Vocal Cord Paresis After Posterior Spinal Fusion to Treat Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Case Report.

Case: A 15-year-old girl with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with a 50° curve underwent posterior spinal fusion from T3 to T11. After discharge from the hospital, the patient reported dysphonia and dysphagia. Flexible nasendoscopy confirmed left vocal cord paresis.

[Medium- to long-term follow-up after anterior cruciate ligament rupture and repair in healing response technique].

Background: Healing response (HR) is an all-arthroscopic technique for treatment of acute proximal anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears within 6 weeks after injury. By means of arthroscopically controlled microfracture holes in the native femoral attachment and perforations of the ACL itself the exit of stem cells and growth factors is induced and the ligament can heal into its native attachment zone. The purpose of the study was to document medium- to long-term results after 5 years or longer following the healing response (HR) procedure.

Implementation of ethics grand rounds in an otolaryngology department.

Objectives/hypothesis: To create a case-based curriculum designed to teach and discuss the tenets of clinical medical ethics within an otolaryngology department.

Study Design: Survey-based study in a single-institution, academic otolaryngology department.

Methods: Case-based departmental ethics grand rounds were implemented on a quarterly basis within an academic department of otolaryngology.

Mucosal swabs detect HPV in laryngeal papillomatosis patients but not family members.

Seven patients, aged 2-7 years, with active recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) attending the University of Michigan Pediatric Otolaryngology Clinic were studied to determine if human papillomavirus (HPV) is harbored in sites of the upper aerodigestive tract other than in the laryngeal papilloma itself. We also determined if close family members had detectable virus in their oral cavities. Noninvasive swabs of buccal mucosa, posterior pharynx, nasal vestibule, and tonsillar pillar of patients, as well as buccal mucosa and posterior pharyngeal swabs of family members were studied.