Cochlear Implantation in Children With a Long Average Duration of Single Sided Deafness.

Objectives: Previous research has shown the positive effects of cochlear implantation in children with a short duration of single sided deafness (SSD). This case series assessed the impact of cochlear implantation in a cohort of children with a longer average duration of SSD.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of 6 children who received a cochlear implant for SSD.

Association of baseline frailty and age with postoperative outcomes in metastatic brain tumor patients.

Background: The impact of baseline frailty status versus that of chronological age on surgical outcomes of metastatic brain tumor patients remains largely unknown. The present study aimed to evaluate this relationship for preoperative risk stratification using a large national database.

Methods: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was queried to extract data of metastatic brain tumor patients who underwent surgery between 2015 and 2019 (N.

Frailty Is Superior to Age for Predicting Readmission, Prolonged Length of Stay, and Wound Infection in Elective Otology Procedures.

Objective: To determine the predictive ability of the 5-point modified frailty index relative to age in elective otology patients.

Study Design: Retrospective database analysis.

Setting: Multicenter, national database of surgical patients.

Strain-level diversity of commercial probiotic isolates of Bacillus, Lactobacillus, and Saccharomyces species illustrated by molecular identification and phenotypic profiling.

Probiotic products are becoming more prevalent as awareness of the role of beneficial microbes in health increases. Ingredient labels of these products often omit identifications at the strain level, making it difficult to track down applicable published research. In this study, we investigated whether products labeled with the same species name contained different strains of those species.