A Clinical Comparison and Economic Evaluation of Erich Arch Bars, 4-Point Fixation, and Bone-Supported Arch Bars for Maxillomandibular Fixation.

Importance: Erich arch bars, 4-point fixation, and bone-supported arch bars are currently used in maxillomandibular fixation, although to what extent they differ in terms of overall charges and clinical outcomes has yet to be reported.

Objective: To determine the association of Erich arch bars, 4-point fixation, and bone-supported arch bars in maxillomandibular fixation with hospital charges and clinical outcomes.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This historical cohort included 93 patients with mandible fracture who underwent maxillomandibular fixation from January 1, 2005, to June 30, 2015, at a tertiary care center.

Malpractice in treatment of sinonasal disease by otolaryngologists: a review of the past 10 years.

Objective: Sinonasal disease is a common condition treated by otolaryngologists. Malpractice in this area is the most common litigation faced by otolaryngologists. This study analyzes malpractice in the treatment of sinonasal disease.

Stability of aspiration status in healthy adults.

Objectives: In multiple separate studies, we consistently found that approximately 30% of asymptomatic healthy older adults silently aspirated liquids during flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). We subsequently questioned whether aspiration status remained stable in healthy older adults over time. The purpose of this study was to determine the stability of aspiration status in healthy older adults over time.

Patient outcomes, satisfaction, and improvement in headaches after endoscopic brow-lift.

Importance: To improve preoperative counseling for patients considering endoscopic brow-lift (EBL).

Objectives: To understand patient-reported outcomes, satisfaction, and recovery after EBL surgery to improve preoperative counseling.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A retrospective telephone survey of 57 patients who had EBL or EBL with concurrent rhytidectomy to assess cosmetic and functional outcomes using 47 questions.

Sinonasal carcinoma after irradiation for medulloblastoma in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.

Background: Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) is associated with multiple basal cell carcinomas, odontogenic cysts, craniofacial anomalies, and childhood medulloblastomas. In addition, it has been associated with irradiation-induced neoplasms including, meningiomas, sarcomas, and gliomas.

Methods: We present a 19-year-old man with NBCCS who presented with a sinonasal carcinoma 17 years after receiving craniospinal irradiation for treatment of medulloblastoma.

Association of intrapartum antibiotic exposure and late-onset serious bacterial infections in infants.

Objective: Recommendations to prevent vertical transmission of group B Streptococcus (GBS) infections have resulted in many women's receiving antibiotics during labor with an associated reduction in early-onset GBS infections in their newborn infants. However, a potential relationship of intrapartum antibiotics (IPA) to the occurrence of late-onset (7-90 days) serious bacterial infections (SBIs) in term infants has not been reported. The objectives of this study were to determine whether infants with late-onset SBI were more likely than healthy control infants to have been exposed to IPA and whether there was a greater likelihood of antibiotic resistance in bacteria that were isolated from infants who had an SBI and had been exposed to IPA compared with those who had not.