Ryan K. Orosco, MD; Harrison W. Lin, MD; Neil Bhattacharyya, MD
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):685-689. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1172
This cross-sectional analysis of multistate ambulatory surgery and hospital databases determined that adult ambulatory direct laryngoscopy has a favorable safety profile; nevertheless, patients should be carefully selected for outpatient laryngoscopy.
Rania Mehanna, MB; Anthony Hennessy, MRCPI; Stephen Mannion, MRCPI; et al.
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):690-695. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1198
This randomized clinical trial of patients undergoing elective thyroidectomy found no evidence that smaller endotracheal tube size has an effect on postoperative vocal outcomes, incidence of laryngeal trauma, or pain scores.
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Endotracheal Tube Size and Postthyroidectomy Vocal Outcomes (JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery)
Christopher W. Noel, BSc; Daniel J. Lee, BHSc; Qin Kong, MMath; et al.
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):696-703. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1314
This cross-sectional study of health state utility measurements in patients with head and neck cancer suggests that indirect methods of utility derivation discriminate differences in this population and that more comprehensive utility derivation questionnaires are needed.
William G. Albergotti, MD; Joshua J. Sturm, AB; Amanda S. Stapleton, MD; et al.
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):704-709. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1033
Results of this retrospective case series suggest that most children undergoing supraglottoplasty do not require an intensive care unit stay postoperatively.
Scott Shadfar, MD; Alexandar Farag, MD; Andrea M. Jarchow, MD; et al.
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):710-715. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1122
This medical record review finds that expanded polytetrafluoroethylene implants can be used with a low risk of complications in functional nasal surgery for traumatic nasal deformities.
Robert L. Folmer, PhD; Sarah M. Theodoroff, PhD; Linda Casiana, MS, CCRP; et al.
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):716-722. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1219
This randomized clinical trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) among individuals with chronic tinnitus performed follow-up assessments at 1, 2, 4, 13, and 26 weeks after the last treatment session to determine if rTMS can reduce the perception or severity of tinnitus.
Mark S. Swanson, MD; Rachael L. Hudson, MD; Nipun Bhandari, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):723-727. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1176
This review of patients who received octreotide for neck chylous fistula after neck dissection found that all patients had resolution of the fistula without need for revision surgery.
Alexander T. Hillel, MD; Laureano Giraldez, MD; Idris Samad, MB, BCh; et al.
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):728-732. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1136
This case series review found that patients with bilateral vocal fold immobility who underwent posterior cordotomy had significantly reduced perceptual voice outcomes with unchanged voice quality of life.
Joshua Bakhsheshian, MD; Michelle S. Hwang, BS; Michael Friedman, MD
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):733-738. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1128
This meta-analysis determined that the association between obstructive sleep apnea and spontaneous CSF leaks as demonstrated by retrospective studies is confounded by heterogeneous patient characteristics.
Danielle L. Gainor, MD; Deborah J. Chute, MD; Robert R. Lorenz, MD
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):739-744. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0970
This immunohistochemical analysis describes the expression of sodium iodide symporter in tissue samples of adenoid cystic carcinoma.
Julia Kristin, MD; Jörg H. Schipper, MD; Muhammad Jalkhi, MD; et al.
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):745-750. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1091
This analysis of medical records describes the testing necessary to classify nonchordomatous clival lesions and discusses the difficulty in obtaining a histologic diagnosis.
Abie H. Mendelsohn, MD; Zhaoyan Zhang, PhD; Georg Luegmair, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(8):751-756. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1249
This observational study uses muscle stimulation of ex vivo perfused human larynges to evaluate human voice production.