Plast Reconstr Surg
August 2024
Background: Gracilis free muscle transfer (GFMT) remains the standard for smile restoration in patients with long-standing facial palsy. Resting oral commissure lateralization (ROCL) following GFMT is aesthetically unappealing and can cause functional problems including dysarthria and oral incompetence. The risk factors for ROCL following GFMT are poorly understood.
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March 2024
World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg
July 2022
Objective: To quantify the financial impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on an academic otolaryngology department.
Methods: A year-over-year comparison was used to compare department revenue from April 2020 and April 2021 as a percentage of baseline April 2019 activity.
Results: At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, total department charges decreased by 83.
Objective: YouTube has become the preferred resource for trainees to learn and prepare for surgical cases. This study evaluated the educational quality of YouTube videos detailing thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy.
Method: YouTube was systematically searched using 11 terms related to thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy.