Holmium Laser for Endoscopic Treatment of Benign Tracheal Stenosis.

 Laryngotracheal stenosis is a difficult problem with varied etiology and various treatment options. The holmium laser represents another tool for the treatment of benign tracheal stenosis.  To determine the utility of holmium laser treatment for benign tracheal stenosis with regards to safety and efficacy.

The value of palliative care.

Palliative care is an essential component of care delivery models designed to address healthcare reform mandates. However, even after years of existence, these services continue to be unknown, underutilized, and/or misunderstood. Often only associated with care at the end of life or confused with hospice, interdisciplinary palliative care teams provide medical care coordination for patients' severe, complex, and/or chronic conditions, longer-than-anticipated length of stay, and/or psychosocial difficulties, regardless of age or prognosis.

Endoscopic transantral repair of orbital floor fractures.

Objective: To review our technique of endoscopic transantral repair of orbital floor fractures.

Study Design: Case series with chart review.

Methods: All orbital floor fractures treated with the outlined technique from 1998 to 2007 were reviewed in a retrospective fashion.

External auditory canal hemangioma: case report.

A patient with a hemangioma completely within the external auditory canal is reported.

T-cell lymphoma of the upper eyelid: a case report and review of the literature.

We present the case report of a 95-year-old white female with a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) of the upper eyelid. Due to her comorbid medical problems, multidisciplinary tumor board recommendation for treatment was surgical excision. She underwent excision with frontalis muscle flap and contralateral eyelid full thickness skin graft reconstruction.