Vocal Fold Paralysis After Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia: A Case Report and Scoping Review.

Objectives: Cranial nerve paralysis is a rare complication of spinal and epidural anesthesia, and some cases of vocal fold paralysis (VFP) have been reported. The aim of this article is to report a case, identify evidence supporting the possibility of VFP being a complication of spinal and epidural anesthesia and to investigate the frequency, the characteristics, and the possible mechanisms of such a complication.

Data Sources: CINAHL Complete, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, Pubmed, and EMBASE.

Pectoralis Major in Salvage Total Laryngectomy after Irradiation: Morbidity, Mortality, Functional, and Oncological Results in a Referral Center in Egypt.

Background: Nonsurgical organ preservation protocols have seen a large diffusion worldwide in the last decades. Their oncological and functional effectiveness in a real-world setting has been recently questioned because of the high morbidity of salvage procedures. The aim of this study is to review the outcomes of postirradiation salvage total laryngectomy (STL) and reconstruction with pectoralis major flap.

Audiological Risk Factors, Referral Rates and Dropouts: 9 Years of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in North Sardinia.

Background: Objectives of the present work were to analyze the prevalence of hearing loss in our population of screened newborns during the first 9 years of the universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) program at University Hospital Sassari (Italy) (AOU Sassari), to analyze the risk factors involved, and to analyze our effectiveness in terms of referral rates and dropout rates. Methods: Monocentric retrospective study whose target population included all the newborns born or referred to our hospital between 2011 and 2019. Results: From 2011 to 2019, a total of 11,688 babies were enrolled in our screening program.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Universal Newborn Hearing Screening.

Objectives: To report the direct and indirect impact of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program of our institution (Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari).

Design: Monocentric retrospective study whose target population included all the newborns born in or referred to our hospital in 2019 and 2020.

Results: There is no statistically significant difference in time to retest or loss to follow-up rate between the 2 years considered (2019 to 2020).