Association Between Facial Nerve Monitoring With Postoperative Facial Paralysis in Parotidectomy.

Importance: Electrophysiologic facial nerve monitoring is becoming an established intraoperative aid to assist the surgeon in facial nerve trunk or branch location and dissection. Limited studies have addressed the postoperative outcomes of parotid surgery with and without monitoring.

Objective: To examine the influence of intraoperative facial nerve monitoring on postoperative facial nerve function and procedure duration in parotid surgery.

Hyperkinetic gallbladder: an indication for cholecystectomy?

Cholecystectomy may benefit children with biliary colic without stones on ultrasound (US) or low ejection fraction on cholecystokinin-hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (CCK-HIDA) scan. Children with symptomatic biliary colic and abnormal HIDA scan, specifically those with high ejection fractions, may benefit from cholecystectomy. All patients younger than 18 years old undergoing cholecystectomy from 2008 to 2012 in our practice were reviewed.

Symptomatic gastric inlet patches in children treated with argon plasma coagulation: a case series.

The pathologic potential of gastric inlet patches is now being recognized. A recent adult study has shown the effectiveness of argon plasma coagulation in ablating the patch and the associated symptoms. There are no reports of ablation in children.