Laryngology

This quality improvement study examines how a new electronic health record affects a series of process, outcome, and balance measures for sedation weaning management in pediatric patients undergoing laryngotracheal reconstruction.

This case series study examines whether the ability to achieve a prosthesis-free airway in adults after open airway reconstruction is associated with red blood cell distribution width at the time of surgery.

This case study examines a man in his 30s who presented 20 months after an emergency intubation with an iatrogenic retained nasal trumpet.

This medical record review of 42 patients compares the use of peak expiratory flow, expiratory disproportion index, and total peak flow measures for monitoring disease progression in patients with idiopathic subglottic stenosis.

This cross-sectional study of patients with a diagnosis of larynx cancer characterizes the hospital volume-outcome association specifically for laryngectomy surgery and identifies a minimum hospital volume threshold associated with improved outcomes.

This narrative review discusses diagnosis and treatment of tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) in infants and children and presents a novel classification system.

This study evaluates the medical records of infants with laryngomalacia and associated breathing and feeding difficulties to determine the prevalence of aspiration among this pediatric patient population.

This case series describes the development and use of a novel mini-tracheostomy tray for procedures involving the upper airway.

This case report describes a previously healthy female child who presented with several months of hoarseness, globus sensation, and dysphagia and was subsequently diagnosed with a rare form of IgG4-related disease.

This cross-sectional observational study characterizes the normative voice tremor frequency in patients with essential vocal tremor.

A cigarette smoker in his 50s with a history of hypertension, chronic kidney disease, colon adenocarcinoma, and hyperuricemia presented with an asymptomatic right vocal fold mass found incidentally during esophagogastroduodenoscopy; he denied fevers or weight loss. What is your diagnosis?

This mixed methods study assesses the quality-of-life consequences of postthyroidectomy voice change from the perspective of patients with thyroid cancer and compares patient-perceived voice changes with changes in quantitative vocal variables at 5 time points in the first postoperative year.

This cohort study investigates the association between positive initial margins and survival among patients with squamous cell carcinoma who underwent total laryngectomy and had negative final margins.

This cross-sectional survey study of oropharyngeal cancer survivors investigates the association of late lower cranial neuropathy with severity of cancer treatment–related symptoms and general functional impairment.

This case report describes a patient with new-onset cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction after activation of hypoglossal nerve stimulation therapy.

This guideline summary presents American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery recommendations for assessing and treating patients with hoarseness (dysphonia).

This in vivo study investigates the ability of optical coherence tomography to provide imaging guidance during laser therapy for patient-tailored treatment of pediatric patients with laryngeal recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.