Prospective evaluation of office-based injection laryngoplasty with hyaluronic acid gel.

Objectives: The role of Juvederm Ultra Plus hyaluronic acid gel for use in injection laryngoplasty has not been well examined. The aim of this study was to prospectively assess the safety and clinical effectiveness of office-based injection laryngoplasty of Juvederm Ultra Plus gel in patients with glottic insufficiency.

Methods: Thirty patients met the criteria for study inclusion and were treated with unsedated office-based injection laryngoplasty of Juvederm Ultra Plus gel over a 20-month period.

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: a proteomic analysis.

Objectives: Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a severe subtype of chronic rhinosinusitis that can affect patients despite medical and surgical interventions. The purpose of this study was to utilize the techniques of proteomics to investigate differences in protein abundance within the sinonasal mucosa of patients with CRSwNP compared to healthy controls.

Methods: In a case-control study at a tertiary-care academic medical center, sinonasal mucosa was harvested from 3 patients with CRSwNP and 3 control patients undergoing transsphenoidal excision of pituitary tumors.

Parotidectomy: ten-year review of 237 cases at a single institution.

Objective: To review a single surgeon's experience with parotidectomy with an emphasis on examining the appropriate use of partial superficial parotidectomy and the differences in early outcomes observed with the various types and extent of parotidectomy used.

Study Design And Setting: A series of 237 patients who underwent parotidectomy over a 10-year period was reviewed.

Results: Postoperative complications included facial nerve weakness (18%), sialocele (6.