Resilience and Depressive Symptoms in Adults With Cardiac Disease: A Systematic Review.

Background: Depressive symptoms predict hospitalization and mortality in adults with cardiac disease. Resilience, defined as a dynamic process of positively responding to adversity, could protect against depressive symptoms in cardiac disease. No systematic review has been conducted on the relationship between these variables in this population.

Normal and variant anatomy of the nasal tip.

A thorough understanding of nasal tip anatomy is a prerequisite to understanding the nuances of restructuring the nasal tip. The three-dimensional structural anatomy of the nasal tip is complex. Additionally, the interrelationship between these structures determines the ultimate form and function of the nasal tip.

Recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring versus identification alone on post-thyroidectomy true vocal fold palsy: a meta-analysis.

Objectives/hypothesis: To compare by meta-analysis the effect of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) monitoring versus RLN identification alone on true vocal fold palsy rates after thyroidectomy.

Study Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods: A search of MEDLINE (1966-July 2008), EMBASE (1980-July 2008), Cochrane Central Register of Clinical Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, clinicaltrials.

Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy versus conventional thyroidectomy: a cost-effective analysis.

Objective: To compare the cost of minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) with conventional thyroidectomy.

Study Design: A cost-effectiveness study and chart review.

Setting: Academic university hospital.

Complications and management of septoplasty.

Septoplasty is a common procedure in otolaryngology used to address nasal obstruction caused by a deviated nasal septum. It is often accompanied by inferior turbinate reduction. Complications that may arise from this procedure include excessive bleeding; cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea; extraocular muscle damage; wound infection; septal abscess; toxic shock syndrome; septal perforation; saddle nose deformity; nasal tip depression; and sensory changes, such as anosmia or dental anesthesia.

Clinical course following endoscopic repair of type 1 laryngeal clefts.

Objectives: Treatment of type I laryngeal clefts (T1LCs) remains controversial. We present our experience with 16 endoscopic T1LC repairs to evaluate the effect of patient characteristics and surgical technique on outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed.