Cost-utility of cochlear implantation in single-sided deafness and asymmetric hearing loss: results of a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To determine the Incremental Cost-Utility Ratio (ICUR) of cochlear implantation in the treatment of adult patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) and asymmetric hearing loss (AHL).

Methods: This prospective multicenter pragmatic study including a randomized controlled trial (RCT) enrolled 155 subjects with SSD or AHL. Subjects chose a treatment option between: abstention, Contralateral Routing Of the Signal hearing aids, Bone Conduction Device or Cochlear Implant (CI).

Performance and Reliability Evaluation of an Automated Bone-Conduction Audiometry Using Machine Learning.

To date, pure-tone audiometry remains the gold standard for clinical auditory testing. However, pure-tone audiometry is time-consuming and only provides a discrete estimate of hearing acuity. Here, we aim to address these two main drawbacks by developing a machine learning (ML)-based approach for fully automated bone-conduction (BC) audiometry tests with forehead vibrator placement.

Local versus general anesthesia for stapes surgery: a prospective study of comfort and results on 100 ears.

Aims: To demonstrate the non-inferiority of perioperative comfort in patients undergoing otosclerosis surgery under local anesthesia versus general anesthesia and to compare audiometric results, quality of life and complications.

Materials And Methods: A prospective non-interventional study was performed. Patients undergoing otosclerosis surgery between January 2019 and March 2021 at the University Hospital of Rennes were included consecutively.

Tonotopic and Default Frequency Fitting for Music Perception in Cochlear Implant Recipients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Cochlear implants are an effective technique for enhancing speech perception abilities in quiet environments for people with severe to profound deafness. Nevertheless, complex sound signals perception, such as music perception, remains challenging for cochlear implant users.

Objective: To assess the benefit of a tonotopic map on music perception in new cochlear implant users.

Risk factors associated with early and late free flap complications in head and neck osseous reconstruction.

Purpose: This study was designed to identify risk factors for post-operative complications in micro-anastomosed osteomyocutaneous free flaps (MOFF) and analyzed their consequences in long term.

Methods: A retrospective review of 100 MOFF realized between May 2007 and October 2019 was performed. Demographic data, perioperative management and postoperative complications were enrolled and analyzed in a multivariate model.

F-FDG PET/CT-Based Prognostic Survival Model After Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer.

The aims of this multicenter study were to identify clinical and preoperative PET/CT parameters predicting overall survival (OS) and distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS) in a cohort of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with surgery, to generate a prognostic model of OS and DMFS, and to validate this prognostic model with an independent cohort. A total of 382 consecutive patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, divided into training ( = 318) and validation ( = 64) cohorts, were retrospectively included. The following PET/CT parameters were analyzed: clinical parameters, SUV, SUV, metabolic tumor volume (MTV), total lesion glycolysis, and distance parameters for the primary tumor and lymph nodes defined by 2 segmentation methods (relative SUV threshold and absolute SUV threshold).

Social and sexual health of thyroid cancer survivors 2 and 5 years after diagnosis: the VICAN survey.

Purpose: Thyroid cancer (TC) incidence is increasing. With its good prognosis and the young population concerned, the number of survivors is rising. However, their quality of life appears worse than expected.

Surgical management of MILD hyperparathyroidism.

Introduction: There is no consensus for management of Mild primary hyperparathyroidism (MILD-pHP). Specific management has been suggested by some authors. We have compared the surgical management of the patients with MILD-pHP to those with Classic primary hyperparathyroidism (C-pHP) treated by surgery according to The Fourth International Workshop on pHP.

Evaluation of the Prognostic Value of FDG PET/CT Parameters for Patients With Surgically Treated Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Importance: Head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) represents the seventh most frequent cancer worldwide. More than half of the patients diagnosed with HNSCC are treated with primary surgery.

Objective: To report the available evidence on the value of quantitative parameters of fluorodeoxyglucose F 18-labeled positron emission tomography and computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) performed before surgical treatment of HNSCC to estimate overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and distant metastasis (DM) and to discuss their limitations.