Publications by authors named "Joseph DePietro"

Objective: To evaluate the use of preoperative vitamin D levels and postoperative vitamin D supplementation among endocrinologists for the prevention of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia.

Methods: Endocrinologist members of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) were contacted via email to complete a 21-question survey, which included both questions about demographic information, and preventing and managing postoperative hypocalcaemia after thyroidectomy. Univariate and multivariate analysis was performed to determine the respondents' use of preoperative vitamin D levels, dose and duration of preoperative vitamin D repletion, decision to delay surgery for low vitamin D levels in the case of a benign or malignant disease, and routine prescription of postoperative calcium or vitamin D supplementation.

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Objective: To determine international surgeon practice patterns for transient postoperative hypocalcemia in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy.

Methods: All member surgeons of the American Thyroid Association and the International Association of Thyroid Surgeons were contacted via email to complete a 20-question survey which included both questions about demographic information and preventing and managing postoperative hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy. Univariate analysis was performed to determine whether providers check preoperative vitamin D levels, postoperative calcium trends and/or PTH to assess for postoperative hypocalcemia.

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The purpose of the article is to describe the use of laryngeal manipulation as a treatment for dysphagia resulting from excessive paralaryngeal muscle tension and to identify the patients likely to have symptomatic improvement. This is a retrospective single-center case series. A retrospective review identified patients from 2007 to 2013 with laryngeal manipulation for muscle tension dysphagia in an academic Otolaryngology practice.

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Objective: This study aimed to analyze differences in the evaluation of laryngopharyngeal neuropathy by laryngologists in the United States and Europe.

Methods: Members of the American Laryngological Association (ALA) and the European Laryngological Society (ELS) were surveyed. Questionnaires were emailed to all 179 members of the ALA and all 324 members of the ELS.

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Objectives/hypothesis: To evaluate differences in evaluation and workup of laryngopharyngeal neuropathy in a population of general otolaryngologists and fellowship-trained laryngologists.

Study Design: Survey.

Methods: Members of the American Laryngological Association (ALA) and a general otolaryngologist database from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) were surveyed.

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This case report demonstrates a novel technique for image-guided choanal atresia repair in the undersized neonate. A surgical navigation system (Stryker, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI) face mask was applied in an "inch-worm" technique facilitating a registration "work-around," also detailed here, to permit intraoperative image guidance despite the patient's small head size.

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