Augmentation after microsurgical removal of vocal fold nodules.

Purpose Of Review: Innovative otolaryngologists, speech language pathologists, and voice scientists have continued to move forward in understanding the etiology and treatment of vocal nodules. The present article reviews the publications with respect to the advances in this area.

Recent Findings: There is support for the notion that there is a positive relationship between vocal nodules and the presence of a posterior glottic chink (PGC).

Idiopathic osteomyelitis at the base of the skull.

Osteomyelitis of the skull base is a rare disorder, and even more so when the etiology is noninfectious. Symptoms are noisome and include headache and cranial nerve deficits. Because of the possibility of neoplasia, thorough evaluation, accurate diagnosis, and effective treatment are mandatory.

Fat augmentation following microsurgical removal of the vocal nodules: long-term results.

While the effectiveness of autogenous fat augmentation after microsurgical removal (FAMSR) of the vocal nodules (VN) has been previously shown in patient treatment programs, relatively little information is available regarding the long-term effectiveness of such a procedure. This paper examines, in retrospect, the long-term effectiveness of FAMSR in patients with VN (n = 41) using pre- and post-FAMSR perceptual acoustic and phonatory function data and videolaryngostroboscopic findings for 33 patients. The mean follow-up time was 18 months.

Ischemic optic neuropathy after endoscopic sinus surgery: a case report.

For the past 2 decades, endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) has proven effective for treating paranasal sinus disease. Orbital complications of varying degrees, from mild orbital hematoma to catastrophic blindness, have been widely reported. However, defects of the visual field resulting from post-ESS ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) has not to our knowledge been reported in the literature.

Silent internal sinus of the pyriform fossa: a rare adult manifestation of a branchial anomaly.

Branchial anomalies present with a wide range of pathologic characteristics, including cysts, fistulas, and sinuses of the head and neck region. Branchial cysts are most commonly diagnosed during the second through fourth decades of life, while branchial sinuses and fistulas are diagnosed almost exclusively in children with infection episodes. Only rarely has an internal sinus of a third or fourth branchial anomaly manifested in adults as a noninfectious swelling in the neck during swallowing.