Hospital Admissions in Pediatric Patients With Tracheostomies Based on Rurality and Insurance Status.

Objective: Determine whether rurality or public insurance status is associated with greater 30-day readmission after tracheostomy in pediatric patients.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) Database.

Effect of Local Anesthetic Injections on Subjective Pain Scales in Pediatric Tonsillectomies: A Meta-analysis.

Objective: To assess the effect of local anesthetic injection on subjective pain scores for pediatric tonsillectomies on postoperative days (PODs) 0 and 1.

Data Sources: A comprehensive literature search was conducted with the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus databases.

Review Methods: A 2-researcher team following the PRISMA guidelines performed a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Multidisciplinary clinic for care of children with complex obstructive sleep apnea.

Objective: While adenotonsillectomy (AT) remains first line therapy for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), management of children who are not candidates for AT or who have residual OSA post AT varies and spans across multiple specialties. We aim to report our experience in managing this population through a multidisciplinary sleep clinic composed of specialists in pediatric dentistry, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, and pulmonary/sleep medicine.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

A novel technique for pedicled nasoseptal flap takedown in revision skull base surgery.

Objective To describe a novel technique of using the CO2 laser for a revision pedicled nasoseptal flap (PNSF) takedown. Patient Patient with a pituitary adenoma recurrence that had undergone an endoscopic skull base resection with a nasoseptal flap repair 3 years prior. Procedure Flap edges and bony defect are examined using an image-guidance probe to identify the full extent of the defect.