Postoperative pain with or without nasal splints after septoplasty and inferior turbinate reduction.

Purpose: To determine the effect of intranasal Doyle splints on postoperative pain following septoplasty and inferior turbinate reduction (ITR). Changes in Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scores were also evaluated.

Materials And Methods: A prospective cohort study conducted from January 2017 to January 2019.

Recognizing odontogenic sinusitis: A national survey of otolaryngology chief residents.

Purpose: Odontogenic sinusitis is underrepresented in sinusitis literature as well as in the otolaryngology teaching curriculum sponsored by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Otolaryngologists and residents in training may therefore have a decreased awareness of the condition. The objective of this study was to survey otolaryngology chief residents toward the ends of their training to determine how often they considered odontogenic sinusitis as a cause of unilateral sinus disease.

Grit: A predictor of medical student performance.

Background: Several predictors of medical school performance have been identified, yet more research is needed to select applicants who will perform well. Grit is a personality trait that is described as persevering through difficult tasks. Although it is hypothesized that this type of trait would be high in a medical student population, this has not been studied.

A study of otolaryngology resident quality of life and sleepiness.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine otolaryngology residents' quality of life and sleepiness.

Methods: An electronic survey was distributed to otolaryngology residents in the United States in October 2014 and May 2015. The survey included questions from the Physician Well-Being Index (PWBI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).

Predictors of repeated "no-showing" to clinic appointments.

Objective: To determine the variables that contribute to repeated patient non-compliance with showing up to clinic appointments.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Single tertiary care academic institution.

Lack of financial barriers to pediatric cochlear implantation: impact of socioeconomic status on access and outcomes.

Objectives: (1) To analyze if socioeconomic status influences access to cochlear implantation in an environment with adequate Medicaid reimbursement. (2) To determine the impact of socioeconomic status on outcomes after unilateral cochlear implantation.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Double bilobed radial forearm free flap for anterior tongue and floor-of-mouth reconstruction.

We describe what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first use of a double bilobed radial forearm free flap in reconstructive surgery of the tongue and floor of the mouth following bilateral tumor resection. Our patient was a 78-year-old man who had experienced tumor recurrence in the anterior floor of the mouth after previous resection and radiotherapy. Eleven weeks postoperatively, the patient could extend his tongue to his hard palate and past his mandibular alveolus anteriorly.

Introduction of visually oriented information handouts in an academic pediatric otolaryngology practice.

Objectives: To characterize after-hours postoperative caregiver telephone calls received by on-call otolaryngology residents and to determine the feasibility of using visually oriented handouts to affect postoperative telephone call volume.

Study Design And Setting: We conducted a prospective, before-after feasibility study at a tertiary-care children's hospital. Visually oriented handouts describing expected postoperative courses were distributed preoperatively to the parents of all adenotonsillectomy and tympanostomy tube patients.

Branchial cleftlike cysts of the thyroid.

Branchial cleftlike cysts of the thyroid gland are rare lesions. Although initially described in patients with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, these cysts have been reported in a variety of histologic settings. We present 2 case studies, 1 in a 30-year-old woman and 1 in a 50-year-old man.