Saddle nose deformity reconstruction with a split calvarial bone L-shaped strut.

Objective: To describe a technique for creation of a split calvarial bone L-shaped strut that provides dorsal support while increasing tip projection in patients with substantial septal saddle nose deformities from various underlying inflammatory conditions and surgical resection.

Methods: Case series and review of the literature.

Results: Fifteen patients underwent nasal reconstruction at our institution using the split calvarial bone L-shaped strut technique with postoperative follow-up to 36 months (range, 9-36 months).

Endoscopic septoplasty: revisitation of the technique, indications, and outcomes.

Background: Septoplasty is a well-described surgical technique for management of nasal airway obstruction (NAO) and improved access for endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). The advances in endoscopic techniques have facilitated endoscopic septoplasty (ES). The purpose of this study was to review the surgical technique, indications, and outcomes for ES.

3.5-Year follow-up of intralesional cidofovir protocol for pediatric recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.

Objectives: Intralesional injection of cidofovir has been described as an adjunctive treatment for pediatric recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). However, questions remain regarding the optimal dosing schedule and side-effect profile. The objective of this study was to describe patient outcomes following a standardized cidofovir protocol.

Histologic changes in the eustachian tube mucosa of rats after short-term exposure to cigarette smoke.

Objective And Background: It is generally accepted that cigarette smoke is a major risk factor for middle ear disease. However, the literature is void of articles addressing the direct relationship between cigarette smoke exposure and middle ear disease. Furthermore, there are many conflicting opinions concerning the role of cigarette smoke in the pathogenesis of middle ear disease.

Surgical management of cervical ganglioneuromas in children.

Objective: To review the experience with ganglioneuromas in the head and neck of children including presentation, diagnostic testing, treatments, and outcomes.

Design: Case series. Retrospective chart review.

Ménière's disease: effects of glycerol on tasks involving temporal processing.

The present study examined the effect of glycerol ingestion on aspects of auditory performance in subjects having Ménière's disease. It was hypothesized that Ménière's disease may be associated with abnormal firing in the auditory nerve and that this should result in a decreased ability to code the auditory temporal fine structure. Psychoacoustical measures of interaural time discrimination and quasi frequency modulation rate discrimination were used as measures of temporal coding, and performance on these tasks was examined both before and after glycerol ingestion.

The effect of temporal stimulus characteristics in maintenance of the acoustic reflex.

In normal listeners, acoustic reflex decay (ARD) typically occurs for high- but not for low-frequency tones. In patients with acoustic neuromas, decay can be obtained at all frequencies, presumably due to poor neural synchrony. These observations have led us to hypothesize that resistance to decay is due to robust encoding of temporal fine structure of the eliciting stimulus.