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the best way to repair CSF rhinorrhea is to utilize multiple layers of closure. Nevertheless, even after an optimal repair, some patients have persistent CSF rhinorrhea. [...]