Bilateral vocal cord paralysis caused by accidental button battery ingestion in children: A case report and literature review.

Button battery ingestion in pediatric populations is a common occurrence with severe sequelae. Multiple case reports have established the occurrence of death, fistula formation, mucosal erosion, esophageal perforation, and bleeding post-ingestion of button batteries. However, there is a gap in the literature on the occurrence of bilateral vocal cord paralysis post-lithium battery ingestion.

In-office insertion tympanostomy tubes in children using single-pass device.

Objectives: Insertion of tympanostomy tubes (TT) is generally accomplished in children in the operating room under general anesthesia. We report on 229 children treated in-office with a novel device.

Methods: Investigators participated in an IRB-approved, prospective, single arm, multisite investigation of in-office TT placement in awake children.

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury and Swallowing Dysfunction in Neonatal Aortic Arch Repair.

Background: We evaluated the incidence, clinical effect, and recovery rate of vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) and swallowing dysfunction in neonates undergoing aortic arch repair.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 101 neonates who underwent aortic arch reconstruction from 2008 to 2015. Direct flexible laryngoscopy was performed in 89 patients before initiation of postoperative oral feeding after Norwood (n = 63) and non-Norwood (n = 26) arch reconstruction.

Retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscesses: Factors in medical management failure.

Retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscesses are the most common deep neck infections in the pediatric population. How best to treat these patients, be it intravenous antibiotics or immediate surgical incision and drainage, has long been debated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient and abscess characteristics associated with failure of medical treatment.

Effectiveness of laser-assisted myringotomy for otitis media in children.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of OtoScan CO2 laser-assisted myringotomy (OtoLAM ESC/Sharplan) for acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) in children.

Study Design: Retrospective review of 47 children with refractory acute otitis media (RAOM) or COME more than 3 months in duration in a pediatric otolaryngology practice.

Methods: Laser-assisted myringotomy was performed on 47 patients (79 ears) using the OtoLAM device.